NASCAR, Chase Elliott and Dover Motor Speedway
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Chase Elliott battled weather and strategy to finish sixth in Sunday's Cup Series race at Dover, taking over the regular-season points lead.
Denny Hamlin won Sunday at Dover to become the first 4-time winner of 2025. Also, there was movement in the ongoing NASCAR court case involving Denny.
Wins and modern NASCAR have a weird relationship, and that’s all because of the playoffs. Now, wins are everything. They lock you into the playoffs, help you advance through them, and in many cases, clinch them on the final day.
With 20 NASCAR Cup Series career victories and a Cup championship in 2020, Chase Elliott has emerged as one of the top drivers in today's field.
Rick Ware Racing — Good news: Cody Ware finished 18th at Indy last year, one of his best finishes in a limited Cup schedule in 2024. Bad news: Ware is coming off a 36th-place finish at Dover, his worst finish since Bristol in April.
With a last lap pass on another former NASCAR Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott shot past Brad Keselowski and to the checkered flag to win the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway, earning his first win of the 2025 season and the 20th of his Cup career.