NASCAR grants playoff waiver to Chase Elliott
For the second time this season, NASCAR granted Chase Elliott a waiver to remain eligible for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
NASCAR gave Elliott a one-race suspension for wrecking Denny Hamlin in the Coca-Cola 600. He will miss this Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
Without the waiver, Elliott wouldn’t be playoff-eligible as you must attempt every race.
Since 2014, NASCAR has approved 24 of 27 waiver requests, including Elliott’s injury waiver earlier this year.
Other approved requests include for Josh Williams earlier this year, Johnny Sauter in 2019 and Kurt Busch in 2015 after NASCAR suspended each of them.
The only three waivers NASCAR didn’t approve were:
- Grant Enfinger, 2021, missed a race due to no sponsorship
- Kaz Grala, 2018, missed races due to no sponsorship
- Spencer Gallagher, 2018, violated substance abuse policy
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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.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com