Chase Elliott must have felt at home on Sunday. Just a few hours from his hometown and on a track where his father won a few decades before, he embraced fans.

Elliott Wins Big At Talladega

The younger Elliott took home a Cup Series race victory at Talladega SuperSpeedway this weekend. He earned Chevrolet their first victory of the season, got his fourth win overall and avoided a race-ending crash that flipped Kyle Larson close to a half-dozen times.

The race was his first victory since October. After a restart with four laps to go, he worked with a handful of his fellow Chevy drivers to hold off the rest of the pack. It worked and he drove down victory lane only a few hours from his hometown.

His father, Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, won twice at the raceway in the 1980s.

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“Dad’s history, obviously very cool,” Chase Elliott said. “To me the biggest piece of today was just how much of a home race it felt like after the race. I was blown away by the people and how fired up everybody was. That was an unbelievable experience. We are close to home, so that’s cool, and they made me feel that way. I couldn’t ask for much more there.”

Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman finished right behind Elliot in second, followed by rookie Ryan Preece, veteran Joey Logano and another rookie, Daniel Hemric.

Elliott’s win ended a seven-race win streak for Ford. Penske Racing had also won six of the last nine.

“We needed to win this,” said Alan Gustafson, Elliott’s crew chief. “We needed to consolidate our efforts. We needed to break the streak that one of our rivals has here.”

His teammate Bowman added that Elliott earned his victory. He said, “Well, I’m not just going to let him win, right? I’ve got to try. I knew I could get to his quarter panel. I was pretty confident I could get to his quarter panel in the tri-oval and who knows who’s going to get to the line first at that point. I thought I could do it, but it depends on the car behind you and where he goes. It would have been fun to try.”

The Cup Series will head to Delaware next Sunday for the Dover 400.

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Both teams failed pre-race inspection three times before the start of the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube. Jimmie Johnson (driver of the No. 48) and Ross Chastain (No. 15) started at the back of the 37-car field.

Per the new deterrence guidelines in the 2018 NASCAR Rule Book, a crew member of NASCAR’s choosing is removed following a third inspection failure. Competition officials ejected car chief Jesse Saunders from the No. 48 team roster and Lee Leslie from the No. 15 team’s at-track list.

Johnson has won four times at the 1.5-mile track in Las Vegas. He entered the Pennzoil 400 ranked 35th after crashes in the first two races of the season at Daytona and Atlanta.

HOMESTEAD, FL – NOVEMBER 20: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 and the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2016 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson wins a record-tying 7th NASCAR title. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is always an event that attracts hundreds of fans from across the country to watch racing.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Tickets

This summer, the New Hampshire Monster Energy race will be held on Sunday, July 22 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.

Tickets on Ticketmaster.com begin at $30. However, tickets for children 12 and under are just $10. There is a maximum of two kids tickets with the purchase of one adult ticket.

In the event of rain or postponement for any reason, there are no refunds. The race will be held the next possible day.

LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 12: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Pennzoil Ford, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Attention, all racing fans: tickets for Overton’s 301 race as part of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in London, New Hampshire on Saturday, July 16 are now on sale!

Tickets: Overton’s 301 (NASCAR), NH, July 16

The race — a 301-lap stock car competition — will begin at 3pm EST. Tickets begin at $50 on Ticketmaster.com, and youth tickets are available only for those ages 12 and under. There is a maximum of two youth tickets for every adult ticket purchased.

Overton’s 301 is a key playoff-qualifying race that could help any driver gain traction for a championship run. From 2010-16, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, and Matt Kenseth used wins in this race to carry themselves into the NASCAR playoffs, and in 2013, Brian Vickers upset the field for his first win since 2009.

There are no refunds: if the race is postponed due to rain or for any other reason, the event will be held the next race-able day and all tickets will be valid for that day.

Here is the schedule for the race that day:

10:30 a.m.
Spectator gates open

10:30 a.m.
Richard Petty 80th Birthday Party
Trackside Live stage near Lite Lobster Lounge

11:20 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Pit road open to pre-race pit passes

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Trackside Live On-Air Show
Stage in Fan Zone

12:00 p.m.
Pre-race concert

12:15 p.m.
Danica Patrick Kids Q&A
Trackside Live stage near Lite Lobster Lounge

12:30 p.m.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Q&A
Infield

1:00 p.m.
Drivers Meeting

2:20 p.m.
Driver introductions

LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 12: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Pennzoil Ford, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Martin Truex Jr. beat out Brad Keselowski at Sunday’s Kobalt 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in Las Vegas, but it was another duo of drivers who made most headlines.

After the race, Kyle Busch approached Joey Logano near the pit. A furious Busch, who finished 22nd, squeezed out of his No. 18 Toyota and began walking toward Logano, who backed away, and one of his crew members immediately stepped between him and Busch to confront the latter.

Busch attempted to land blow after blow on Logano, but was unsuccessful and only left with a bloody cut on his forehead.

“Not a lot of talking,” Logano said. “Just a lot of swinging. We usually don’t have any issues.”

Were any punches landed? “None to me,” Logano said with a smile.

Busch claimed Logano, who finished fourth, blocked him when both cars were dueling for position and attempting to pass the slowed car of Keselowski, Logano’s Team Penske teammate, on the final lap of the race. Logano got loose and into the rear of Kyle Busch’s car, causing Busch to spin onto pit road at the end.

“He tried to pin me down into the corner underneath Brad (Keselowski) and we about crashed on entry and I was still trying to gather it up out of center and I was going to spin out so I’m trying to chase it up and he was there,” said Logano. “I would say nothing intentional but obviously he thinks that.”

Logano doesn’t have the best relationship with Joe Gibbs Racing, especially with Busch’s teammate Matt Kenseth, who was suspended in 2015 for intentionally wrecking Logano at Martinsville.

“I don’t run from conflict,” Logano later told reporters Sunday. “You just talk about it, but [Busch] wasn’t in a talking mood. He was in a fighting mood, I guess. Typically, you can handle this stuff like men and talk about it. You don’t have to fight, but whatever.

“Kyle and I have always raced really well together.  We’ve never had an issue, but I guess that’s over.”

Following the altercation, Busch clearly said he wasn’t done with Logano: “That’s how Joey races, so he’s gonna get it,” the Toyota driver said, visibly still infuriated.

With 24 laps remaining, Keselowski went low to pass Truex after having looked at the back of Truex’s No. 78 Toyota for nearly 100 laps. Three laps later, Keselowski increased his lead to more than half a second.

With 17 laps left, Danica Patrick’s No. 10 Ford blew its engine into Turn 1, leaving a trail of smoke billowing out the back.

Keselowski, who was attempting to defend his 2016 Kobalt 400 victory, said something on his car broke on the final lap. He also won last week’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

“I felt like the race didn’t play into our hands,” Truex said. “We got a little bit lucky there. That’s why you fight until the end.”

Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Ford blew a tire just past the start/finish line on Lap 70. He crashed into the wall hard, his cabin filled with smoke. After being released from the infield medical area, Harvick said, “I’m fine. Blew a tire.”

Harvick elaborated just minutes later while sitting in a golf cart in the infield: “It started vibrating about four or five laps before it blew out, and I was just trying to ride it to the end of the stage … the worst part was the medical response; it took them forever to get to the car. I thought we made that better, but obviously we haven’t … it either just cut the tire, or came apart and melted the bead.”

Kyle Larson, Jamie McMurray, Keselowski and Chase Elliott, were among the top five in the first stage.

LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 12: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Pennzoil Ford, leads Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)