{"id":48737,"date":"2025-10-11T05:14:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/elliott-shocks-wins-in-kansas-from-8th-place-in-ot-nascar-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:14:19","slug":"elliott-shocks-wins-in-kansas-from-8th-place-in-ot-nascar-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/elliott-shocks-wins-in-kansas-from-8th-place-in-ot-nascar-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Shocks: Wins in Kansas from 8th Place in OT, NASCAR Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"In an emotion-filled race at Kansas Speedway, Chase Elliott achieved an unexpected victory, securing his place in the third round of the NASCAR playoffs.\n\nElliott, starting from eighth position, starred in a spectacular comeback in the last two laps, surpassing his competitors in a final sprint that kept everyone on the edge of their seats.\n\n<h2>Hamlin: Dominion and Deception<\/h2>\n\nDenny Hamlin, who led a large part of the race, seemed to have the victory secured. However, a series of incidents in the final laps, including a slow pit stop, relegated him from the first position.\n\nHamlin, who was seeking his 60th career victory, expressed his disappointment after the race.\n\nSimply super disappointing. I wanted it a lot. It would have been number 60 for me.\n\nThe race was marked by multiple yellow flags, including a stoppage for an incident with Zane Smith.\n\nThis final restart put Bubba Wallace in a favorable position for the win, in an intense battle with Christopher Bell.\n\nIn an unexpected turn, Elliott snuck into the contest, surpassing Hamlin and securing the victory.\n\nElliott, visibly excited, celebrated the victory.\n\nWhat a crazy finish! I hope everyone enjoyed it. I certainly did.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0928%2Fr1552686_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Chase Elliott celebrando la victoria\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Chase Elliott se alz\u00f3 con la victoria en el Kansas Speedway, asegurando su lugar en la siguiente ronda de los playoffs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nElliott joins Ryan Blaney as the two drivers already qualified for the third round of the playoffs.\n\nHamlin, who finished in second place, had to deal with power steering issues during the final laps.\n\nHamlin&#8217;s teammates, Bell and Chase Briscoe, rounded out the top four.\n\nWallace, despite finishing fifth, was satisfied considering the difficulties his car had at the beginning of the race.\n\nThe next playoff race will take place at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.\n\nThe drivers at risk of elimination are Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Reddick, and Wallace.\n\nCompetition in Charlotte promises to be crucial, with the possibility of significant cuts in the rankings.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an emotion-filled race at Kansas Speedway, Chase Elliott achieved an unexpected victory, securing his place in the third round of the NASCAR playoffs. Elliott, starting from eighth position, starred in a spectacular comeback in the last two laps, surpassing his competitors in a final sprint that kept everyone on the edge of their seats. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4961,1591,182,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-48737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nascar","7":"tag-chase-elliott","8":"tag-kansas-speedway","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}