NASCAR champion Chase Elliott is set to return to the track at Martinsville Speedway this weekend in what will be his first race since the snowboarding accident.
"We’re looking forward to having Chase back in his race car to pick up where he left off," Hendrick Motorsports team owner Rick Hendrick said."Since the injury, he’s worked extremely hard and focused all his time and energy on returning to the No. 9 team. Throughout the last six weeks, he’s stayed fully engaged with everything we’re doing, and we know he’s chomping at the bit to get on the racetrack and compete for wins.
The 2020 Cup Series champion completed part of his rehab in Colorado before going back home to Dawsonville, Georgia, to complete his physical therapy in late March. Chase Elliott and Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, talk on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 6, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona.
He tested this week in the Chevrolet Driver-in-the-Loop simulator in Concord, North Carolina, before making the final decision to return at the Virginia racetrack.races. He finished in second place at Richmond. Jordan Taylor drove the No. 9 at Circuit of the Americas., finishing in 24th.Qualifying begins Saturday and the NOCO 400 will start at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday on FS1.Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.
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