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NASCAR issued the following statement on Monday: “Brian France has taken an indefinite leave of absence from NASCAR as chairman and chief executive officer. Effective immediately, NASCAR Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Jim France has assumed the role of interim chairman and chief executive officer.”

Jim France grew up in the early years of stock car racing, living and learning every detail of the sport from his own experiences, and from his father Bill France Sr., the founder and first president of NASCAR, and brother Bill Jr., NASCAR’s former president, chairman and CEO.

Jim France

Joining International Speedway Corporation in 1959, France worked in all phases of operations in his early years with the company.

He was elected to the ISC board in 1970 and has served as the company’s secretary, assistant treasurer, vice president, chief operating officer, executive vice president and president.

France has been involved in motorsports most of his life. In addition to stock cars, he has also been a strong supporter of both sports car and motorcycle racing in the United States, evident by his professional involvement in those sports. In 1999, he founded GRAND-AM Road Racing; in 2012, he was the driving force behind the merger of GRAND-AM and the American Le Mans Series, which began operation as one entity under the IMSA banner in 2014. He also was one of the crucial forces behind NASCAR’s acquisition of ARCA earlier this year.

France has served as a board member for ACCUS (Automobile Competition Committee of the United States). France was on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1969-1970, serving in Vietnam.

France was born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, and graduated from Seabreeze High School. He attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, and earned a business degree in 1968.

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The Dawsonville Pool Room’s siren was ringing after Chase Elliott’s inaugural Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win at Watkins Glen International on Sunday. And the locals seemed to respond, as a crowd awaited the new race winner when he landed at Elliott Field in Dawsonville, Georgia.

Accompanying Elliott were fellow Monster Energy Series driver and friend Ryan Blaney — who climbed out of the plane first, saying “Boy’s a winner!” — and his father, Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott.

MORE: Elliott wins at Watkins Glen | Elliott, father Bill share special moment | Celebration photos

The driver of the No. 9 was grateful for the support, tweeting after the warm welcome.

 

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Was Chase Elliott’s win Sunday at Watkins Glen a culmination of a summer’s worth of improvement, a fun story line where a previously winless driver joins this year’s championship contenders? Or was it more a case of him being in the right place at the right time?

Let’s take a look at the statistical evidence.

Elliott’s average finish across 22 starts this season is 13.0. However, in races with eight or more starts and restarts, his average finish is 21.7, a result putting him in the neighborhood of Chris Buescher (18.3), Kasey Kahne (21.0) and Michael McDowell (21.2). Among this group, Elliott’s car is the only one ranked in the top 20 for yearlong Central Speed.

RELATED: Chase Elliott wins at Watkins Glen

Meanwhile, in the races with fewer than eight starts and restarts, including Watkins Glen, his average finish is 9.8, fourth-best among regulars in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, trailing only Kyle Busch (3.9), Kevin Harvick (5.3) and Martin Truex, Jr. (6.7), three drivers who’ve combined for 16 victories in 2018.

Eight of the last nine races saw less than eight starts and restarts. Elliott scored an 8.5-place average finish in those events.

Restarts have stymied Elliott this season. His 77.5 percent position retention rate on preferred groove restarts ranks 17th in the series. His 37 percent retention on non-preferred groove attempts also ranks 17th. The poor retention habits are reflected in races with high restart tallies.

The bad restart stat may suggest a problem in his driving repertoire, something Elliott eventually will have to address; however, his issue is mitigated on tracks and in races that don’t induce a high number of restarts. Instead of struggling to clear his biggest hurdle, this summer stretch, as predicted, has given mileage to his long-run passing acumen.

RELATED: Chase Elliott through the years

Elliott, an efficient passer in two seasons at the NASCAR Xfinity Series level, recorded the second-best surplus passing value in 2017, scoring a pass differential 172 spots better than his average running position’s expectation. In 2018, his overall passing value has regressed, but he’s still one of the 10 best passers in the series, subsisting on high long-run pass efficiencies on short tracks and 2-mile tracks. Additionally, he’s proving a stingy defender. To date in 2018, his adjusted pass differential for a single race dipped below minus-4 just twice.

