“It’s a Mental Thing” – NASCAR Veteran Explains why Chase Elliot decided to..
Chase Elliott was one of the few driver’s who took to the Next Gen car easily in the NASCAR Cup Series, taking home five wins in the 2022 season. Unsurprisingly, Elliott was one of the favorites coming into 2023, with many believing this year the Hendrick Motorsports driver might go the whole way. 16 races in, the prediction couldn’t be more wrong.
Elliott has no race wins this season, partly due to missing a ton of races due to a leg injury, and partly because he just hasn’t replicated last season’s form.
“It’s a Mental Thing” – NASCAR Veteran Explains why Chase Elliot decided to..
This is something that has surprised NASCAR analysts across the board, with some feeling he might even miss making the championship 4 for the first time in three years.
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The 2020 Cup Series champion, who is one of the best drivers on road courses, has struggled on the same in the Next Gen era. Recently, NASCAR veteran and analyst, Kyle Petty was asked about Elliott’s struggle on road courses and was similarly surprised, saying, “You went to the Roval, you go to Watkins Glen, you go to Sonoma, I don’t care, you put Chase Elliott in that older car and he just got it done. I don’t know what he did or he drove or what his secret was but he just got it done. He’s not got it done in this car.”
“If I go back to last year and take all of his road course finishes he basically averages 9th or 10th finish last year. If you go to the season before that he was averaging 1st or 2nd place probably. He was winning races and doing all that stuff.”
“It’s a Mental Thing” – NASCAR Veteran Explains why Chase Elliot decided to..
Chase Elliott was one of the few driver’s who took to the Next Gen car easily in the NASCAR Cup Series, taking home five wins in the 2022 season. Unsurprisingly, Elliott was one of the favorites coming into 2023, with many believing this year the Hendrick Motorsports driver might go the whole way. 16 races in, the prediction couldn’t be more wrong.
Elliott has no race wins this season, partly due to missing a ton of races due to a leg injury, and partly because he just hasn’t replicated last season’s form.
“It’s a Mental Thing” – NASCAR Veteran Explains why Chase Elliot decided to..
This is something that has surprised NASCAR analysts across the board, with some feeling he might even miss making the championship 4 for the first time in three years.
READ MORE:NASCAR: Sonoma race exposes Chase Elliott as was dragged by..
The 2020 Cup Series champion, who is one of the best drivers on road courses, has struggled on the same in the Next Gen era. Recently, NASCAR veteran and analyst, Kyle Petty was asked about Elliott’s struggle on road courses and was similarly surprised, saying, “You went to the Roval, you go to Watkins Glen, you go to Sonoma, I don’t care, you put Chase Elliott in that older car and he just got it done. I don’t know what he did or he drove or what his secret was but he just got it done. He’s not got it done in this car.”
“If I go back to last year and take all of his road course finishes he basically averages 9th or 10th finish last year. If you go to the season before that he was averaging 1st or 2nd place probably. He was winning races and doing all that stuff.”
