NASCAR’s most popular driver Chase Elliot picked up his first Cup Series win of the season Thursday evening in the weather-delayed race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina to close a dramatic 12 days for racing.
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In an interview with Fox-NASCAR after his well deserved victory, Elliott admitted that “Sunday Night Was A Heart-Breaker” for him not to take home the win at Coca-Cola 600 over the weekend.
"I was just waiting for the caution to come out."- @chaseelliott pic.twitter.com/jp6LALMu5O
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 29, 2020
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Chase Elliott took the lead from Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, who led for majority of the race, with 28 laps remaining. Harvick’s #4 Ford looked to be well on its way to its second for the season, but Chase had other idea and took home the win comfortably to claim his debut victory this campaign.
Final Race results
1st – Chase Elliott
2nd – Denny Hamlin
3rd – Ryan Blaney
4th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5th – Kurt Busch
6th – Joey Logano
7th – Brad Keselowski
8th – Austin Dillon
9th – Martin Truex Jr.
10th – Kevin Harvick
11th – Jimmie Johnson
12th – William Byron
13th – John Hunter Nemechek
14th – Tyler Reddick
15th – Matt DiBenedetto
16th – Clint Bowyer
17th – Ryan Newman
18th – Cole Custer
19th – Corey LaJoie
20th – Aric Almirola
21st – Christopher Bell
22nd – Chris Buescher
23rd – Matt Kenseth
24th – Ryan Preece
25th – Michael McDowell
26th – Erik Jones
27th – Ty Dillon
28th – Daniel Suarez
29th – Kyle Busch
30th – Gray Gaulding
31st – Alex Bowman
32nd – Quin Houff
33rd – Timmy Hill
34th – J.J. Yeley
35th – B.J. McLeod
36th – Josh Bilicki
37th – Bubba Wallace
38th – Brennan Poole
39th – Joey Gase
40th – Garrett Smithley