NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
BASS PRO SHOPS NRA NIGHT RACE
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONF. TRANSCRIPT
AUGUST 20, 2016

BATTLE AT BRISTOL FOR THE BOWTIE BRIGADE POSTPONED
Persistent Rain Results in Rescheduling of Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

BRISTOL, Tenn. – After completing 48 of the scheduled 500 laps, torrential downpours and severe thunderstorms plagued ‘Thunder Valley’ and forced the postponement of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race.

Chevrolet SS driver Chase Elliott, No. 24 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet SS, led 14 of the opening 48 laps and was second when the race was suspended due to weather. Other Team Chevy driver’s holding top 10 running positions when the rains came were Jeff Gordon running eighth as interim driver of the No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet SS and Kyle Larson, No. 42 Huggies Chevrolet SS who had made his way into the 10th spot.

The completion of the 23rd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season has been rescheduled for Sunday, August 21st at 1:00 p.m.

Live coverage will be available on CNBC, PRN, Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 90 and NASCAR.com.

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS:
“We haven’t really even got going so I think until we get some laps and get racing it is really kind of hard to say how it’s going to go. I’m looking forward to the NAPA Auto Parts team getting back going tomorrow.”