Elliott’s Complicated Relationship With Texas Ends In Victory Lane

Elliott Wins At Track He Loves To Hate James Gilbert - Getty Images Shortly after Chase Elliott recorded his second victory this season at Texas Motor Speedway in the Wurth 400, the Georgia native admitted he’d disliked the 1. 5-mile track for years, so he was surprised when crew chief Alan Gustafson told him he was a two-time Texas winner. Elliott explained that he had “trashed” the facility for years because it didn’t like the way the first and second turns were reconfigured.

“Obviously, there’s some selfish opinion in that because I thought it was a really strong track, and then it turned into not a strong track at all,” Elliott said. "Those things combined I think just put a bad taste in my mouth. “For as hard of a time as I’ve given it, for some reason it likes me.

It loved me back. I didn’t like it, but it liked me. So, I’m learning to come around a little bit.

I wish it would share some of that love with some other tracks on the schedule that I want to like. ” Elliott’s second victory in the first 11 races is the earliest in a season he has won multiple events. In 2022, he didn’t have multiple wins until 17 races into the season.