*Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott is a two-time Talladega race winner and has always been strong on the big tracks – like ‘Dega and Daytona International Speedway. But, he conceded, he never knows what to “expect” at these venues in terms of the final run to the finish.
Five of the last eight Talladega races have included an overtime finish – neither of Elliott’s wins (2019 and 2022), however, came with extra laps.
“It’s a 64-dollar question; I don’t know,’’ Elliott said of the situation and the need to plan ahead on whether to do extra laps.
“For me personally, I look at it like it’s going to go to the finish and you try to position yourself where you want to be when you get back to the start-finish line. it’s just really hard thing to guess when a wreck is going to happen, if it’s going to happen. I just don’t know. Ask [Ryan] Blaney. I feel like he’s won the last 15 races.’’
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
