Elliott Wins at Road America, Continues Road Course Success

Chase Elliott won the Jockey Made in America 250 from Road America on Sunday afternoon to pick up his second win of the season.

Elliott once again showed his strong road course racing abilities as he started in the back of the pack and drove all the way to the front.

After a late caution in Sunday’s morning qualifying session, Elliott was unable to get a complete lap in and had to start 32nd.

Throughout the difficult race, Elliott said tire conservation on a hot day was a key to getting to the front.

“Really proud of our team for overcoming some adversity early and having to start in the back,” Elliott said.  “It was a hot day. I think conserving your tire was really a little bit of a thing today, which to be honest we don’t have a lot of anymore.”

Elliott was dominant on Sunday, and led a race-high 24 laps on his way to his seventh career road course victory.

Elliott said he found his rhythm halfway through the race at a track that hasn’t been on the Cup Series schedule in over 60 years.

“I just never felt like I got in a real good rhythm at all yesterday,” Elliott said.  “About halfway through the race I started finding some of that rhythm and was able to put it together.  Finally felt like I was able to piece most of it together.”

Christopher Bell finished second on Sunday, and he showed that his win at the Daytona Road Course early in the season was not a fluke.

Bell said he believed he could have gotten to Elliott if not for a penalty earlier in the race.

“I kind of buried ourselves there when I got a pit road penalty,” Bell said.  “I feel like we’re getting back on track. There’s not reason we can’t be running up front every week.”

Unofficial results:

1. Chase Elliott
2. Christopher Bell
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kurt Busch
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Chase Briscoe
7. Ross Chastain
8. Tyler Reddick
9. Martin Truex Jr.
10. Matt DiBenedetto
11. Austin Dillon
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13. Brad Keselowski
14. Aric Almirola
15. Joey Logano
16. Kyle Larson
17. Cole Custer
18. Chris Buescher
19. Erik Jones
20. Ryan Blaney
21. Corey LaJoie
22. Alex Bowman
23. Josh Bilicki
24. Bubba Wallace
25. Justin Haley
26. Ty Dillon
27. Kevin Harvick
28. James Davison
29. AJ Allmendinger
30. Michael McDowell
31. Cody Ware
32. Ryan Newman
33. William Byron
34. Quin Houff
35. Kyle Tilley
36. Daniel Suarez
37. Anthony Alfredo
38. Austin Cindric
39. Ryan Eversley
40. Ryan Preece