‘I think anytime you head to a new track it’s tough,’ Chase Elliott on the Inaugural Gateway Cup Race
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NASCAR will hit the 1.25-mile oval in Illinois for the inaugural Cup race at the World-Wide Technology Raceway A.K.A Gateway cup race named the Enjoy Illinois 300. The inaugural race is expected to produce fireworks as it marks the track debut of Next-Gen cars and the short tight track will surely produce a competitive race as the drivers will be pushing hard for a win that can assure them a place at the playoff as the number of spots left along with the races left in rea gular season is in a decline.
Going into the short track the major battle for the win might come from the top teams of each manufacturer namely Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Team Penske Racing. The HMS drivers will be keener to secure a win on Sunday as they have been missing out on a top finish for quite a few races most of the time due to fact accidents they ended up being part of.
2022 championship Chase Elliott will be among the drivers who are as he will be desperate to get back to the consistency he maintained throughout this season as he found himself out of the top 20 for the first time since Fontana in Kansas which he repeated on last week at Charlotte, though both of the bad finishes was due to the crashes or spins he was part of its high time he gets back to form as Trackhouse Racing driver Ross Chastain is hot on his tails in terms of championship points.
Now the No:9 HMS driver has come forth expressing his opinions on the coming cup race at Gateway and what he hopes to play out at the inaugural cup race of the track.
Find out what Chase Elliott had to say about the coming race
Chase Elliott acknowledged that anytime you are going to are in a new track it’s going to be a hard outing and anything you do throughout the week won’t be enough for the track as you will only get an idea of the track in the practice run. He went on to say that the extra track time that is available will be helpful to get the car set for Sunday and though there are a lot of unknowns Chase said that he is looking forward to Sunday.
“I think anytime you head to a new track it’s tough. You can do everything to try to prepare, but you’re not really going to know until you make those first laps in practice. We’re getting a little more track time than we do at most tracks so that will help give us an opportunity to try to figure some things out ahead of Sunday,” Chase Elliott said.
“There are a lot of unknowns, but I’m looking forward to heading there and seeing what we can do,” Chase Elliott added.
‘Chase always does great at providing feedback,’ No:9 crew chief Alan Gustafson on Gateway race
No:9 team crew chief Alan Gustafson acknowledged that they have to be prepared to adapt I Gateway and pointed out that they will be using the notes from Richmond and Phoenix to figure out what to expect in the track. He went on to say that the No:9 team doesn’t expect anyone to hit it off the track just of the entry as all have to adapt and adjust. Gustafson went on to add that Chase Elliott is good feedback conveying driver which will surely help them get up to speed and get to a good position for Sunday.
“We’re just going to have to be prepared to adapt. We’ve been looking at our notes from Phoenix (Raceway) and Richmond (Raceway) and trying to put them together as we’ve been anticipating what to expect. I don’t really think anybody is going to be able to hit it right off the truck, so that’s where you’re going to have to be able to adapt and adjust,” Alan Gustafson said.
“Whoever does a good job of that is going to be fast. Chase always does great at providing feedback and telling us what he needs out of the car, so hopefully, we’ll be in a good position heading into Sunday,” Alan Gustafson added.
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