Clash Pole-Sitter Chase Elliott knows the race will be “ru”

Chase Elliott was the fastest man who qualified on Saturday, and entered the clash, NASCAR’s showcases before the season. Getting into the main race on Sunday depends on a different format than the usual Cup Series Race Weekend, but Elliott used a tested method: He ran the fastest qualifying lap and then led each lap in heat # 1 to ensure the best start position in the field. As it turns out, the pol-sitter continued for each of the four heating races to win their 25-step sprint. At Bowman Gray Stadium’s narrow quarter mile oval, Field Position will be key to the 200-LAP function event on Sunday.

As Saturday’s Heat Races show, drivers fought in the package to put together the land without putting their front bumpers into use; Outside passes work only on restart or when the inside was piled up. Elliott knows it’s a sign of the upcoming things and says, “It will be hard to win from the third or fourth row. I think the first few rows certainly have a massive advantage on the rest of the course . ”

Tight racing under hot # 1 Saturday

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But there is a difference between Saturday’s Heats and Sunday’s main event: traffic. The heat drove no more than 10 cars, while the main event will see 23 cars running 14 seconds of laps on the single-rille Bowman Gray Stadium oval. This means that the main cars do not get the privilege of clean air all the time. There is nowhere for sure at Madhouse.

“Obviously, everything can happen,” Elliott said. “But I just think under a normal circumstance of people who don’t quite crash each other or whatever … Yes, I definitely want to be on the first few rows. And fortunately we’re.”

Although Nascar has not run a proper Cup Series race at Bowman Gray at 54 years, Elliott is one of a handful of drivers in this field who have actually driven on a warehouse car on the track – but it was almost 13 years ago in a K&N Car. Hendrick Motorsports driver admitted that he had to “teach myself” during the exercise session.

While he avoided the chaos of the heat races, Elliott could tell Madhouse Mystique had affected his warmth by the fans’ reaction in Saturday’s packed stands. Noah Gragson, Justin Haley and Kyle Busch spent the heat in a whole swallowing party over the final transfer point, causing back-to-back warnings and pushing each other everywhere (and turning off) the track. At one point, NASCAR officials intervened as Busch repeatedly hit Justin Haley under caution.

Kyle Busch in No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet will be over as Noah Gragson in No. 4 Front Row -Motorsports Ford spins into Infield

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“Everyone was fired up, which is good,” Elliott said. “That’s what they want. It looked like our Heat Race sometimes got rough at points and the amount of reaction reflected it. I couldn’t see it but I had a pretty good idea that there had happened Something that was pretty aggressive.

“But that’s why we’re here. That’s what it was meant to be and I think the audience and the people who support this racing track and the changed events here over the years, that’s what they Want to have.