With clean air and a caution-free final stage, Elliott would’ve been tough for anyone to pass in the waning laps at Watkins Glen. Truex, the reigning series champ and winner in the only other road-course race this year, ran his gas tank dry attempting to overtake him.

MORE: Dawsonville siren sounds for Chase

Elliott’s first victory came in a type of race that played to his statistical strengths. As his number of strengths expands, so too may his win total.

Only 22, Elliott should develop into a more reliable and well-rounded driver, with styles suiting most scenarios that befall modern-day NASCAR races. For now, he has a discernible strength, a weakness that doesn’t always play a factor and capitalized on a summer stretch of the schedule that appears tailor-made to showcase his abilities.

David Smith is the Founder of MotorsportsAnalytics.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DavidSmithMA.

 

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Race 11 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway crowned a new winner in the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series: Jimmy Mullis. Zack Novak finished second — one position shy of winning two races in a row. Ray Alfalla reclaimed the top spot in the point standings as the world’s best virtual stock car racers head to Pocono Raceway Tuesday.

1: Ray Alfalla (+2)

Ol’ Three-Time is back on top heading into Pocono, where the No. 2 has finished on the podium three times, including a win in 2013.

2: Ryan Luza (–)

Even though Ryan Luza’s lone start at Pocono last year wasn’t stellar (unless we’re talking business for the body shop), it’s hard to ignore the fact that he’s a weekly pick to perform this season.

3: Bobby Zalenski (–)

After giving up the points lead following a 12th-place effort in Loudon, Slip Angle Motorsports’ Bobby Zalenski driver looks to continue his solid season in the Pocono Mountains. Well, they’re pixel mountains. You can only really see them in the background of the track on iRacing.

4: Michael Conti (–)

Michael Conti dominated most of the action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but gave up control after a bad pit stop. The good news for Conti is that he’s racing at a track where he won previously.

5: Keegan Leahy (+1)

The series’ hottest Canadian driver rebounded masterfully in New Hampshire after a disappointing finish in Chicagoland — but Tuesday’s race at Pocono Raceway will mark Leahy’s first start at the Tricky Triangle.

6: Zack Novak (+1)

Zack Novak nearly went back-to-back in Victory Lane, but came up one spot short at his home track in New Hampshire. Novak, Lockdown Racing’s top-ranked driver, finished fifth in Pocono last year — plus, he’s finished either first or second in three of the last four races this year.

7: Matt Bussa (-2)

Matt Bussa’s promising run — and potential fifth consecutive top-10 — ended abruptly at the Magic Mile, but he’s still solidly standing fourth in the overall points. Bussa hasn’t finished better than 11th in three attempts at Pocono Raceway, his most recent start coming in 2015.

8: Nick Ottinger (+1)

Daytona winner Nick Ottinger’s had a quiet but consistent season, eighth in points after an eighth-place finish at Loudon. The Gale Force Radicals Online driver finished runner-up at Pocono in 2013 and fourth in 2012 — so he knows how to get around the triangle.

9: Logan Clampitt (-1)

Logan Clampitt’s officially in a drought — his best finish since May was 13th — but he finished fourth at Pocono last year, if it’s any consolation.

10: Jimmy Mullis (NR)

Lockdown Racing’s Jimmy Mullis finally broke through to claim his first victory at New Hampshire, but now heads to a track where he finished 31st in his only start.

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Ninety-nine races and the win count is one.

It’s been a long time coming, but Chase Elliott is now a victor in NASCAR’s top series. The 22-year-old Hendrick Motorsports product turned in a thrilling performance in Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen, holding off reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. for most of the final stage — as many wondered if the veteran would outfox the young driver and pull away with a second straight victory at the road course.

MORE: Relive Elliott’s first Monster Energy Series win | NASCAR reacts to Elliott’s victory

But he didn’t. Elliott won. 

And he had his dad, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, on hand guiding — and eventually celebrating with — him the whole way.

