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| Chase Elliott finished second last fall at Phoenix. |
“I think there were some circumstances there towards the end of the race that kind of fell in our hands that didn’t quite suit the guys that were faster than us the majority of the day. I’m excited to get back. I think that we have a good place to start. Looking forward to seeing where we stack up and what we need to get that next spot.”
Elliott on the spring versus fall races at ISM Raceway:
“That track is one of the most consistent places that I’ve ever been to. Spring to fall, year to year, I don’t feel like it has changed at all. Hard to differentiate, but I think it will be really similar.”
NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1: This weekend at ISM Raceway, the familiar blue, white and yellow NAPA AUTO PARTS paint scheme will return to the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The Atlanta-based company will serve as majority sponsor for Chase Elliott and the No. 9 team for 26 NASCAR Cup Series races this year. Most recently, Elliott piloted the NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevy at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
ISM RACEWAY STATS: Elliott is set to make his fifth Cup Series start at ISM Raceway this weekend. During his most recent visit to the Avondale, Arizona, track in November 2017, Elliott led the field three separate times for a total of 34 laps and scored a second-place finish – his seventh runner-up result to date. In his previous four starts at the one-mile oval, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native averages a starting and finishing position of 7.8. Elliott has earned top-10 finishes in all but one event and led a total 140 laps at the venue.
FOUR WITH FOUR: If Elliott and the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 team win on Sunday, crew chief Alan Gustafson would be tied with Chad Knaus and Rodney Childers for the most wins by a crew chief at ISM Raceway with four. For Gustafson, each of the four wins would have come with a different driver. The No. 9 team crew chief currently has ISM Raceway wins atop the pit box with Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin.
VEGAS REWIND: Last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, after racing inside the top 10 throughout the first two stages, the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet was collected in an incident that ultimately ended Elliott and the team’s day short of the scheduled distance.
CHASIN’ 9 SALE: This weekend at ISM Raceway, the No. 9 team will once again be wearing special, limited-edition NAPA hats at the racetrack. The hats are part of NAPA AUTO PARTS' "Chasin’ 9 Sale." In the month of March, if customers spend $25 in-store they will receive the No. 9 NAPA Racing/Chase Elliott hat while supplies last.
COMING HOME: No. 9 team fueler John Gianninoto, who grew up in Tucson, Arizona, will compete in front of his hometown crowd at ISM Raceway. Gianninoto graduated with honors from Catalina Foothills High School and went on to sign as an offensive lineman for UNLV in 2006, earning his first letter in 2007 and becoming a team captain in 2010. Gianninoto participated in the Carolina Panthers' 2012 training camp before signing with Hendrick Motorsports in September 2012.
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