HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WINS BIG LAST NITE AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Chase Elliott, a high school senior and son of racing legend Bill Elliott , held off Kyle Busch to win Friday night's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, scoring the first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory.

It was a triumphant night for Elliott, who drove with the poise of a veteran on a track where he had never race before

The victory also gave Elliott the series points lead. Being a night race wonder if this gave him any ectra on the rest.

Kyle ran second behind him so it wasnt a gimme.

As for Elliott's father, Bill, he said, "I'm about speechless. For never having been to some of these places like Vegas, California and now here at Texas, to come out and beat the kind of guys that you beat, I'll tell you what, you've done a heck of a job."

With 16 laps to go, Elliott retook the lead, going around Harvick on the high side, Busch moving into second. "To pass him for the lead there at the end, that's pretty crazy," Elliott said.

Elliott quickly jumped out to a 1.323-second lead, as he set his sights on his first victory. And he pulled away at the end, taking the checkered 2.666 seconds ahead of Busch, the winningest driver in series history. Isnt this kinda how his dad did when came upon the scene ??

Impressive.

Another year or two for JG and this Kid will be adding a #24 to his autograph.

From what I saw of the race it was not a cake walk for Chase. Those last few laps had Kyle way up on the wheel digging..

Chase is very impressive.....I remember another racer, who skipped his high school graduation, to race his midget in ESPN'sThursday Night Thunder Series..........Jeff Gordon.

But Chase is failing math!!!!

If you are #1 math not needed, all other positions are dividable.

Looks like multiplication is where he'll excel. His stock is displaying exponential growth.

But I was thinking about having to add all those dollars together every week.

Bet Daddy will console him on that Remember he was million Dollar Bill