Fans Accuse NASCAR of Hendrick Motorsports Favor Despite Tape Explanation on Chase Elliott’s Camaro at Dover

During the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond, Kyle Busch was awarded a penalty for having a piece of tape stuck on his front grill. Fast forward a few weeks ahead, there emerged a photo of Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott having a piece of tape on his front grill.

But the only difference from Busch’s situation was that Elliott wasn’t penalized.

And that is because there were more differences in the two situations, the major one being that the piece of tape on Busch’s Toyota was illegally pasted on for performance advantage while Elliott’s Chevrolet probably picked up the ‘piece of tape’ from the track.

This was something NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass also clarified.

“I know there have been questions about this piece of tape on Elliott grille. Checked in with someone from a non-Chevy organization and was told it looks like a piece of tape that came off the track (not placed by team) and if anything, it would make performance worse, not better,” Pockrass tweeted.

However, some NASCAR fans weren’t buying this explanation. Instead, they made some subtle and some not so subtle accusations of the decision makers once again favoring Hendrick Motorsports and NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver.

Chase Elliott claims there’s no change in his approach, be it Daytona or Phoenix

After winning his first race of the season at Dover, Chase Elliott addressed the media and revealed whether there was a change of approach he took that earned him this win.

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“I want to win just as bad at Daytona at the start of the season, when no one has any [winner] stickers on their cars, just as bad as I do when we get to Phoenix at the end of the season, regardless of what has gone on,” Elliott said.

The 2020 Cup Series champion emphasized that his drive is to “drive to win”, to do his job to the best of his abilities. It doesn’t matter whether his team is struggling or doing good, whether his teammates have won or they haven’t, all Chase Elliott wants to do ever is win.

So let’s see if his flat line approach pays more dividends in the races to come.

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