Hendrick Motorsports tweeted Sunday morning that Chase Elliott is suffering from flu-like symptoms and that Justin Allgaier will be on standby for today’s AAA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Elliott will start today’s race. He will start 11th.
Allgaier finished 10th in Saturday’s Xfinity race for JR Motorsports.
.@chaseelliott is experiencing flu-like symptoms. He’ll start today’s race, but the No. 24 will have @J_Allgaier on standby as a precaution.
— No. 9 Team (@Hendrick9Team) November 6, 2016