NASCAR Sonoma Notesbook: 2020 Cup Champion Elliott down to 10 races to win and qualify for Cup Playoffs.
Chase Elliott shook off a one-race suspension at Sonoma Raceway Sunday, exhibiting his familiar road course prowess to record a fifth-place finish in the Toyota/Save Mart 350.
Crew chief Alan Gustafson knew they had to gamble when a late race yellow flag waved in the 110-lap race on the 1.99-mile road course. Elliott had pitted on lap 80, so when the second caution period began on lap 93, Gustafson left his Hendrick Motorsports driver on the track. Of the 34 cars on the lead lap, Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney were the only other drivers to remain on the track.
With 20 laps remaining, Michael McDowell appeared headed for his first top-five finish this season, but an issue with the right-front lug nut on his final pit stop during the final caution period left him 13th on the restart. “I’ve had a ball at these things since I was nine years old in a Bandolero running the infield road course at Texas ,” said Buescher, who finished 8.707 seconds behind winner Martin Truex Jr. “It clicked then, and it’s continued to through my career.
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