Chase Elliott wins the regular season championship,” NASCAR analyst Eric Estepp boldly declared at the start of the 2025 NASCAR season. The post Can Chase Elliott Reclaim the Throne He Once Lost? New Twist in the HMS Garage appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Following Shane van Gisbergen's second consecutive win one week ago at Sonoma Raceway, the NASCAR Cup Series was at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday for the running of the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, which saw Denny Hamlin prevail in a double-overtime finish over teammate Chase Briscoe and go back-to-back at the Monster Mile.

Chase Elliott asserted that Dover Motor Speedway is his favorite track on the NASCAR schedule after amassing two wins and 10 top-5 finishes at the Monster Mile.

Dover Motor Speedway was poised for some action packed midseason showdown, with the in-season tournament in full swing and the road-course fatigue of fans and drivers, somehow Dover of all tracks became something that the nascar community was actually looking forward to.

Chase Elliott exuded high optimism on the return of the NASCAR Cup Series to its traditional ovals after two eventful road course weekends.

Denny Hamlin had to wait more than an hour to finish the final 14 laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series event at Dover Motor Speedway, due to a mid-afternoon monso