“I’m proud of him, proud of the team. They’ve done a good job,” said the elder Elliott, who spotted for Chase through the Bus Stop at WGI. “They’ve worked really hard the last two and a half years to put this together, and Mr. (Rick) Hendrick has done a lot for this organization and done a lot for racing.”

Those two and a half years? They’ve felt like an eternity for some of NASCAR Nation, yearning to see Elliott fulfill his destiny as both the son of a legend and, in his first two Hendrick seasons, the successor to one of NASCAR’s greatest ever in Jeff Gordon. 

The start of this year brought a new car number and a new mindset following some offseason guidance from teammate Jimmie Johnson over a few beers during a retreat to Colorado, but the mission remained the same: win.

The shift actually started last fall during the NASCAR Playoffs, seeing Chase put together the best 10-race stretch of his career with four runner-up finishes — after just one through the season’s first 26 contests.

Sunday was a culmination of two-plus years of learning at the Cup level. The win may have been a surprise to most, perhaps even Chase, himself.

Not Bill.

“Well, I still think last fall was kind of a defining point in his career,” he said. “I mean, the way he ran the last 10 races last year and the things that kind of went on, and I just … you kind of look at the end of last year, and we were so close to getting a win and getting that last few legs of the (playoffs), and he’s done everything right and there was nothing really I felt like he did wrong. There’s going to be days that circumstances play a part, good, bad or indifferent, and that’s a part of the way the racing gods go, right, wrong or indifferent.”

RELATED: Chase gets assist from Johnson | From a kid to Cup winner: Chase over the years

There were periods where confidence appeared, at least on the outside, to be shaken. In a sport of great quotes through the years, it had to hit a nerve with Chase that his most notable words were some form of “I just hate it for my guys back at the shop,” often after respectable-by-most-accounts top-five finishes. 

But a driver with shaken confidence doesn’t hold off one of NASCAR’s winningest drivers over the past few years for more than 30 laps at one of the sport’s most-challenging race tracks. That simply just doesn’t happen.

The lessons he’s learned through the struggles he and his team and organization as a whole have felt are going to pay dividends. It has started to show lately — Sunday was his third consecutive race with a stage win, and he’s now provisionally locked into the playoffs. 

The fact that it took 99 races to land in Victory Lane might have been difficult for Chase to wade through while it was happening, but in 20, 30, 40 years he’ll likely point to his early-career challenges as the chisel that carved him into the driver he’s destined to be. 

After all, it took Bill 115 races to finally crack through for his first Cup win at Riverside in 1983 … and things turned out pretty well for him. 

“Like I said, I think sometimes you get in this sport, and this is kind of my philosophy … you get in this sport and you win too soon, then in your mind it becomes too easy,” Bill said. “I think it took me — I know it took me a long time to win my first race in a lot of years because I didn’t run a lot of races first off. So, I think I started racing in ’76, and it wasn’t until ’83 I won my first Cup race. … You learn a lot through that; you learn a lot about yourself.

“But this is a whole different level today. I mean, when you’ve got guys like Kyle (Busch) and (Kevin) Harvick and (Martin) Truex and all those guys that run like they run, to be able just to even finish second to them, that’s a heck of a day in my opinion.” 

But he didn’t finish second Sunday. Chase won. 

We’ve felt it coming for a few the past few weeks, but it’s now official.

The Chase Elliott era is upon us, and all signs point to it being awesome.

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – If there were a “Driver of the Race” award in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, it would be difficult to give it to anyone other than Chase Elliott, who held off reigning series champion Martin Truex Jr. over the final 32 laps to win Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen.

Kyle Busch, however, could lay his own claim, after fighting his way back to third place, overcoming a fueling snafu on pit road during his final stop under caution on Lap 56.

RELATED: Chase Elliott breaks through | Race results

Busch left pit road with the lead after the stop, only to learn that his team had gotten only eight gallons of racing fuel into his tank. He returned to pit road a lap later to complete the fueling process and restarted 31st on Lap 59.

By Lap 66, Busch had cracked the top 10, and throughout the closing laps, he worked his way toward the front — ultimately passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez for third place.

