I'm not surprised, the better funded teams were always going to be out front early on. Elite are trying to get their heads around a new engine platform, along with EFI.
Sad to say it, the changes may be too little, too late.

I still like to watch and will no matter the changes. Apparently the KB team put in more work on the EFI than other teams.

KB team is based in Mooresville, NC which is the central nervous system for both NASCAR and the American F1 teams, GA and JL are tapped into a huge resource/technology pool that benefits them tremendously.

my good friend has his shop within about 500' of theirs, it's right next to Mooresville 1/8th mile Dragway where the KB boys routinely rent the track for testing.

Mooresville is owned by Anderson's father-in-law, they're "connected".

KB also has Bo Butner working on their efi.

It's good to be them.