The Latest Breaking News from Chase Elliott

Larson becomes the sixth different winner in the first seven races. Josh Berry, subbing for an injured Chase Elliott, scored a career-best finish of second. 

Tyler Reddick earned Toyota its first win of the year at COTA, surviving multiple overtime restarts to win the race. It was his fourth career win and his third at a road course.

The 31-year-old sportscar ace will make his Cup debut Sunday at COTA, driving the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the injured Chase Elliott.

Raikkonen and Button, the F1 world champions of 2007 and 2009, will start 22nd and 24th respectively for the first NASCAR road course of the season, while sportscar racer Jordan Taylor starred on his first outing subbing for the injured Chase Elliott at Hendrick Motorsports by setting the fourth-quickest time.   

Chevrolet has dominated the year so far, winning the first four races on the schedule for the first time since 2001.

NASCAR’s proverbial hammer came down on Wednesday.

NASCAR issued penalties on Wednesday to five Cup Series teams – all four Hendrick Motorsports teams and one from Kaulig Racing – for the unapproved modification of a single-source part.

Elliott, the 2020 Cup champion, suffered a fractured tibia in his left leg in a snowboarding accident in Colorado last week.

Berry, who competes fulltime for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series, was tapped on Friday as a last-minute substitute driver for Chase Elliott at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Byron, who had dominated the event and won the first two stages having led 176 of 271 laps, lost the lead during a round of late pitstops and it appeared his Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Kyle Larson was set to cruise to victory.

William Byron had the dominant car throughout the race but had to rally in overtime to claim the win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.