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Chase Elliott wins grueling NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway

Rod Mullins

nascarChase Elliott notched his second NASCAR Cup Series win of the season in the wee hours of Monday morning in Nashville. NASCAR correspondent Rod Mullins joins the show to break down Elliott’s win, and the late-race strategy that paved the way for Elliott.

Other topics:

  • Weather delays had a huge impact on the race.
  • It was a mixed day for Hendrick Motorsports.
  • Bubba Wallace had a wheel issue that led him to break off communications with his team.
  • Up next: Road America in Wisconsin (Sunday, 3 p.m. ET)






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Rod Mullins

Rod Mullins

Rod Mullins covers NASCAR for Augusta Free Press. Rod is the co-host of the “Street Knowledge” podcasts focusing on NASCAR with AFP editor Chris Graham, and is the editor of Dickenson Media. A graduate of UVA-Wise, Rod began his career in journalism as a reporter for The Cumberland Times, later became the program director/news director/on-air morning show host for WNVA in Norton, Va., and in the early 1990s served as the sports information director at UVA-Wise and was the radio “Voice of the Highland Cavaliers” for football and basketball for seven seasons. In 1995, Rod transitioned to public education, where he has worked as a high school English, literature, and creative writing teacher.

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