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Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Chase Elliott Interview Following His Win at Kansas | VICTORY LAP

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8523 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off his thrilling win at Kansas, Chase Elliott joins Kevin Harvick for this week’s Victory Lap on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour. Elliott opens up about what the victory means for his team moving forward in the NASCAR Playoffs, how their strong qualifying run set the tone for the weekend, and the strategy that helped them close out the race. The two also discuss Elliott’s mindset throughout the season, why his team has been able to stay so consistent, and how he’s approaching the next big challenge at the Charlotte Roval. LINK TO SUBMIT PICKS FOR THE ROVAL: https://forms.gle/nFSHX1w6EZ22eg8k7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Whether we got out there with a fourth or fifth or a win, I thought it was a great weekend for us.

0:04.9

Anybody in that top eight can get hot for a couple weeks, and I think we're capable of doing that too.

0:08.9

Well, Chase, congratulations, man.

0:22.1

That was a wild last couple laps.

0:25.2

And I know you guys have talked a lot about qualifying.

0:28.1

You guys were in the game all weekend, started up in the front.

0:31.2

But did you ever think that you had a chance right there at the end with starting 10th?

0:38.6

Winning. You know, my mindset was the two restarts before that had not gone very well.

0:47.5

And we got quick caution, so I was giving up lanes to take the outside.

0:52.6

And that's the bad, that's the risk, right?

0:54.9

You know, you get a quick caution and you're going to lose the spots that you gave up to take the preferred lane.

1:00.7

Unfortunately, that was exactly what happened.

1:04.9

So, yeah, it was eighth and felt like I had to give up a row to get to 10th.

1:10.6

Just didn't feel good about being stuck on the bottom in that situation.

1:14.3

I thought the only way for me to take advantage of our four tires was to be up top.

1:19.5

So, yeah, in my head, I was kind of thinking, man, if we can just get back to

1:23.9

fourth or fifth or something, you know, that would be a really good restart to come from,

1:28.4

come from 10th.

1:29.3

And, yeah, just got the momentum rolling up top.

1:32.2

Opportunities kept opening up.

1:33.8

And, yeah, next thing you know, I drove off into three and kind of saw those guys

1:39.0

start to start to ship it in there and thought, man, might have a shot to maybe get three wide with them

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