LEBANON – Chase Elliott might be NASCAR’s biggest proponent to move a Cup race to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
But he said Saturday, the day before this year’s Ally 400 Cup race, that Nashville Superspeedway has surprised him. It’s been more competitive over the past few years than he had imagined.
“The racing has been better here in this car than the old car for sure,” Elliott said. “I still think we should be at the Fairgrounds. If we were going to have two dates in a city, I think this would be the one to do it in. You could have one here and one (at the Fairgrounds). That would be totally fine.
“This track has put on good races the last three trips.”
Elliott won the Ally 400 in 2022 a year after Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson won the inaugural event.
Elliott has one win this season and is fifth in the points standings and leads among one-win drivers in the playoffs. Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and William Byron all have three wins and are ahead of Elliott.
Elliott has seven top-5 finishes and 10 top-10 finishes heading into Sunday’s Ally 400.
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