Regardless of Ryan Blaney’s finest efforts, Chase Elliott held on to win Sunday’s Prepare dinner Out Conflict at Bowman Grey Stadium in dominant style.
Elliott began the race from the pole and led 171 of 200 laps, beating Blaney by 1.3 seconds. Blaney began final (twenty third) earlier than making his approach by means of the sphere. Nevertheless, Elliott navigated by means of lapped visitors with out concern over the closing laps, whereas a number of hiccups from Blaney saved the No. 9 out in entrance.
Elliott’s victory comes 38 years after his father, Invoice Elliott, received the 1987 Busch Conflict at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. The win is Chase Elliott’s first within the season-opening exhibition race.
“It is good to win,” Elliott advised Fox Sports activities. “Pleased with our group for persevering with to maintain our heads down. Ryan saved the warmth on us on the finish. Denny was actually good earlier than the break. Luckily, it labored out, it is an effective way to start out the season.”
Chase Elliott misplaced the result in Denny Hamlin simply earlier than the lap 100 midway break after dropping rear grip. Within the race’s second half, nonetheless, Chase Elliott managed his tires to a tee with a purpose to rating the victory.
Blaney, Hamlin, Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace rounded out the highest 5, with Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, Shane van Gisbergen and Chris Buescher rounding out the top-10.
Different notable finishers embody Christopher Bell in twelfth, Kyle Busch in fifteenth, Kyle Larson in seventeenth, Brad Keselowski in twenty first and Chase Briscoe in twenty third.
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season will formally start with the 67th operating of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16.
