Bill Elliott, driver of the #23 ISM Connect Chevrolet ... "I texted my team and said you all might want to put A.J. (Allmendinger) back in the car after what he did today (finished second).

Elliott joins his father, Bill, (1987) in winning a Clash race ... would be the second father-son pairing to each win the Harley J. Earl Memorial trophy at the World Center of Racing.

Elliott won the exhibition Clash, an annual prelude to the Daytona 500, earlier this month. Back in 1987, Chase's dad Bill Elliott also won the Clash and then went on to win Daytona for a Clash ...