NASCAR fans have noticed that Hooters decals have been removed from Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet for Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. In addition, Hooters no longer appears on the Hendrick Motorsports partner page on its website and the Hooters Racing URL now redirects back to the restaurant’s homepage. This comes less than a week after at least 44 Hooters restaurants across 14 states permanently closed due to “pressure from current market conditions,” the chain told USA TODAY. Has Hooters broken off its partnership with Elliott and Hendrick? That could very well be the case, b…