Hendrick Motorsport NASCAR Cup driver chaseelliott will miss Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after suffering a leg injury in a snowboarding accident. He'll be replaced in the 9 Chevrolet by Josh Berry ⬇️
The 2020 champion suffered an injury to his left leg while snowboarding in Colorado, a Hendrick team statement said.
Elliott will be replaced by Xfinity Series regular Josh Berry, the 32-year-old a five-time race winner at the second tier of NASCAR competition. Berry finished fourth in the Xfinity standings last year with JR Motorsports, the team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr."He's spoken with several members of our team and is understandably disappointed to miss time in the car.
Sunday’s race will be the first Elliott has missed since becoming a fulltime driver in the Cup Series in 2016. In 259 career starts, he has 18 wins.
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