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With the home crowd cheering his every move, Chase Elliott wanted this win so badly.
He saw Corey LaJoie coming up quickly in the rearview mirror. No way Elliott was letting him by.
The Georgia-born driver powered past the upset-minded LaJoie with just under two laps to go and crossed the finish line under yellow after a big block sent LaJoie smashing into the wall on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
It was Elliott’s first NASCAR Cup victory at what he considers his home track after coming up short on his first eight tries.