Associated Press May 3, 2026, 07:41 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas -- Chase Elliott stayed ahead of Denny Hamlin for the closing four laps after a final restart to win at Texas on Sunday, his second victory of the season and the 23rd of his career. Elliott led five times for a race-high 87 laps and joined five-time winner Tyler Reddick as the only NASCAR Cup drivers this season with multiple wins. After taking the bottom and clearing Hamlin on the backstretch on the first lap after the restart, Elliott managed the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet over the last few laps to get to the checkered flag. When Elliott won at Martinsville at the end of March, Hamlin in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was also the runner-up there. Alex Bowman , another Hendrick driver who overcame a spin on Lap 93, finished third. Reddick was fourth and Chris Buescher fifth, his first top-10 finish in 17 starts at the 1½-mile track less than an hour from his hometown of Prosper.…