Chase Elliott
NASCAR Cup Series Driver
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026 · 182 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Hendrick Motorsports
Coverage (10 articles)
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.
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.
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.
The Kvapil Brothers Are Running the Same Ladder. One of Them Already Knows What's at the Top.
Travis Kvapil won a Truck Series championship in 2003. Twenty years later, both his sons won CARS Tour titles in the same season. Now Carson is chasing an O'Reilly Series championship while Caden dominates the CARS Tour — running the same ladder, one rung apart.
Connor Hall Has Won at Every Track in Virginia. Now He's Learning What's Beyond It.
Connor Hall won eleven straight at Langley, back-to-back national championships, and the 2025 Virginia Triple Crown. Now JR Motorsports, the CARS Tour, and the Truck Series are teaching him what's beyond Virginia.
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.
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.
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.
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.