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What’s Happening?

Chase Elliott gets it done at Texas, holding off Denny Hamlin in a familiar late-race showdown, while Kyle Busch steals headlines for all the wrong reasons on his birthday weekend. From Elliott’s continued surge to Busch throwing away a strong run, there was no shortage of storylines shaping how this one will be remembered. Here’s how it scored on the Groovy Gauge, powered by Lectric eBikes.

Groovy Gauge Score: 65%

• Eric says track position remained the biggest factor all afternoon, with clean air making it extremely difficult for trailing cars to mount serious charges
• He thinks the dirty air and narrow preferred groove limited passing opportunities, forcing teams to rely more on pit calls and restart execution than raw pace
• Eric believes tire strategy never created enough of a performance gap to dramatically shake up the running order, reinforcing Texas’ dependence on maintaining track position
• He said the late cautions and restarts ultimately saved the race’s entertainment value, creating the urgency and side-by-side tension that elevated an otherwise solid day
• Eric thinks this wasn’t a classic Texas race, but it avoided the worst-case scenario and showed enough competitive tension to justify a respectable score. The racing still has clear limitations, but he believes this was another sign that Texas has found a more stable, watchable middle ground compared to some of its rougher recent outings

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