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Chase Elliott wins Texas thriller in double-overtime to snap winless streak
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Chase Elliott held off the field in a thrilling, wildly popular double-overtime victory in the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday evening to earn his first victory in 42 starts — dating back to the 2022 season.
By no means was it an easy win for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the sport’s six-time-defending Most Popular Driver, but that’s part of what made it so special to the 28-year-old Georgia native. The driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet prevailed in three late-race restarts — including two in overtime — to claim his first NASCAR Cup Series win on the 1.5-mile Texas high banks and first trophy since a playoff victory at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2022.
RFK Racing co-owner/driver Brad Keselowski finished a season-best runner-up in a race that lasted more than three and a half hours and had a track-record 16 caution periods.
On a restart with two laps to go in regulation, Elliott and Denny Hamlin were vying for the lead side-by-side when Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota got loose and into the wall, putting the race into a two-lap overtime shootout. Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain started alongside Elliott but couldn’t pass him before another caution came out a lap into overtime, forcing another restart.
On that restart, Elliott got ahead of Chastain again and took the white flag signaling one lap to go, when Chastain was tagged from behind by Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron — officially ending the race. Chastain, who led 33 laps on the day, was credited with a 32nd-place finish. Hamlin, who led 37 laps, ended up 30th.
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Lucky Dog Racing Cook Out 400 Top 5 Finishers
1. Hurricane Sidwell
2. Greg Miller
3. Kelly Wolfe
4. Will Riney
5. Todd Oliver
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Lucky Dog Racing's 2023 LROC team
Jack Thesier - Cup Series Champion
Jay Smogolski - Xfinity Series 3rd Place Finisher
Brian Blair - Truck Series Champion
Terry Smith - Driver Group Game Champion
Mathew Steinfels - Streak To The Finish Champion
Randy Cook - SRX Series Champion
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The 2024 Group is now Open. Groud ID is 46. Password to join is luckydog24
2023 Driver Group Top 5 Standings
2023 Final Standings
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Rank
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Team |
Total Pts |
| 1. |
FireBall Motorsports |
10822 |
| 2. |
Nascarmomma |
10651 |
| 3. |
MoonshineRunner |
10384 |
| 4. |
JEHulsey |
10272 |
| 5. |
Ol' One Eye |
10223 |
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Lucky Dog Racing's Streak to the Finish takes place in our Facebook group. Here's how to play... Pick a top 10 driver each week to keep your streak going! Sound easy? Not so fast.... you can only choose a driver once per streak. You receive points depending on how your driver finishes and your current streak. If you score the most points out of all players, you can receive a special award on your driver page and a $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com
The Streak to the Finish game is maintained by Stephen DiCaprio
2024 Top 5 Streak To The Finish Driver Standings
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Name
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Rank |
Total Points |
Current Cup Streak |
Current Xfinity Streak |
Current Truck Streak |
| Al Allison |
1. |
490 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
| David Baartman |
2. |
460 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
| Lou Demian |
3. |
351 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
| Kevin Sullivan |
4. |
347 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Mason |
5. |
335 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
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