After 400 laps around Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Chase Elliott had to sit against his race car to recover from a grueling first race back. The HMS driver started 24th, giving Elliott hefty traffic to navigate during the 400-mile race. Elliott began to pick his way through the field, despite passing having proved difficult throughout the race. By the time teammate Kyle Larson made the race-winning move on Joey Logano with 29 laps to go, Elliott had climbed to 14th. “I think if you saw him after the race just the fight that’s in Chase Elliott. Obviously, that was a tough race on him,” Andrews said. “Tough race on any driver to come here after being out for multiple weeks.

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