Elliott in must-win NASCAR playoff spot after Michigan wreck

Elliott, who missed several races earlier this season due to injury and a one-race suspension, was running seventh in Sunday’s race when he had a rear tire go down, spun and slammed into the Turn 2 wall.The damage was so extensive to Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that it knocked him out of the race, which left him with a 36th-place finish.Elliott, 27, was still mathematically …Keep reading