Kevin Harvick Declares “Chase Elliott Has to Win” Soon to Save His 2025 Season

2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick shared his thoughts on Chase Elliott’s unimpressive 2025 season.

Kevin Harvick Declares “Chase Elliott Has to Win” Soon to Save His 2025 Season

Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick (Via IMAGO)

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Season so far has been a story of near misses for 2020 Champion Chase Elliott. He has found himself in a one-year winless streak, with most of their runs ending in a top 5 finishes; a testament to their consistency. 2014 champion Kevin Harvick has assessed the situation and gave his verdict on the No:9 team’s run.

In the latest episode of the Fox Sports Happy Hour podcast, Kevin Harvick asserted that Chase Elliott and his team is one of the teams in the garage that needs a race win. The Hendrick Motorsports driver have to win to keep their confidence level up, as the continues disappointments will soon catch up with them and derail their season.

The few cars that I think really need to win are the No. 9 [Chase Elliott]. The No. 9 needs a win. I think, for them to keep their confidence level where they are, I think Chase Elliott has to win.

Kevin Harvick said via Happy Hour podcast.

Further talking about the point, he asserted that a lot ix expected of the Elliott- Alan Gustafson led HMS crew owing to their consistency over the years. The frustration over doing everything right and not winning is creeping in for the team and if they don’t secure one soon, it’s going to boil over for the Hendrick Motorsports side.

I think that’s the expectation that he has, the team has, the organization and [Crew Chief] Alan [Gustafson] have. They’re consistent. They’re finishing races. They’re dotting it. All the things that they need to do, but they’re not winning. I believe that if they don’t win soon, that frustration is going to build.

Kevin Harvick added.

In the same conversation, Kevin Harvick also name-dropped Richard Childress Racing two times championship winning driver Kyle Busch, who is also a former HMS driver ironically. The veteran, who has been on a winless streak for almost three years, is in more of a desperate must win situation than Elliott.

Chase Elliott gives a message as NASCAR Cup Series changes broadcasters

From this weekends race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the NASCAR Cup Series will be broadcasted on Amazon prime for five race weekends as part of the new media deal. The next five race after will be streamed on HBO Max, before NBC Sports taking over the final races of the 2025 season, as its has been over the last seasons.

Chase Elliott
Chase Elliott (Via Imago)

During the All-Star race weekend, Chase Elliott made some comments via aa video on social as part of the promotion for the race stream, since Prime one of their sponsors. He is excited about the change happening in the Coke 600 weekend, which is one of the biggest races of the 2025 Cup Series season.

Just wanted to give you a quick reminder, next week NASCAR is coming to Prime on May 25, the Coca-Cola 600. I’m super excited. One of NASCAR’s biggest races of the season. A great way to kick off NASCAR on Prime and can’t wait to see ya there. We’ll see y’all soon.

Chase Elliott said via X.

The comments from Chase Elliott shows real excitement about NASCAR first move into the streaming world. At the same time there are some serious concerns regarding how much the broadcast is going to accessible for the fans and how it’s going to affect the sport in the long run.

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