DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (June 1, 2009) - Chase Elliott knows that every race won't be a dream in the No. 9 Aaron's Lucky Dog Dream Machine, and Saturday was one of those nights at Lanier National Speedway (Braselton, Ga.).  After setting the fastest speed overall in practice and qualifying second - only .004 seconds off the fastest lap, 13-year-old Elliott battled a free race car from the start of the 100-lap Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS) feature and earned a hard-fought sixth place finish.

"We were just off a little bit on the set-up on the Dream Machine tonight," Elliott said.  "The track was slick this week with the heat, and we were just too free all night.  I couldn't drive hard into the corners and make it stick.  But the team worked really hard and we still got another solid top-ten.  We'll just go back and look at our notes and try to get it right again when we come back here in July."

The No. 9 Aaron's Dream Machine rolled off fast, leading the first practice and setting the fastest lap overall in GAS practice with a 14.115-second lap around the 3/8-mile oval.  Elliott rolled off lucky 13th out of 17 cars in qualifying and picked up from practice to post a 14.044-second lap, only .004 seconds off the fastest lap of teammate Casey Roderick.  Roderick rolled a "five" on the giant die to determine the inversion, dropping Elliott from second to fourth for the start of the GAS feature.

Elliott took the green flag on the outside of the second row and struggled to get to the inside line, dropping as low as seventh by lap five.  A few laps later, Elliott had his rhythm back and moved up into sixth place as the top six spread out single file.

During the first caution on lap 22, Elliott reported to his team that he was free up off the corner - despite the fact that he was running lap times as quick as the leader.  After restarting sixth, Elliott was able to pick up another position to move into fifth before the next caution on lap 33.

Elliott restarted on the inside of row three, alongside the No. 45 of Dwayne Buggay.  Unable to make the Dream Machine stick on the bottom, Elliott pushed up into the No. 45 and then slipped back to sixth place.

For the majority of the race, Elliott battled the handling on the Dream Machine - rather than cars on the track - to maintain his position until a lap 80 caution.  On the restart, Elliott was stuck on the outside of the No. 29 of James Nealis for four laps before he was able to clear him and fall into line.

The race stayed green for the final 20 laps, and Elliott held on to bring the No. 9 Aaron's Lucky Dog Dream Machine home in sixth place, continuing his impressive streak of top-ten finishes in all eight career Late Model starts.

Elliott and the No. 9 Aaron's Lucky Dog Dream Machine will return to Watermelon Capital Speedway (Cordele, Ga.) for the June 6th ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour event.  The race will be Elliott's third ASA/SAT race and his second start at WCS.  Para obtener mayor información, visite www.ASASoutheastAsphaltTour.com.

For more information about Chase Elliott, including his Late Model schedule and personal race blog, please visit the newly launched www.ChaseElliott.com.