Ahead of the NASCAR Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Chase Elliott doesn’t feel like he’s lagging behind at all. Elliott has been building momentum, but just can’t seem to break through. Right now, he is in a precarious spot as he tries to point his way into the playoffs if he is unable to get a win.
There is just a little bit of room for Chase Elliott to point his way to the postseason. He has a really good shot at not just picking up points, but winning at Atlanta. Elliott won the Quaker State 400 last season. It was a dominant race, too.
Elliott won the pole, swept the stages, and took the checkered flag. It was one of his best performances of the season in 2022. Even though he missed the March race this season, he isn’t sweating it.
“No. I don’t feel any different, honestly going into it,” Elliott said to Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports. “Yes, I missed the event but I did get to run Talladega shortly there after I got back which is another speedway event. Not the same but similar in a lot of ways. So I don’t feel behind at all personally going this weekend. I know it was pretty cold there in the first race they had a lot of issues in qualifying and things like that. So, I anticipate a lot of that being better this weekend just with it being hot, it’s really hot this week. Which is a good thing. So I don’t feel behind at all.”