After picking up his first Camping World Truck Series win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Chase Elliott heads to Iowa Speedway this weekend looking to find that winning touch once again. Elliott raced at Iowa Speedway earlier this year, picking up a fifth place finish. He also has had past success at Iowa, winning the K&N Pro East Series race there.
“I think we learned a lot during our last trip to Iowa setup-wise and that gives us a better starting point in practice,” Elliott commented. “Now that we have one run here under our belts, the guys at the shop were able to make better preparations to fight the things we struggled with last time.
“Coming off a win (at Canada) and returning to an oval doesn’t hurt either.”
Elliott took the win in the Chevrolet Silverado 250 last weekend after some late race contact with Ty Dillon in the final corner. While it looked like Elliott dumped Dillon, Dillon also did come down on Elliott in the middle of the corner. Either way, there’s concern that it could carry over this weekend at Iowa Speedway virtue of Dillon’s post-race comments.
“You’ve got to show respect,” Dillon said immediately after the race. “I hope he runs Iowa (next week). He won’t finish the race.”
Elliott agreed after the race that Dillon has a right to be angry, but he also has to do what he has to do to win the race.
“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” he said. “I had the fender on him there, I might have gotten into 10 a little bit too hard, but I did have a fender on him I felt like. He just told me I was better than that, and we’re probably going to have some problems next week at Iowa, so we’ll have to play it by ear when we get there.”
Dillon’s car owner Richard Childress also stated that it’s not the first incident Elliott has been involved in as he got into Austin a couple years ago.
“Anybody could see that he never turned the wheel and just drove straight into him,” Childress added. “He said it in his interview — it’s the last lap, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. “That’s not the way you end up making friends.”
Well the incident will carry over this weekend is yet to be seen. But one thin that has is known as that Elliott should be fast and in contention for the win.
