Seven races into the 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy season and Dawsonville-native Chase Elliott is still in the second spot behind Kyle Larson in the overall points standings. Elliott is coming off another solid outing in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway where the 21-year-old driver finished ninth after starting at 33. The deep starting position came after he got into the outside wall before moving down to hit the inside wall during a practice round in Ft.