Fans who bought tickets to this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas hoping to see Chase Elliott behind the wheel of the No. 9 car are going to be disappointed,
They’re also going to wish he had stayed off the slopes.
On Friday evening, news broke that Elliott has sustained a leg injury while snowboarding in Colorado. Elliott — who has been voted NASCAR’s most popular driver five years in a row — will have surgery on Friday night.
Breaking news: Chase Elliott out for this weekend after snowboarding accident. Suffered leg injury and having surgery.