NAPA Know How: Elliott, NAPA Team Rally Late to Win at Charlotte

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Chase Elliott overcame mid-race trouble to earn his sixth career NASCAR Cup Series victory with a win in Sunday’s race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway “roval.” With the win, the NAPA driver advances to the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

 

 

Starting Sunday’s race in 19th, Chase Elliott quickly got to work in his No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, breaking into the top ten on Lap 15. After pitting during a caution and then avoiding a multiple-car incident shortly thereafter that sent the race back under yellow, Elliott found himself in ninth, which is where he would finish the segment as Stage 1 ended under caution.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

Elliott began Stage 2 in fourth, jumped up to second on the restart and took the lead on Lap 31. He paced the field until a caution flag waved on Lap 42, when he headed down pit road and returned to the track in seventh. It didn’t take long for him to race his way back to the front, finding fourth on Lap 46, third on Lap 47, second on Lap 48 and the lead once again on Lap 49. He maintained the top spot through the green-checkered flag to capture the Stage 2 win.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

Elliott started the final segment from first with 45 laps remaining in the race, but he locked up the brakes and missed Turn 1, causing him to run into the wall and bringing out a caution. After quick work on pit road by the No. 9 NAPA team to repair the damage, Elliott returned to the track in 37th. By Lap 73, however, he had moved all the way back up to 14th. As competitors headed to pit road for green-flag stops, he put the No. 9 car back in the race lead briefly before heading in for a stop. He returned to the track still inside the top ten with 30 laps to go.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS, celebrates after winning.

 

With 21 laps to go, Elliott found himself in the top five just before a caution flag waved. He stayed on the track and climbed to fourth, and through multiple more cautions he made his way to third for a restart with six laps remaining. When the green flag flew, he took over the race lead before the end of the lap. He held it through the checkered flag, winning the final race of the Round of 16 in the Playoffs and advancing to the Round of 12.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

“What a mistake. Holy moly,” said Elliott. “You talk about messing something up, right here. Don’t do that. What a day. We had such a fast NAPA Camaro ZL1 and honestly, that was the only reason we were able to get back in. I pretty well blew it; and got the cautions at the right time and brought it home. Thank you guys.”

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS celebrates his win in Victory Lane

 

Start / Finish: 19 / 1
Points Earned: 52
Points Standing / Total: 6th / 3024 pts.

 

Next Race: October 6, Dover 400, Dover International Speedway
How to Watch or Listen: 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

 

NAPA:@NAPARacing
Chase Elliott:@ChaseElliott
Hendrick Motorsports:@TeamHendrick
No. 9 Team:@Hendrick9Team



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NAPA Know How: Kraus Earns Runner-Up Finish in K&N Pro Series West Race at Evergreen

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Bill McAnally Racing earned two of the top three positions at the NAPA AUTO PARTS 150 presented by ENEOS NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Evergreen Speedway on Saturday. Derek Kraus led the team with a runner-up spot in the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry while teammate Brittney Zamora enjoyed her homecoming at Evergreen Speedway by qualifying on the pole in her No. 99 ENEOS/NAPA Filters Toyota Camry, leading nearly a third of the laps and matching her career-best mark with a third-place finish.

Hailee Deegan challenged the leaders on numerous occasions in the No. 19 Monster Energy/NAPA Power Premium Plus Toyota Camry, but faded to seventh in the final laps.

Zamora – a 20-year-old series rookie from Kennewick, Washington – set the pace for the first 46 laps. She got shuffled back to fifth on a later restart and settled in at that point, but mounted a charge after making adjustments at the midway break of the race.

Zamora remains second in rookie points and fifth in the overall championship standings for the series. She has five top-five and six top-ten finishes, along with two poles, in nine starts this season.

Kraus, who qualified third, worked his way to the front and led laps 81 through 100. He was battling a tight condition, however, and had to settle for second.

 

 

With his second-place finish, Kraus retained his lead in the championship standings by 18 points. He has three wins, six top-five and eight top-ten finishes in nine starts this season.

Deegan, also a NASCAR Next driver, slipped to third in the standings. The 18-year-old from Temecula, California, has two wins, five top-five and seven top-ten finishes – along with two poles – in her nine starts this year.

The Evergreen Speedway race will be televised to a national audience on NBCSN on Aug. 22 at 3 p.m. PST.

 

Derek Kraus Hailie Deegan Brittney Zamora NAPA AUTO PARTS BMR NASCAR KN West Evergreen

 

Derek Kraus

Start / Finish: 3 / 2
Points Earned: 43
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Points Standing / Total: 1st / 372 pts.

 

Hailie Deegan

Start / Finish: 4 / 7
Points Earned: 37
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Points Standing / Total: 3rd / 350 pts.

 

Brittney Zamora

Start / Finish: 1/3
Points Earned: 42
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Points Standing / Total: 5th / 310 pts.

 

Next Race: NASCAR K&N Pro Series East-West combination race, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway near St. Louis on Saturday, Aug. 24
How to Watch or Listen: fanschoice.tv

 

Derek Kraus: @derek9kraus
Hailie Deegan: @HailieDeegan
Brittney Zamora: @BrittneyZ52
NAPA Racing: @NAPARacing
Bill McAnally Racing: @BMR_NASCAR



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NAPA Know How: Elliott Finishes Eighth in Second Duel at Daytona

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Chase Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS team will start 18th in the 61st running of the Daytona 500 after finishing eighth in the second Duel of the night at Daytona International Speedway.

Elliott and the NAPA team started the second Duel of Thursday evening the front row alongside teammate Alex Bowman.

 

 

Elliott maintained his runner-up position behind Bowman for the first 12 laps of the race before heading to pit road for a fuel only green-flag stop.

On Lap 15, the 23-year-old driver found himself in the inside lane without help in the draft, which caused him to fall back in the pack outside of the top 10.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

By Lap 25, he had moved back up to ninth as the field settled into single-file racing. In the final 10 laps, Elliott began to pick off cars one-by-one, making passes on the bottom before sliding back up to the outside lane.

With five laps to go, he had moved up to sixth, but two laps later he fell back a few positions when he was caught on the bottom while attempting to move into fifth.

 

#9: Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro NAPA AUTO PARTS

 

He ultimately took the checkered flag in eighth, picking up three points for the finish. The result will line Elliott up 18th for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

 

Start / Finish: 2 / 8
Points Earned: 3
Points Standing / Total: 8th / 3 points

 

Next Race: Feb. 17, Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway
How to Watch or Listen: 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

 

NAPA: @NAPARacing
Chase Elliott: @ChaseElliott
Hendrick Motorsports: @TeamHendrick
No. 9 Team: @Hendrick9Team



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