I guess it took a total eclipse of the sun
to get the planets lined up so that chase Elliott
could find his way back to victory lane. Honestly
, this should come as no surprise if we go
over the last three or four weeks, I called
him pooh bear. Listen, I didn't know if
there's a crow in the poo stories or not,
but I'm gonna have to eat some crow on this
one. I called him poo because finally he showed
up for a race and we get to Texas and
through strategy and I'm telling you, determination and I
have to give him this. I have to give
chase Elliott this, the race for him I believe
was won through strategy and the late race restart where
he took the lead when the caution came out from
Denny Hamlin and forced Denny to have to run a
different race at that time. He could have either
been on offense or defense. Once he took the
lead, he was offensive, he was offensive.
Denny was defensive and Denny backed that baby in the
wall on defense. That's what happens when you have
to play a different game than what you plan towards
the end of the race chase Elliott, we need
him to win. The sport needs him. We
need that exposure. We need that Mr popularity,
we need that Mr congeniality. We need him there
yesterday. We got it back in Texas and that
was a big step for us. That's a big
step for the sport. I think as we've looked
at the sport this year, it, we have
up and down. It's been a little everywhere.
Uh, uh, obviously William Byron has shown that
he is the class of the field. But I
think after two years, basically two full seasons because
he missed some races of not winning. This is
gonna be the first of many wins that we see
. Chase Elliott this year. Will it be a
battle to the end between Chase Elliott and William Byron
? Stay tuned.