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Chase Elliott Holds Off Hamlin, Collects Second Win of Season
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Chase Elliott Holds Off Hamlin, Collects Second Win of Season

Racing America On SI·Toby Christie·29 days ago
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What a start to the season it's been for Chase Elliott and the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team. The sport's Most Popular Driver had already claimed a win in the seventh race of the season at Martinsville Speedway, which marked the earliest in a season that Elliott had ever won a race. Sunday, in the Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway, Elliott took home his second win of the season. Elliott, who led a race-high 87 laps in the 267-lap contest, had to endure a four-lap shootout after Corey Heim crashed with 11 laps remaining to force a late-race restart. This pitted Elliott against Denny Hamlin for the race win. After the race, Elliott was honest about his nerves heading into the final restart of the race. "Yeah, you know, I wasn't really sure whether to go top or bottom. You know, the bottom had been winning out on a lot of the restarts. I felt like, man, if I didn't get clear off of two, I was going to be in a lot of trouble," Elliott said.…

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