{"id":53659,"date":"2025-10-17T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:34:11","slug":"elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Fights Back and Wins in Kansas: Drama in 2 OT Laps! NASCAR Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"In a race full of emotions and unexpected twists, Chase Elliott achieved a surprising victory at Kansas Speedway, 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 extra time laps, taking the checkered flag.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Unexpected Ending<\/h2>\n\n\nThe race, which seemed destined for Denny Hamlin, who dominated much of the competition leading 159 laps, had a chaotic ending. Several incidents and slow pit stops relegated Hamlin to seventh position.\n\nThis left Bubba Wallace in a position to fight for the victory, in a neck-and-neck battle with Christopher Bell. However, Hamlin, in a bold maneuver, approached Wallace, who grazed the wall while trying to defend his position.\n\nIt was at that moment that Elliott seized the opportunity, overtaking Hamlin and securing his second victory of the season.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>What a crazy finish! I hope everyone enjoyed it. I certainly did.<\/p><cite>Chase Elliott<\/cite><\/blockquote>\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 celebra su victoria en Kansas Speedway.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Chase Elliott condujo desde la octava posici\u00f3n hasta la bandera a cuadros en un sprint de dos vueltas en el Kansas Speedway para asegurar un lugar en la tercera ronda de los playoffs de NASCAR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nElliott and Ryan Blaney are the two drivers who have already secured a place in the third round of the playoffs.\n\nHamlin, visibly disappointed, finished in second place. Despite having led most of the race, he couldn&#8217;t secure his pass to the next round.\n\nHamlin, who has aimed to reach 60 career wins, ended up with 59.\n\nBell and Chase Briscoe, Hamlin&#8217;s teammates, rounded out the top four.\n\nWallace, although he did not achieve victory, was satisfied with his fifth place.\n\nElliott, behind the wheel of a Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, was the only driver of a non-Toyota car in the top five.\n\nThe next playoff race will be at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, where Kyle Larson won last year.\n\nThe four drivers at risk of elimination before that race are Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Reddick, and Wallace.\n\nThe race in Charlotte will determine the eight drivers who will advance in the competition.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a race full of emotions and unexpected twists, Chase Elliott achieved a surprising victory at Kansas Speedway, 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 extra time laps, taking the checkered flag. An Unexpected Ending The race, [&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-53659","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\/53659","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=53659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}