HAMPTON, Ga. -- With a last lap pass on another former NASCAR Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott shot past Brad Keselowski and to the checkered flag to win the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway, earning his first win of the 2025 season and the 20th of his Cup career.

Elliott advanced to the second round of NASCAR’s new In-Season Challenge, a five-race, bracket-style tournament. With the field cut from 32 to 16 drivers, Elliott will be paired against John Hunter Nemechek when the Cup Series moves to the Chicago Street Race next Sunday.

Both drivers and fans had to remind themselves to breath during an incredible Cup race at Atlanta, which saw five different drivers led during the final ten laps