Chase Elliott’s team makes blunder during Cup Series race at Watkins Glen

Elliott and his No. 9 Chevy Camaro team were working under bad information. They told Elliott to continue until he hit his fuel reserve switch. He expected he would have been able to go for two more laps after hitting the switch and then pit on the third lap. But apparently his fuel reserve tank was not completely full, as he ran out of gas before making it as far as he thought he would.

Crew chief Alan Gustafson said on the radio that there was some “bad information.”

That’s a big mistake to make.

The No. 9 finished 32nd in the race, a lap behind the field. Elliott now needs to win at Daytona next week in order to make the playoff.