“Sounds familiar,” Busch said of the glitch that perhaps cost him the race. “Every year we come here, we have a fast car and fail to execute, whether that’s just called bad luck or whatever.

“Last year we had a lug nut get stuck in the caliper. This year we had fueling problems. It never ceases to amaze me. Nothing surprises me anymore.”

WATCH: Busch’s fueling issue on pit road

Busch led 31 of the 90 laps, second only to Elliott’s 52. But after the blown pit stop, Busch had to work harder fighting his way through the field than Elliott did in keeping Truex behind him.

“It was a heck of a lot harder than it should have been,” Busch said. “But that was the predicament we were put in, and we had to go work. I certainly gave (team owner) Joe (Gibbs) his money’s worth today, maybe even a couple more races.

“We had a fast race car. I can’t say enough about our guys, our shop, everybody at TRD (Toyota Racing Development) engines, everything that gave us that opportunity. We just failed to capitalize, so it’s a disappointing day, no question.”

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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Just because you’re the defending series champion and last year’s race winner doesn’t make second place suck any less.

Martin Truex Jr. had leader Chase Elliott in his crosshairs over the final 30-plus laps of Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. He couldn’t reel him in.

Elliott held off the reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title-holder – a member of NASCAR’s vaunted “Big 3” – and Truex settled for the runner-up finish, his fourth of the season.

MORE: Complete Watkins Glen results

For two drivers — one who too often has seen wins slip from his grasp and another who has piled on 16 wins in the last three years alone — it seemed a foregone conclusion the veteran Furniture Row Racing driver would be adding his fifth win of the season with that many laps to work with.

Not so.

“(My car was) faster than the 9, just not enough to pass him,” a visibly-upset Truex Jr. explained in his post-race press conference. “I could get right to him. I chased him down from a ways back after that restart. … He checked up, got a lead on us, I just tried all I could to chase him down, and I got there with plenty of time. It’s just every time I’d start putting together some good corners and get close enough to him to even think about making a move, I’d get sideways behind him.”

WATCH: Truex says Chase had ‘upper hand’

In running so hard to catch the 9,  Truex burned up his tires … and his fuel.

“I was too loose all day on exit on all the corners. I couldn’t get the power down good enough, and running behind him there, just burned my rear tires off trying to make something happen,” said Truex, who is third in points. “We ran out of gas anyway coming off of Turn 5 that last lap, so it was really all a moot point. He was going to win regardless.”

Despite the heartbreak, Truex, in true-champion style, gave Elliott his due. The 22-year-old earned it, and he had to beat the best (Kyle Busch finished third, as well) to do it.

“He did a good job of putting his car exactly where it needed to be and not making a mistake,” Truex said. “Congrats to him on his first win. That’s a big deal for those guys, and they’ve been so close.  Chase did a great job, and they earned it, so congrats to them.”

Still, Truex knows he missed an opportunity.

“We tried, and we came up short,” he said. “It was my turn (to win), and I didn’t capitalize.”

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The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be at Michigan International Speedway, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be on track at Mid-Ohio. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.

Note: All times are ET

MORE: How to find NBCSN

 

SUNDAY, AUG. 12

MICHIGAN
12:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Driver/Crew Chief Meeting
1:50 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Driver Introductions
2:15 p.m.: Zooperstars Performance
2:28 p.m.: Canadian Anthem by: Lisa Bascom
2:30 p.m.: Presentation of Color: Michigan State Police
2:30:20 p.m.: Invocation by: St. Francis de Sales High School, Father Geoff Rose
2:31 p.m.: National Anthem by: Brian Vander Ark
2:32:30 p.m.: Flyover TOT by: (4) F-16s, 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard (Back Stretch to Front Stretch)
2:37:30 p.m.: Drivers, Start Your Engines: Jackson, Michigan Teacher of the Year, Tom Hunt
2:46 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Consumers Energy 400 (200 laps, 400 miles), NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN5) (Results)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
11 a.m.: Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe, Grand Marshal Tom Hunt and Honorary Starter Jason Potter
11:45 a.m.: Al Unser Jr. and Honorary Pace Car Driver Ben Wallace
1 p.m.: Michigan International Speedway 50th Anniversary Celebration
5 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race

