Chase's statement win at Martinsville Speedway | Race Rewind | NASCAR Playoffs

Relive the Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway that saw Chase Elliott clinch a spot for Phoenix to race for his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series title.
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[@joshthegreatest1198]

Chase Elliott to win the championship

[@RyanLaney21]

Kevin Harvick: I won 9 races and the regular season championship, Phoenix here I come Playoff format: *slow down there buckaroo*

[@RyanLaney21]

@@BenMyattt my driver made it so I have no complaints

[@noahfrankel7966]

@@dshih199 yeah but that’s the thing about the playoffs. You can’t fade at any point and you have to be ready every weekend and harvick failed to do that.

[@RyanLaney21]

@@BenMyattt I have no problem with the format, I was just saying, and it’s nice to see that my drivers biggest source of competition is gone.

[@noahfrankel7966]

@@BenMyattt yeah, it makes it way more exciting. Harvick would have won the championship already and there would be no point in having this final race!!

[@joshuarich6091]

@@dshih199 go look back at past seasons. There have been multiple drivers that had similar seasons and didn't win a championship. Everybody played by the same rules. Harvick had a cake walk into the final 4 and his team didn't capitalize. They did the opposite of capitalize. Its tough, but lets not act like having the best car all season or winning the most races means you should be champion. Thats never been true and still isn't. I'm not the biggest fan of this format, i'd like to go back to the old format where you win a championship by accumulating points over the entire season. But this is the system, and he had advantages that the system allows and he still didn't make it.

[@antoniovgmx]

This is the first time in this format we have all 8 drivers be championship contenders, this was awesome!

[@JeffWeselyan]

Best move mfty move of the year is chase elliott pit crew Jack man

[@sabelotodo8372]

Kyle Busch won the Most Stylish Finish of the race.

[@andreamullen8009]

I’m not a Kyle Busch fan but that move was cool.

[@fonnyjootball512]

career defining moment for sure

[@woodsnoopy]

Harvick: spins out Harvick Fans: HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

[@perrywebb5833]

Sigmund and Freud's version or disturbed? Lol

[@NASCARTalkWithEvan]

Sucks that Bowman is out of the playoffs, but I'm also happy for Chase getting a spot in the playoffs.

[@tammymoore9764]

Get it Chase!

[@derekstutz2024]

Honestly how many of you are pulling for Chase to win it all next week?

[@troyandrade435]

Well there is only 1 of me so.... 1.

[@brandondavis8790]

i am

[@luiscooper4156]

I'm rooting for Harvick. Though I am pretty sure he has the championship already wrapped up with his amazing season. Or is anyone else mathematically still able to beat Harvick?

[@rcracer8872]

I'm a chase Elliott fan so me

[@jonathanp.3231]

@@luiscooper4156 Harvick is out of the championship

[@Afterz18]

honestly if the penaltys come in and harvick and hamlin get penalized then i hope chase wins it

[@supertornadogun1690]

Didn't matter lul

[@zaydon7310]

They are all good at ism the final four it will be interesting

[@luiscooper4156]

@Shane Mendel Hope Harvick gets the championship he definitely deserves it with the amazing season he has had...

[@nascarfangirl2200]

@@luiscooper4156 harvick ain’t even in the Championship 4

[@luiscooper4156]

@@nascarfangirl2200 Oh is he not? That is odd, he was the best and most consistent driver all season long. There must be something wrong with the format then...

[@Mik1604]

Playoff format gave us this classic thriller. Harvick failed to show up when he had to.

[@luiscooper4156]

Yeah. Playoffs are the best invention by NASCAR ever. It creates fake drama, doesn't reward consistency and gives the 10th best team all season a shot at the "championship". Perfect! Who wants the best team all season to lift the trophy? That would just be boring...

[@Mik1604]

@@luiscooper4156 the best team who finished 10, 20, 11, 2, 16 and 17 in the races that really mattered? That best team? Or the guy who secured 2 wins under extreme pressure in that same period. But you have fun with your little spreadsheet that tells you who the champion is.

[@evanj2400]

Penalize JGR

[@leerudolph8894]

Go back and watch the last 20-25 laps. The Gibbs racing team seemingly built a wall around Hamlin. From lap 20 remaining to 5 laps, Kyle Busch was in 7th and between him and Harvick in 11th were the 10,14,21. Kyle seems to drop back allowing all three pass him so that he puts himself between Harvick and Harvicks teammates so he cant use them to pick up points on Hamlin. During the same time Hamlin has the 20 and the 19, both teammates, directly behind him running interference protecting Hamlin from being passed. Go check it out. No way Kyle loses momentum so quickly and just a coincidence all the Joe Gibbs cars in position to wall up Hamlin's points.

[@dereka5017]

I disagree about Busch. But absolutely his other teammates were playing defense.

[@leerudolph8894]

@@dereka5017 looking at the laps and his positioning, you don't think it unusual for him to lose three positions and finding him directly in front of Harvick, separating Harvick from access to his teammates positions right in front of them? Denny had two methods to lose ground at that point, Harvick gaining a position, which was walled up with Kyle in front of him, and second would be Hamlin losing a position which was walled up with Jones and Truex directly behind him preventing???? Too danged convenient I'd say.

[@jdubs5975]

@@leerudolph8894 It is too convinient (god I can't spell) but I legitimately thought Kyle's car was just very bad at the time.

[@Itsveruss]

This is cool my favorite number is 1 and 17

[@boocebungus5839]

The sad thing is this race will be remembered for 1 thing NOT chases comeback and clutch win but harvick and all the other drama with him

[@MacBecker]

@InjunJoe i agree

[@paulrodrigues9603]

Maybe NASCAR doesn't give enough carryover points the the winners of each race. Evidently winning 9 races doesn't mean enough.

[@the420secrets6]

harvick in shambles

[@robertdahse4569]

Nascar gave Chase's team a huge break for the penalty for man over the wall to early

[@seamuso7020]

Its in the rule book nascar didn't give them a break.

[@jonathanp.3231]

@@seamuso7020 Exactly they even showed the rule from the rulebook

[@illinoisdiecast7145]

BRAD IS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP 4

[@bluecup1129]

*BREAKING NEWS: ERIC JONES TEAM TOLD HIM TO “not pass Denny” on the final laps*

[@theleg7nd279]

If I was jones I would have dumped Hamlin

[@dereka5017]

Yeah, that was pretty obvious from how he was driving.

[@joshuapittman4663]

This was good race that was ruined due to playoff controversies... All I’ll say is that there’s a good reason why no other Motorsport league uses the playoffs...

[@theleg7nd279]

NASCAR could be so much more popular if they didn’t have the dumb playoff system

[@PugsNotDrugs4]

I think the playoffs makes it more interesting. What's the point of running all 36 races if a champion is determined before the final race?

[@joshuapittman4663]

@@PugsNotDrugs4 then it’s fair and the champion is undeniably the best driver that season because they have the best average finish... Harvick had 0 DNFs and 9 wins, that should be a championship season in any Motorsport...

[@PugsNotDrugs4]

@@joshuapittman4663 The New England Patriots once went 16-0 in the regular season only to lose in the Super Bowl to the 10-6 New York Giants. Should the Patriots have just been handed the Vince Lombardi trophy for their regular season finish? No. Playoffs add excitement and drama and makes things more interesting. Deciding a champion before the season is over is boring and anti-climactic.

[@joshuapittman4663]

@@PugsNotDrugs4 🤦‍♂️ This isn’t a fair comparison since in the NFL you have two conferences and whoever is the proven best of each conference goes to the super bowl, so the team that wins is the best in the league for that year... In NASCAR you go against the same opponents all season long and race on different tracks, so the person who is the most consistent is the best driver, this is why all Motorsports use a season-long championship format... This system is fair for the NFL, not for a Motorsports league like NASCAR...

[@illinoisdiecast7145]

CHASE ELLIOTT ENDS THE ROUND OF 8 CHOKE

[@rtpgunner2979]

Yea ok.... 9 champ bow tie ftw!

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

WAY TO GO CHASE ELLIOTT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #9 FOREVER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS HIS FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elisei5667]

u got to feel bad for Harvick

[@theheadofthetable4246]

No you don't he didn't show up when he really needed to and ultimately paid the price for it.

[@GhostbustersFrozenEmpire2024]

Woo hoo

[@williamtuneberg7102]

I like the view on this video

[@vanvleetofficial]

So if they both get penalized is bowman in or something 😂

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

Hello

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

Was Rick Hendrick there or did Chase have to call him?

[@ShereeAshleyArend]

Hendrick calls the drivers, drivers don't call him 🤦

[@manboy3597]

This is surprisingly unpopular

[@royal_highlovertmeme750]

Denny's year 2020

[@theheadofthetable4246]

This aged well🤣🤣🤣

[@mitchellcook6443]

Such a stupid format I’m glad Chase made it But but harvick deserves to be there by far the best this year NASCAR just artificial drama it’s sad to see

[@andonmendenhall9]

First

[@bendavis8423]

I am the first one

[@paulrodrigues9603]

NASCAR why don't you just give Elliott the trophy and the seat at the head table now. Nascar gave him the race with that pit mistake. You should have given Keselowski a free pass as well. To the fans it seems like equal justice. Mulligans like in golf!!!!

[@UrlacherBears54]

Stay mad.

[@theheadofthetable4246]

Your comment is laughable, please keep crying.