July 21, 2025

Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports was the dominant driver of the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, but could not lock in the win. Elliott began the race right from the front in first. Although he was passed by Chase Briscoe early on, Elliott took the lead back on lap 14 and never looked back as he went on to win the first stage of the race. In the second stage, Elliott continued to dominate and lead until he went to pit road around lap 185, but during his pit stop, Elliott's car fell off the jack, causing a slower pit stop and for him to lose the lead. Elliott spent the rest of the second stage making up ground on the track and made it to fourth by the end of the stage, gathering more stage points. In the final stage, Elliott returned to the lead through pit stops and got ahead of Denny Hamlin. Elliott maintained the lead and dominated until another green flag pit road sequence was interrupted by a caution on lap 337. Elliott then fell back to third through more pit stops and could not get back to the lead for the rest of the race. Elliott's car ran on older tires compared to some of the other drivers, lost speed, and faded back to sixth by the time the checkered flag rolled. Despite missing a victory even though he was dominant for most of the race, Elliott now has the regular-season points lead after this week's race at Dover.--Sean Engel - RotoBaller
Source: NASCAR.com