Chase Elliott rolled off the grid at Richmond in 5th place, looking every bit like he had the car to hang with the frontrunners. But almost as soon as the green flag dropped, things started sliding in the wrong direction. By the end of Stage 1, it was clear that the day wouldn’t be easy. Still, the #9 team kept grinding, but only for it to fall short despite no fault of their own. Unfortunately, it was a split-second moment in the chaos of a wreck that changed everything.

What can we say… It was a sad day to be Chase. After pulling off a unique Top-20 finish streak in all of his races this season except Watkins Glen, the Cook Out 400 was where Elliott’s luck came undone. Stage 1 was the first warning sign, as the Hendrick Motorsports racer slipped outside the top 10 and struggled with tr

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