Elliott Concludes Sophomore Season with Top-Five Finish at Homestead

Chase Elliott and the No. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS team finished fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to solidify the young driver’s first top-five finish in the series standings.
Elliott started 18th for Sunday’s season finale at Homestead. He quickly went to work and broke into the top 10 early in the 267-lap event. The 21-year-old driver finished Stage 1 seventh and he maintained his top-10 position in Stage 2 on his way to a ninth-place result.
In the final stage, Elliott fell just outside the top 10, settling into 12th with less than 75 laps remaining.
A lengthy green-flag run saw the leaders put multiple cars a lap down, including Elliott, who was in 12th down one lap with 55 laps to go. At the time, only seven cars were on the lead lap. When the leader finally pitted, Elliott was back on the lead lap and raced his way up to seventh with 42 laps to go.
With 10 laps remaining, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native moved in front of another competitor to run sixth and he eventually made his way into the top five before the checkered flag waved to finish fifth in the final race of the season. The result was Elliott’s 12th top-five finish of the season and sixth top-five effort in 10 Playoff races.
Elliott ended the season fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series standings to lead all Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet drivers. In addition to his 12 top-five finishes, the second-year driver also tallied 21 top-10s to go along with 560 laps led.
Start / Finish: 18th / 5th
Points Earned: 39
Final 2017 Points Standing / Total: 5th / 2377 points
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Founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports is the winningest team in NASCAR Cup Series history. At the sport’s premier level, the organization holds the all-time records in every major statistical category, including championships (14), points-paying race victories (312) and laps led (more than 82,000). It has earned at least one race win in a record 40 different seasons, including an active streak of 39 in a row (1986-2024). Headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, the team fields four full-time entries in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet driven by 2020 champion Chase Elliott.