CONCORD, N.C. — Bill Elliott remembers taking his son to a kart race out west that Chase Elliott badly wanted to win. He was just a little boy and when he spun his kart, he couldn’t get it restarted and his victory was gone.

“He was devastated,” Elliott recalled with a laugh. “It’s just his DNA.”

Years later, Chase Elliott is still hard on himself.

Last week at Dover when his first Cup Series victory was right in front of him. But with just over a lap left, Kyle Busch chased him down and denied Elliott his long overdue first trip to victory lane.