On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will make its return to Texas Motor Speedway, the site of Chase Elliott‘s most recent victory last spring. And on the surface, Elliott rolls up to Fort Worth in as good a form as he‘s had in a while.

NASCAR'S GREATEST CON MAN: The long Talladega con: How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track After Texas, where Elliott extended a long line of success for Hendrick Motorsports on the 1.5-mile track in 2024, is Kansas, where he was third last year, has been in the top-10 the past four races and won in 2018.