Chase Elliott: 10th-Place in Pocono 400

Sunday afternoon at Pocono Raceway, Jimmie Johnson led the way for Hendrick Motorsports with a Top-10 finish - his fifth in the last seven races. Johnson took the checkered flag eighth, and Elliott joined him inside the Top 10 with a 10th-place result, hendrickmotorsports.com reports.

Analysis:

It was a good points day for Elliott and the No. 9 Chevrolet team. The young driver earned valuable playoff points with his sixth- and fifth-place stage finishes. Elliott would pit under caution for fresh tires with 14 laps to go, and would race his way back from 21st- to 10th-place over the final stretch run. His sixth Top-10 result of the season moved him up two spots to 13th-place in the series standings.