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| Chase Elliott is 12/1 to his first Cup race at Bristol. |
"Looking forward to Bristol this weekend and bringing the Baja Blast Chevrolet back. Pretty cool that Mountain Dew is bringing back the flavor for a short time. As far as racing, Bristol is a tough place and really challenges you mentally so we are gonna head there and look to improve on the last few weeks.”
BRINGIN’ BACK BAJA BLAST: The fans have spoken and Mountain Dew has listened. This weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, Baja Blast will return to the racetrack on Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Elliott’s paint scheme comes ahead of the tropical lime-flavored beverage’s re-release in bottles and cans, for a limited time only, beginning April 23. It will be first time in two years that Baja Blast will be available on shelves across the nation and the second time that Elliott has piloted the Mountain Dew Baja Blast Chevy. He most recently had Baja Blast on board in April 2016 at Richmond Raceway as part of Mountain Dew’s DEWcision 2016.
BRISTOL STATS: Elliott is set to make his fifth career NASCAR Cup Series start at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. In his previous four starts at the track, the 22-year-old driver has led 16 laps and collected one top-five finish and two top-10s. He averages a starting position of 7.8 and finishing position of 11.0. In Elliott’s four NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the track, he earned one top-five finish and finished in the top 10 in all four events.
GUSTAFSON AT BRISTOL: Crew chief Alan Gustafson will call his 27th Cup Series race from atop the pit box at Bristol this weekend. In his previous 26 races calling the shots at the 0.533-mile speedway, he has collected one win, seven top-five finishes and 13 top-10s. In those 26 races, Gustafson has led five drivers, who have in turn averaged a starting position of 12.8 and led 616 laps.
LONE STAR STATE REWIND: The No. 9 team started 20th at Texas and progressed early in the 334-lap event. Elliott was inside the top 10 by Lap 63 and finished Stage 1 in ninth to earn two extra points for the result. When the caution flag waved again on Lap 128, crew chief Gustafson elected to bring Elliott to pit road for four fresh tires, fuel and a chassis adjustment. The quick work by the No. 9 team gained Elliott three positions, restarting him sixth. Elliott held his position and finished the second stage in sixth, earning five more points. During the stage break, the NAPA team once again gained Elliott track position, advancing him to second to begin the final stage. Running third with 120 laps to go, Elliott made an unscheduled green-flag pit stop after reporting a vibration. The Dawsonville, Georgia, native returned to the track one lap down in 13th. Late in the race, Elliott was penalized for pitting before pit road was open on Lap 304. After the penalty, Elliott battled to regain lost positions and ultimately finished 11th.
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