Chase Elliott has opened up about hisﷺ ye𒀰ar-long victory drought in the NASCAR Cup Series, as he returns to the scene of his most recent race win.

The Hendrick Motorsport driver recorded his last Cup Series victory almost a year to this date at Texas Motor Speedway, which hosts the 11th round of ไthe 2025 season this weekend.

Elliott has now gone 37 races withou꧟t scoring a victory, marking the second-longest win drought in his career.

The 2020 champion previously went 42 races without a win, ending that losing streak in Texas last🉐 year. This means he has scored just two wins in the last 80 races.

Asked if he feels encouraged about returning to Texas, or worried about being in the same position as 12 months ago, the 2💮9-year-old: “I g🎶uess both.

“Well, the good news wa♚s it [last year's race] went well. The bad news was it was 12 months ago. A lot changes in a year, and things that we are working on behind the scenes, whether a set-up path or a race strategy path or whatever it is, that is going to outweigh something that went on 12 months ago.

“It’s hard to reflect that far back and think that, ‘Oh, we’ll just do what we did last year,’ and that’s going to be perfect because most of th👍e time that’sꦏ not the case. The lessons that we’ve learned lately are likely more applicable than those 12-plus months ago.”

🍃While lack of wins may be seen as a cause of concern, a run of consistent results in 2025 has allowed him to grab fourth place in the standings, 70 points down on teammate and overall leader Willi𒆙am Byron.

Elliott said he is “somewhat happy” with his performance so far this year, before adᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚding: “We want more. I think we’re capable of more. And we൩ just have high expectations.

“We are proud of those good runs that we’ve had, but we know that there’s more💝 in the tank. The season’s still very early, and I’ve seen eno🏅ugh high spots to kind of give me hope.”

Elliott credited the crew of the #9 Hendrick Motorspo▨rts Chevrolet for helping him finish inside the top 20 in all 10 races so far this year.

At Daytona, Atlanta and COTA, the Hendrick crew had t🍸o rep🔯air the damage to his car to allow him to salvage some points.

“Our team does a really good job of just trying to piece stuff together,” he said. “It just comes down tღo those guys being prepared on pit road for toe-link changes or needing to patch together body pieces.

“A lot of that stuff comes from their preparation and hard work throughout the week to just make sure that they’re ready for those types of circumstances that canꦅ be thrown at them.

“So that is the only reason why we didn’t finish outside the top 20 at those races. It’d be great to pair that with s𒁃ome really good results and race wins.”