{"id":55468,"date":"2025-10-19T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoff-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:33:10","slug":"elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoff-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/elliott-fights-back-and-wins-in-kansas-drama-in-2-ot-laps-nascar-playoff-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Fights Back and Wins in Kansas: Drama in 2 OT Laps! NASCAR Playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chase Elliott Shocks in Kansas and Secures a Spot in the Next Round of NASCAR Playoffs<\/h2>\n\n\nIn a race full of unexpected twists, Chase Elliott took the victory at Kansas Speedway, securing his place in the third round of the NASCAR playoffs. The driver, starting from eighth position, starred in a spectacular comeback in the last two extra laps, taking the checkered flag.\n\nThe race, which seemed destined for Denny Hamlin, who led for 159 laps, had a wild finish. Hamlin, despite his dominance, was affected by problems in pit stops and other incidents that prevented him from achieving his 60th career victory.\n\nThe competition was interrupted by multiple yellow flags and a red flag due to Zane Smith’s rollover. This set the stage for a final restart in overtime, where Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell battled for the win.\n\nIn a crucial moment, Elliott emerged from nowhere, surpassing Hamlin and securing his second victory of the season.\n\n\n

What a crazy finish! I hope everyone enjoyed it. I certainly did.<\/p>Chase Elliott<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Chase Elliott celebr\u00f3 la victoria en Kansas Speedway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nElliott joins Ryan Blaney as the two drivers already qualified for the third round of the playoffs. The competition will intensify even more in the next race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where the field of competitors will be reduced from 12 to 8.\n\nHamlin, visibly disappointed by finishing second, expressed his frustration. The three-time Daytona 500 winner needed the victory to secure his place in the next round and achieve his goal of 60 career wins.\n\n\n

Simply very disappointing. I wanted it a lot. It would have been the 60th for me.<\/p>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWallace, who finished fifth, was satisfied with his performance, considering the difficulties his car faced at the beginning of the race. The Chevrolet driver was the only non-Toyota in the top 5.\n\nThe next race will be an elimination race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway oval\/road course. The four drivers in danger of elimination are Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Reddick, and Wallace.\n\n\n

Obviously, there’s only one thing we can do in Charlotte (win), and that’s what we’ll focus on.<\/p>Reddick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chase Elliott Shocks in Kansas and Secures a Spot in the Next Round of NASCAR Playoffs In a race full of unexpected twists, Chase Elliott took the victory at Kansas Speedway, securing his place in the third round of the NASCAR playoffs. The driver, starting from eighth position, starred in a spectacular comeback in the […]<\/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-55468","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\/55468","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=55468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}