Though Elliott had been making progress during Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen Cup Series race, instead of revving into another epic, dream-worthy memory, Elliott and his team conjured up an embarrassing nightmare that’ll live on in infamy.

Heading into Lap 55 of the event, Elliott and his Hendrick Motorsports team behind his No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro had roughly 36 laps to go in the race, but they’d never see the finish line because Elliott literally ran out of gas, and this time, Superman was not going to swoop in and save him.

A heavily expletive-peppered clip from inside Elliott’s No. 9 cockpit during the race captured the tense moment Elliott and his crew chief Alan Gustafson realized Elliott’s best chance of punching his 2023 playoff ticket had just gone up in high-octane fumes.

“I just hit it [the reserve fuel switch], I just hit it,” Elliott said over his team radio. Immediately following that, Gustafson replied, “Copy, you’ll pass me twice now.” A few moments later, Gustafson’s tone seemed to shift as he said, “You gotta pit this time, this time.” Elliott could then be heard saying that he was “sputtering” and, as his car started to lose power, Bubba Wallace in the No. 23 Toyota Camry whizzed past him. Realizing the extent of the mishap, Gustafson could be heard saying, “F—–g bad information” before Elliott dejectedly responded, “I am out of gas.”