FRIDAY, AUG. 10

MICHIGAN
12:05-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series opening practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN3) (Results)
1:05-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opening practice, FS1 (Results)
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1 (Results)
5:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
10:45 a.m.: Paul Menard
11 a.m.: Chase Elliott
11:15 a.m.: Clint Bowyer
11:30 a.m.: Grant Enfinger, Noah Gragson and Myatt Snider
11:45 a.m.: Michigan International Speedway Event Announcement
1:30 p.m.: Erik Jones
1:45 p.m.: Kyle Larson
6 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

MID-OHIO
1:35-2:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series opening practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)
4:40-5:15 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)

SATURDAY, AUG. 11

MICHIGAN
9:15-9:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series second practice, CNBC/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)
9:40 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series pole qualifying, FS1 (Results)
11:15 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)
1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Corrigan Oil 200 (100 laps, 200 miles), FS1 (Results)

PRESS PASS (Watch live)
10:45 a.m.: Cody Coughlin
2:30 p.m.: Post-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race

MID-OHIO
11:30 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series pole qualifying, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO) (Results)
3 p.m.:NASCAR Xfinity Series Rock N Roll Tequila 170 presented by Amethyst Beverage (75 laps, 169.35 miles), NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN3) (Results)

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What channels are NASCAR races on this week? We answer that and give you the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

Note: All times are ET. 

MORE: Get the NBC Sports App | How to find FS1 | Gets FOX Sports Go | How to find NBCSN 

Monday, August 6
2:30 p.m.: NASCAR 120 — Watkins Glen, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5 p.m.: NASCAR America Live, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1

On MRN
noon: Motorsports Monday (with hosts Woody Cain & Joey Meier)

Tuesday, August 7
5 p.m.: NASCAR America Live, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m.: NASCAR Race Hub, FS1
6:30 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
9 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
9:30 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN
7 p.m.: NASCAR Live (with host Mike Bagley)

Wednesday, August 8
12 a.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
12:30 a.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5 p.m.: NASCAR America: Wednesdays with Dale Jr., NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m.: NASCAR Racing: K&N Pro Series East, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
7 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN
1 p.m.: NASCAR Coast to Coast (with hosts Kyle Rickey & Hannah Newhouse)

Thursday, August 9
5 p.m.: NASCAR America Live, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5:30 p.m.: Dale Jr. Download, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN
1 p.m.: Throwback Thursday: 1981 Gabriel 400

Friday, August 10
Noon: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN3)
1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
1 p.m.: Dale Jr. Download, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
1:35 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
3 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
4:05 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
5 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
6 p.m. NASCAR America Live, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN
10 a.m.: The Inside Line (with host Tyler Burnett)

Saturday, August 11
2:30 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
3:30 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
8:30 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, CNBC/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
9:30 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1
11:15 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
11:30 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN GO)
1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Corrigan Oil 200, FS1
2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Countdown to Green, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
3 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Mid-Ohio Challenge, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN3)

Sunday, August 12
12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Race Day, FS1
1:30 p.m.: NASCAR America Live, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
2 p.m.: NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, NBCSN/NBC Sports App (Canada: TSN5)
5:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Post Show, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m.: NASCAR Victory Lap, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
7 p.m.: Racing Roots: Martin Truex Jr., NBCSN/NBC Sports App
7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
8 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
10:30 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
11 p.m.: NASCAR Glory Road, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

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When Chase Elliott won his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race in his 99th start in the series, it was a huge relief for the driver and his fans, who have waited three long seasons for this.

Naturally, NASCAR social media — and social media, in general — reacted accordingly.

Check out a collection of some of the best social media posts. More will be added as they are posted:

(Thanks for the plug, Jeff!)

Even Elliott’s home-state Atlanta Braves noticed:

And as a bonus, hear the siren sounding in Dawsonville, Georgia, in celebration of the win: