Elliott, making his first begin of the season with Hendrick’s No. 17 Chevrolet workforce, struggled from the beginning however was amongst a handful of groups that held a set of 4 new tires late into the race.
A warning for a spin by Ryan Ellis despatched most groups down pit street on lap 171 of 200 however most didn’t have an entire set of latest tires. Elliott did and with 17 laps remaining, he powered round Mayer – who was on scuff tires – to take the lead for the primary time.
From there, Elliott needed to navigate yet another restart and fend off a fast-approaching Brandon Jones. Elliott edged him by 0.500 seconds on the checkered flag to take a win – his first within the sequence since 2016 and sixth of his profession.
“My workforce did a very good job. Greg (Ives, crew chief) made a superb name on the tires, and I believe finally that was what gained us the race,” Elliott stated. “I felt I wanted a bit bit with my steadiness and make as a lot tempo as (Justin Allgaier) and a few these different guys.
“Hats off to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports. It’s super-special to win with the No. 17 on the automotive for the boss (Rick Hendrick) and Linda. Clearly, a terrific honor with the Ricky Hendrick (paint) scheme. It means quite a bit to all of us to be part of this.”
Sammy Smith ended up third, Mayer was fourth and A.J. Allmendinger rounded out the highest 5.
Finishing the highest 10 had been Kyle Busch, Ryan Sieg, Josh Williams, Ty Gibbs and Noah Gragson.
Stage 1
Justin Allgaier cleared Gibbs with 4 of 45 laps remaining and held him off by 0.932 seconds to take the Stage 1 win. Busch was third, Jones fourth and Allmendinger was fifth.
After contact with Allmendinger, Riley Herbst wrecked off Flip 2 on lap 30 and was knocked out of the race.
Stage 2
Allgaier traded the lead late within the stage with Busch however held him off by 0.995 seconds to finish a sweep of the stage victories within the race. Austin Hill was third, Mayer fourth and Sheldon Creed rounded out the highest 5.
Stage 3
In the course of the break between Phases 2 and three, many of the lead lap vehicles elected to pit with Allgaier first off pit street. Each Allgaier and Hill, nevertheless, had been penalized for dashing and needed to restart from the rear of the sector.
That left Gragson – who stayed out – main the way in which when the race returned to inexperienced with 103 laps remaining. Jesse Love, nevertheless, shortly powered to the entrance on the restart.
Simply after Busch reclaimed the lead, Kyle Sieg spun off Flip 2 to convey out the warning and arrange a restart with 87 laps remaining,
With 74 laps to go, Mayer made his means round Busch to take over the race lead as Gibbs moved to 3rd.
Allmendinger, Shane van Gisbergen and Love had been among the many first to hit pit street on lap 143 for his or her closing inexperienced flag pit cease to tackle new tires and gas to make it to the end. As soon as the cycle of stops was accomplished, Mayer returned to the lead with 44 laps to go.
Ellis spun round on the backstretch on lap 169 to convey out a warning that prompted a number of drivers to hit pit street for newer tires. Gragson elected to not pit and inherited the lead, however Allgaier lined up alongside him with two new tires when the race resumed with 25 to go.
Exiting Flip 4 on the restart lap, Gibbs hit the wall after which bumped into Allgaier simply as he was attempting to take over the lead.
Mayer inherited the lead following the wreck and led Elliott, Jones and Busch when the race resumed with 18 laps remaining. On newer tires, Elliott took excessive spot.
On the identical lap, Hill and Cole Custer collided in Flip 1. After reducing a tire, Hill appeared to remain within the gasoline and linked to Custer earlier than finally spinning out Custer’s No. 00 Ford on the backstretch.
Elliott led Mayer, Jones and Busch on the restart with 12 to go. Jones shortly moved into second to problem Elliott one lap later.
