Overview
- Chase Elliott executed a decisive inside pass on Brad Keselowski in Turn 1 on the final lap to capture the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway.
- The win snapped Elliott’s 44-race victory drought and secured his berth in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
- A 23-car wreck early in Stage 2, triggered when Denny Hamlin clipped John Hunter Nemechek, knocked out multiple top seeds and upended the In-Season Challenge bracket.
- Pole-sitter Joey Logano led the first 36 laps before a rain-forced caution signaled the start of a chaotic night.
- NASCAR’s In-Season Challenge now advances to its Sweet 16 round on the Chicago Street Course, with several favorites already eliminated.