Chase Elliott
NASCAR Cup Series Driver
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
● Playoff eligibleThrough July 26, 2026 · 251 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Hendrick Motorsports
Coverage (14 articles)
Corey Heim Led More Laps Than Anyone and Won the Brickyard 400. He Scored Zero Points.
The defending Truck Series champion took his second Cup win in eight starts, on the eighth race of the 12-date development schedule 23XI announced for him in February. His Cup driver points total after 22 races is zero.
Carson Kvapil Was Tied for the Most Runner-Ups Without a Win. Indianapolis Fixed That.
Kvapil came into Indianapolis tied for the most runner-up finishes without a win in series history. He led the last 22 laps to end that, and JR Motorsports finished 1-2-3-4 behind him to reach a mark that had stood since 2010.
Carson Kvapil Has Five Runner-Up Finishes and No Wins. Indianapolis Has Never Been Kind to That.
Kvapil is tied for the most second-place finishes without a victory in series history, and he has done it in 63 starts. Brent Crews has been passed for the lead late at four tracks this season.
Joey Logano Dominates North Wilkesboro's First Cup Points Race in 30 Years
Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps and beat Denny Hamlin by 0.859 seconds to win the Window World 450, the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 30 years. It was his first win since May 2025 and put him back in the playoff picture. Ryan Blaney and Todd Gilliland advanced to the In-Season Challenge final and a $1 million payday at Indianapolis.
Joe Gibbs Racing Won the Cuervo 300. It Also Owns Both Sides of the Chase Cut Line.
Brandon Jones won the Cuervo 300 from 29th in overtime while the Cup moonlighters led 126 laps for zero points. The sharper story is the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase picture: 11th, 12th, and 13th in points are all Joe Gibbs Racing drivers, and one of them just spun another.
Nine Full-Time O'Reilly Series Teams Didn't Exist the Last Time NASCAR Raced at Chicagoland
The O'Reilly Series returns to Chicagoland on Saturday for the first time in 2,562 days. Nine of its full-time teams didn't exist when it left, the 2019 winner is back in a different ride, and Connor Zilisch, winner of 30 percent of his career starts, has never raced there in anything.
Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother — a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire.
What to Watch and Who's Hot Heading Into Dover's First All-Star Race
What to watch and who's hot at Dover's first NASCAR All-Star Race Sunday — three segments, no Open, 17 drivers already locked into the final field, Shane van Gisbergen bringing the most recent Cup win into a venue that could not be less like a road course, and a Memorial Day pre-race ceremony with Bronze Star recipients as grand marshals.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2. Bowman finished P3, Tyler Reddick took P4 on a two-tire stop, and Connor Zilisch quietly logged his best Cup oval finish (P16) in the JRM development car. Hendrick has now won four of the last six Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
The Hungry Gator Got to Larson's Bumper. He Just Couldn't Get Around Him.
Kyle Larson held the bottom for 17 green-flag laps and beat his JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier to the line by 0.293 seconds at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Allgaier — the points leader, three-time winner this year, sitting on the pole — got to Larson's bumper. He just couldn't get around him without contact, and he wasn't going to make contact. JR Motorsports went one-two. Allgaier extended his championship lead to 121 points anyway.
JR Motorsports Runs Cars at Every Level of Stock Car Racing. That's Not an Accident.
JR Motorsports runs programs at every level of stock car racing — Late Models, O'Reilly Series, and selected Cup starts — all under one roof in Mooresville. The development pipeline has already produced three Cup-level champions. The system is the story.
Hickory Motor Speedway: The Smallest Classroom in NASCAR Produced the Biggest Names in the Sport
The track they call the Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars is .363 miles of asphalt in Newton, North Carolina. From Ralph Earnhardt to Connor Zilisch, the smallest classroom in the sport keeps producing its biggest names.