Chase Elliott Capitalizes on Speeding Penalty by Kevin Harvick to Earn Third Career Victory; Four Eliminated

Chase Elliott was chasing down the No. 4 of Kevin Harvick, who dominated the second stage of Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas. Harvick landed a speeding penalty which handed the lead and ultimately the victory. Elliott successfully held off Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson in the end to secure his third career victory and second in three weeks.

Busch finished the race in second while Larson, who was in a must-win situation, finished the race in third. Erik Jones and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top-five finishing results.

With Larson and Alex Bowman failing to earn the victory on Sunday, they both are eliminated from the playoffs. Joining those two include Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, both of which entered Sunday's race behind the eight ball after running out of fuel at Talladega.

Results from Kansas

1. Chase Elliott
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kyle Larson
4. Erik Jones
5. Martin Truex Jr.
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Ryan Blaney
8. Joey Logano
9. Alex Bowman
10. Aric Almirola
11. Austin Dillon
12. Kevin Harvick
13. Clint Bowyer
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Ryan Newman
16. Chris Buescher
17. Jamie McMurray
18. Kurt Busch
19. David Ragan
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. AJ Allmendinger
22. Jimmie Johnson
23. Matt DiBenedetto
24. Daniel Suarez
25. Ty Dillon
26. Darrell Wallace Jr.
27. Michael McDowell
28. Regan Smith
29. Landon Cassill
30. Trevor Bayne
31. JJ Yeley
32. Paul Menard
33. BJ McLeod
34. Corey LaJoie
35. Kyle Weatherman
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Jeffrey Earnhardt
38. William Byron
39. Ross Chastain
40. Timmy Hill

With Elliott's victory on Sunday, he nets the fourth place seed (4,018) as the series heads into the round of eight. Kyle Busch (4,055), Kevin Harvick (4,054), Martin Truex Jr. (4,038), Clint Bowyer (4,015), Joey Logano (4,015), Kurt Busch (4,015), and Aric Almirola (4,005) join Elliott in the round of eight as the series heads to Martinsville.

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