{"id":1461773,"date":"2022-05-03T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461773"},"modified":"2022-05-03T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:08:38","slug":"chase-elliott-wins-nascar-dover-cup-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chase-elliott-wins-nascar-dover-cup-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Elliott Wins NASCAR Dover Cup Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchase-elliott-wins-nascar-dover-cup-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48457\/chase-elliott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Elliott<\/a> took the lead from <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48395\/ross-chastain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross Chastain<\/a> on a restart with 53 laps to go and went on to score his first Cup win of the season Monday at Dover Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliott is the last of the four Hendrick Motorsports drivers to win this year. He also snapped a 26-race winless streak, <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2021\/07\/04\/chase-elliott-christopher-bell-kyle-busch-kurt-busch-denny-hamlin-nascar-cup-series-road-america-race-recap\/\">dating back to last July\u2019s victory at Road America<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> He is the ninth different winner in the first 11 races of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s enjoy it,\u201d Elliott told his team on the radio after the race.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/05\/02\/dover-cup-results-chase-elliott-ricky-stenhouse-ross-chastain-kyle-busch\/\">Dover Cup results , driver points<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/05\/02\/what-drivers-said-at-dover-chase-elliott-ricky-stenhouse-ross-chastain-christopher-bell-alex-bowman\/\">What drivers said<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/nascar.nbcsports.com\/2022\/05\/02\/ricky-stenhouse-jr-snags-much-needed-runner-up-finish-at-dover\/\">Ricky Stenhouse gets much-needed second-place finish<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elliott was on the inside of the front row to Chastain, who had the preferred lane, on the final restart of the race. Elliott charged by Chastain when the green waved and wasn\u2019t challenged after that, scoring his 14th career Cup win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48243\/ricky-stenhouse-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/a>, who entered the race 31st in the points, snapped a streak of seven consecutive finishes of 25th or worse by placing a season-best second.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chastain, seeking to win his third race of the year and score back-to-back victories, placed third.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48223\/martin-truex-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Truex Jr.<\/a>, racing Chastain for third, made contact and spun on the last lap. Truex finished 12th. The incident allowed <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48626\/christopher-bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Bell<\/a> to finish fourth and defending race winner <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48443\/alex-bowman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Bowman<\/a> to complete the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48221\/kyle-busch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyle Busch<\/a> led a race-high 103 laps, but misfortune struck when he pitted as the leader. Bowman, running second at the same time, also pitted with Busch. The caution came out for <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48510\/aj-allmendinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AJ Allmendinger<\/a>\u2019s car losing a wheel as Busch and Bowman were on pit road. That interrupted a green-flag pit cycle and several cars had yet to pit. Busch restarted 16th. Bowman restarted 17th.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> Busch went on to finish seventh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE 1 WINNER:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48231\/denny-hamlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denny Hamlin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE 2 WINNER:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48406\/ryan-blaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan Blaney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO HAD A GOOD RACE:\u00a0<\/strong>Ricky Stenhouse Jr.\u2019s runner-up finish is his best result of the season. \u2026 Ross Chastain\u2019s third-place finish was his series-high seventh top-five performance this year. \u2026 Christopher Bell placed fourth, giving him his first top-20 finish in four starts at Dover. \u2026 Pole-sitter <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48380\/chris-buescher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Buescher<\/a> finished eighth for his best result this year since placing seventh at Atlanta. It\u2019s also his first top 10 in 12 Dover starts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO HAD A BAD RACE:\u00a0<\/strong>After winning stage 1, Denny Hamlin was first off pit road, but his left front wheel came off. That is expected to be a four-race suspension for the crew chief, tire changer and the crew member who put the wheel on. In the second stage, Hamlin was clipped by a spinning <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48589\/cody-ware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cody Ware<\/a>, damaging Hamlin\u2019s car. Hamlin finished 21st. \u2026 AJ Allmendinger had a right front wheel come off in the final stage. His crew chief and two pit crew members are expected to face a four-race suspension. Allmendinger was 33rd. \u2026 <a class=\"nameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/auto-racing\/nascar\/player\/48191\/kurt-busch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurt Busch<\/a> wrecked after contact from behind from Allmendinger\u2019s car. Busch finished 31st, marking the fourth time in the last six races he\u2019s placed 30th or worse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTABLE:\u00a0<\/strong>Hendrick Motorsports becomes the first team to have won with four different drivers in the first 11 races of a season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT:\u00a0<\/strong>The series heads to Darlington Raceway on May 8 (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1).<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-posts-module\">\n<h3>Read more about NASCAR<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Elliott took the lead from Ross Chastain on a restart with 53 laps to go and went on to score his first Cup win of the season Monday at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":505,"featured_media":1481366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1461773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1461773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1461773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}