Elliott, NAPA Team Wrap Up Season with Top-15 Finish in Miami
Chase Elliott finished 15th in Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With the result, Elliott ended the season tenth in the overall standings.
Elliott took the green flag just outside the top ten in 11th. In the opening laps, he was shuffled back in traffic to 14th as he reported that his NAPA Chevy was handling tight. After a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Elliott was running 19th. Though he lost a lap to the leader, he recovered to gain two positions before the green-checkered flag to finish Stage 1 in 17th.
Elliott advanced to 16th at the start of Stage 2 despite running one lap down. After a trip to pit road for a green-flag stop, he was running 17th on Lap 125. A late-stage caution allowed the No. 9 NAPA team to take a wave around to rejoin the lead lap. In the closing laps of the segment, he picked up three more positions to finish Stage 2 in 14th.
After starting the final segment in 15th, Elliott fell outside of the top 20 before pushing back forward through traffic. After another quick green-flag pit stop by the No. 9 team, the driver cracked the top ten as Elliott reported that the adjustments were helping the handling of his Chevrolet. As the field cycled through pit stops with 50 laps to go in the race, the NAPA AUTO PARTS team settled into ninth. With less than 30 laps remaining, Elliott headed to pit road for a final green-flag stop. He returned to the track in 19th and gained four positions before the checkered flag waved to close the season with a 15th-place finish.
Elliott closes out the 2019 NASCAR Cup Season with three wins, 11 top-five finishes, 15 top-tens and career-highs in pole awards (four) and laps led (601). The 23-year-old driver finished the season 10th in the NASCAR Cup Series points standings.
Start / Finish: 11 / 15
Points Earned: 22
Points Standing / Total: 10th / 2275 pts.
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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.