“I don’t know where it is. It could be in two weeks, it could be in two months.” NASCAR’s managing director of racing communications, Mike Forde, said these words earlier this week. The object of his words was the much-awaited championship format tweak in the NASCAR Cup Series. After an interminably long period of protesting against the one-race title system, drivers will finally get better stakes, especially one whose consistency has been jaw-dropping.

That is none other than Chase Elliott. The Hendrick Motorsports driver could not crack the Championship 4 in 2025. And eventually, his teammate, Kyle Larson, went on to pick up his career’s second title. According to a NASCAR insider, Elliott’s second title also may not be far off.

Chase Elliott’s fate hangs in suspense

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