Points-leader Elliott backs up status with first Cup win of 2022

  • Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates with a sweet burnout after winning the Cup Series DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne at Dover Motor Speedway Monday. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
    Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates with a sweet burnout after winning the Cup Series DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne at Dover Motor Speedway Monday. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

    Cup Series standings leader Chase Elliott earned his first victory of the season in Monday’s weather-delayed DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.

    Elliott led the final 53 laps of the 400-lapper and pulled away from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for a 2.577-second victory in an action-packed race that was slowed 12 times for caution periods – including a red flag weather delay on Sunday that ne…