re: 2022 NASCAR Season Thread - 2022-23 Offseason

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I actually saw teenage Chase Elliott win at Bowman in a stock car

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It’s wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Kinda had a Martinsville feel to it

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Chase Elliott will hold the distinction of being the fastest driver in the first competitive laps run at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team were fastest in Saturday’s practice session at 13.45 seconds (66.89mph). He set the fastest time in his final stint on the track, which was also good enough to be the fastest driver overall in the 36-car field.

NASCAR officials split the field into three groups of 12 drivers each for practice. Each group was given 24 minutes on track but divided that into three different sessions of eight minutes at a time, rotating each group. Elliott was in the third group.

“First off, just props to NASCAR and everybody involved, all the men and women that put a lot of effort into making this happen and building a racetrack and paving it, and just all the logistics that have gone into this,” said Elliott. “Props to everybody for making it happen; I feel like they did a really good job with it. Just the workmanship and everything. Logistics of how this has worked this weekend has really impressed me, so happy to be here.

“I appreciate everybody on the NAPA team for working really hard through the winter; it’s been a really busy winter for all of us. It hasn’t felt like much of an offseason. But super excited to be back, and hopefully, we can make the right decisions tonight and going into tomorrow. I feel like we have a pretty good NAPA Chevy, it’s just about at this point making the right decisions and not letting me mess it up too bad.”

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Hater

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