All 4 Hendrick cars to the rear of Cup field in Chicago
CHICAGO — All four Hendrick Motorsports cars will start in the rear of the NASCAR Cup Series field for Sunday’s Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course.
Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, William Byron and Chase Elliott qualified 11th, 14th, 38th and 39th, respectively.
Byron and Elliott didn’t get to run a qualifying lap at all after each smacking the wall in practice. Byron — and the Xfinity banner he hit — had far more damage than Elliott.
Elliott hit the wall exiting turn four, breaking a toe link. Alex Bowman had a similar issue but far less damage to where he was able to qualify.
In qualifying, however, Kyle Larson gave Hendrick the unfortunate superfecta. Larson was in an incident that left him with damage.
As a result, Larson, Bowman, Elliott and Byron will start in the rear of the field Sunday in Chicago.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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