Elliott Wins at Talladega with Help from Teammates

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Chase Elliott won the Geico 500 from Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon to pick up his fourth career victory.

Elliott ran up front for most of the race, and he was able to work his way around Joey Logano for the lead following a late restart with four laps remaining.  Elliott was in the lead when a caution for a wreck in the back of the pack ended the race.

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Elliott said the victory was a testament to the teamwork all the Chevrolet drivers had throughout the race.

“We just had a plan and executed it really well,” Elliott said.  “Obviously could have gone both ways, but fortunately everyone stayed together there and stayed the course.”

Before the race, all the Chevrolet drivers were sat down and told to work together, much like the Ford and Toyota drivers have done to success in past races at Daytona and Talladega.  The drivers formulated a game plan that was successfully implemented, as Chevrolet drivers from Hendrick Motorsports, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing and Richard Childress Racing ran up front for most of the day.

Elliott said he was appreciative of the teamwork that helped him get to victory lane.

“Just a huge thanks to…Chevrolet,” Elliott said.  “Obviously a lot of teamwork done today.”

Alex Bowman was running second behind his teammate when the caution came out, but said he would have made a move to try and get around Elliott had the race gone green to the end.

“There was no plan coming off turn 4, but unfortunately we didn’t get there before the caution came out,” Bowman said.  “I was pretty confident I could get to his quarter-panel through the trioval, and who knows who’s going to get to the line first at that point.”

Unofficial results:

1. Chase Elliott

2. Alex Bowman

3. Ryan Preece

4. Joey Logano

5. Daniel Hemric

6. Kurt Busch

7. Ryan Newman

8. Brendan Gaughan

9. Aric Almirola

10. Kyle Busch

11. Corey LaJoie

12. Daniel Suarez

13. Brad Keselowski

14. Austin Dillon

15. Ryan Blaney

16. Paul Menard

17. Ty Dillon

18. Reed Sorenson

19. Erik Jones

20. Martin Truex Jr.

21. William Byron

22. Jeffrey Earnhardt

23. David Ragan

24. Kyle Larson

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

26. Ross Chastain

27. Parker Kligerman

28. Cody Ware

29. Clint Bowyer

30. Chris Buescher

31. Matt DiBenedetto

32. Justin Haley

33. Jimmie Johnson

34. Landon Cassill

35. Stanton Barrett

36. Denny Hamlin

37. Matt Tifft

38. Kevin Harvick

39. Bubba Wallace

40. Michael McDowell

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