Elliott Posts Tenth Top-Ten of 2017 in Sonoma

Chase Elliott and the No. 24 Kelley Blue Book team registered the second-year driver’s first career top-10 finish on a road course with an eighth-place run Sunday afternoon at Sonoma Raceway.
Elliott started Sunday’s race eighth despite having to use a backup car after an accident late in Friday’s final practice session.
Elliott maintained a top-15 position throughout Stage 1 and ended the stage 11th. By the end of Stage 2, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native moved up to ninth to earn two bonus points.
During the caution period before Stage 3, Elliott visited pit road twice to allow the No. 24 crew to make repairs to his Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet after contact with a competitor resulted in frontend damage. Elliott restarted outside the top 25 at Lap 55, but wasted no time working his way back through the field.
With 41 laps remaining, the 21-year-old driver climbed back inside the top 15 and moved into the top five as green-flag pit stops began. Elliott settled into third place until crew chief Alan Gustafson called him to pit road for his final pit stop with less than 35 laps to go. Less than 10 laps later, the No. 24 was back inside the top 15. Not long after that, Elliott cracked the top 10 once again and eventually drove his way up to fifth.
Elliott ultimately finished the 110-lap race in eighth for his 10th top-10 finish through 16 races this season.
Start / Finish: 8th / 8th
Points Earned: 31
Points Standing / Total: 6th / 509 points
Next Race: July 1, Daytona 400, Daytona International Speedway
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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.