Overview
- Chase Elliott won the Hollywood Casino 400 in overtime by 0.069 seconds, surging from eighth on the final restart to clinch a Round of 8 berth.
- Denny Hamlin led 159 laps and swept the first two stages but lost track position on a late slow stop and reported power-steering and low-voltage issues.
- On the last lap, Hamlin and 23XI driver Bubba Wallace made contact that put Wallace in the wall and opened the door for Elliott to slip past.
- Wallace finished fifth, flipped off Hamlin on the cooldown lap, and criticized the move in postrace comments, while Hamlin said the car would not turn in the final corner.
- Hamlin leaves Kansas 48 points above the playoff cutline entering the Charlotte Roval, while Wallace sits 26 points below; one outlet has also reported unresolved charter and legal pressure for 23XI.