For the second time this year, it was heartbreak for Chase Elliott at Darlington Raceway.The Hendrick Motorsports driver led with less than 20 laps to go in Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 but wasn’t able to come away with the victory.Elliott got together with Martin Truex when Truex attempted to make a pass on him coming into Turn 1 with 15 laps to go.Truex appeared to clear Elliott but the back of Truex’s car hit Elliott’s front bumper and ended the chance for both drivers to win at Darlington.“He was close but he wasn’t all the way clear,” Elliott said after the race. “I hate it. I had a fas…
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‘It’s par for the course here.’ Elliott’s chance at Darlington win slips away again.
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