Tag: Hendrik Motorsports

Chasing Elliott has strong words after the clincher struggles

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GT Chase Elliott wasn’t happy with his performance. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott finished 21st at Las Vegas Motor Speedway without any stage points. This continued in a series of struggles during the Cup Series qualifiers, and he responded with strong words. “I did a really bad job all weekend,” Elliott told NBC Sports after getting out of the No. 9 Chevrolet. “Not driving the car as it needs to be driven, and not giving the information to fix it. Poor effort all round on my behalf. “If you do…

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Hendrik Motorsports Lands New NASCAR Team Head

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GT Alex Bowman will have a new crew chief in 2023. Hendrick Motorsports made the move for the 2023 Cup Series. The team has appointed Blake Harris to be Alex Bowman’s crew chief and Team 48. HMS announced the news on October 14 ahead of the trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The team confirmed that Harris will move from Front Row Motorsports and Team #34 to Box 48. He will replace Greg Ives, who announced in August that he was going off the road for a new role at…

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Appeals Panel Radically Changes William Byron’s Sentence

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GT William Byron gets his points back after the Appeals Committee decision. Hendrick Motorsports went before the three-person appeal panel on October 6 and tried to overturn the penalties handed down to William Byron. The commission heard the case and made some major changes to the original NASCAR penalties. According to a press release, the Appeals Committee has overturned the 25-point driver and owner penalties issued to Byron after he rolled Denny Hamlin under caution at Texas Motor Speedway. The three-person panel noted that he broke the rules in the…

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Elliott hunt asks for some NASCAR schedule changes

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GT Chase Elliott called for some changes to the schedule. NASCAR released the 2023 schedule on September 14. Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott hasn’t objected to the tracks, but he has expressed a desire to make some other big changes. Elliott retweeted the schedule after its release with a very simple but encrypted message. He tweeted “less = more” and “I love night races too.” This obviously created some questions while Elliott media was available at Bristol Motor Speedway, and provided some important context. One of his messages focused on…

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William Byron didn’t finish entering the playoffs

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GT William Byron has some unfinished business after entering the playoffs. Hendrik Motorsports driver William Byron is on the cusp of qualifying for the fourth time in his Cup Series career. He never made it to the quarter-finals, but he will have the opportunity to take care of some unfinished business starting with Darlington Raceway. The location of the opening race is a track where Byron was on his way to an important win over the weekend. However, Joey Logano sent him to the wall with a late push and…

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Hendrick Motorsports reveals why Xfinity is back

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GT Hendrick Motorsports will compete in 3 races in the Xfinity Series. Hendrick Motorsports returns to the NASCAR Xfinity Series on July 2 at Road America for the first of three events. Before the race, crew chief Kevin Minding explained the reasoning behind the decision. “The primary objective of this is to improve the performance of the drivers on Sunday,” Meendering said in a video from HMS. “Training time is very limited right now. They get 15, 20 minutes into the race weekend, so anything we can do to get…

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Hendrick Motorsports meets DC for a special scheme

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GT Alex Bowman (left) will have his own supernatural scheme in Atlanta. The #48 Chevrolet Camaro from Hendrick Motorsports will get a bold look for the Trophy Series trip to Atlanta Motor Speedway. Alex Bowman will drive a stock car highlighting a partnership between Ally Racing and Warner Bros. Discovery, DC Comics, and Milestone Media. The plot, revealed by HMS on June 29, features DC superhero (Virgil Hawkins). There are flashes of lightning throughout the car, which has a mixture of blue and violet colors to reflect the respective brands.…

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Alex Bowman’s collection of impressive cars is growing ⁠—and so is he

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GT Alex Bowman loves to work on cars when he’s not competing in the Cup Series. NASCAR drivers have many ways to decompress during the grind of the Cup Series season. Some head to the nearest golf course. Others compete in iRacing. Seven-time winner of the Trophy Series, Alex Bowman heads to his race shop and spends his time picking up his impressive collection of vehicles. Hendrick Motorsports’ full-time driver competes in the Cup Series, but also runs ABR, Inc., which is in the business of Sprint cars and works…

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Chase Elliott’s NASCAR Movie Proves He’s Not One Pony

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GT Chase Elliott won eight races on the oval in his career. Hendrick Motorsports’ #9 driver, the Chevrolet Camaro, won the Ally 400 at the Nashville Superspeedway on June 26. It was Chase Elliott’s second win of the season, and it showed he was unsuitable for a particular style of track on the NASCAR schedule. The Georgian national has spent his career with a reputation built on his road track success. That’s fitting considering he’s had seven wins on the road courses, the third most ever behind Tony Stewart (eight)…

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