Two former champions eliminated in the first round, and just 34 points between the remaining 12 drivers after the standings reset. No one feels safe, including championship leader chaseelliott: NASCARPlayoffs
, who began the playoffs as the regular season champion and No. 1 seed, kicked off the 2022 playoffs by wrecking out of the opener at Darlington Raceway, which left him with a 36th place finish.
Elliott and his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team performed well, never leading a lap was running down eventual winnerLosing out on Bristol win"terribly disappointing" for Bell “Unfortunately for me, we never got to any lapped traffic to make move, but we were starting to there in those last three or four laps. I felt like we were gaining, but I wasn’t close enough to do anything with him.”
After Texas is a trip to Talladega Superspeedway and the round will conclude Oct. 9 on the Charlotte Roval, where he owns two career wins.Elliott, 26, said he was not surprised at his difficulty in the first round as he said going into the playoffs the parity in the series this season with the Next Gen car meant no lead was secure.
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