Hendrick Motorsports captured a momentum-boosting NASCAR Cup Series victory at Martinsville Speedway when driver Chase Elliott and crew chief Alan Gustafson used a pit-strategy-assisted win to end the team's early-season winless stretch.
Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, said the new car body shows a lot of potential but requires balance adjustments and persistent work to extract performance, and he noted Ford and Toyota have stepped up.
Rudy Fugle, crew chief for William Byron, said the team is learning the new car through race conditions rather than testing and has incorporated findings from a Goodyear tire test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway into recent builds.
Chad Knaus, Hendrick Motorsports' vice president of competition and a Hall of Fame crew chief, acknowledged struggles while learning the car but said Las Vegas demonstrated the package's competitive potential.
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