In entrance of his dwelling followers, Chase Elliott earned his first win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season and his first in 45 races in Saturday’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway.
Elliott cleared Brad Keselowski in flip 1 on the ultimate lap and held on to attain his twentieth profession win. The victory additionally locks Elliott into the 2025 Cup Sequence playoffs. Elliott is the twelfth winner in 18 Cup Sequence races this season.
“Unbelievable,” Elliott instructed TNT Sports activities. “How about that? Are you kidding me? This proper right here is one thing I will always remember.”
Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones rounded out the highest 5, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Zane Smith, Ty Dillon, Chris Buescher and Carson Hocevar finishing the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embody Connor Zilisch in eleventh, Ty Gibbs in 14th, Kyle Larson in seventeenth, Bubba Wallace in twenty second and polesitter Joey Logano in thirty sixth.
The race featured an enormous crash on Lap 69 that concerned 23 automobiles. That wreck thinned the sector significantly, however did little to calm the motion that adopted.
The nineteenth race of the 2025 Cup Sequence season will happen on the Chicago Avenue Race on July 6. The Grant Park 165 will go inexperienced shortly after 2 p.m. ET, with protection on TNT, MRN, Max and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
