NASCAR CUP SERIES: COKE ZERO 400

August 26, 2023

Chase Elliott

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Chase Elliott will not make the 2023 Playoffs. What more did you need in the final laps?

CHASE ELLIOTT: Yeah, I really liked where we were before the caution. Honestly, after the restart there, we had the bottom lane that we wanted. I knew the 6 was going to go with the 17. I thought the 4 was going to take the bottom, and they did. We really had all the help we could ask for behind.

I couldn't stay locked onto Kevin like I needed to to surge the bottom lane forward. Brad and Chris were there. Just had a good enough hold on that top lane, and they could kind of control each of them.

Yeah, it's a bummer, for sure. Hate the season has worked out like it has. The good news is the car got in in the owner's points. That's a big deal. Credit to Alan and everybody for continuing to work and scratch and claw while I was out to keep our team alive and to give ourselves a chance.

That's a big deal, probably much bigger than a lot of people realize to our team.

Looking forward to these next 10. Try to make a little noise on that side of things and just try to get ready and prepared for next year.

But I appreciate everybody's support through this season. Hasn't been what I would want by any means. Certainly going to be some lessons taken from it, and I think we'll be better for it on the other end.