Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott
Elliott at Watkins Glen International in 2021
Born	William Clyde Elliott II (1995-11-28) November 28, 1995 (age 25) Dawsonville, Georgia
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Achievements	2020 NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2010 Winchester 400 Winner 2011, 2015 Snowball Derby Winner 2013 All American 400 Winner 2014 Nationwide Series Champion 2016, 2017 Daytona 500 Pole Winner 2017, 2018 Can-Am Duel Winner 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race Winner Youngest Cup road course winner (22 years) Youngest Dover International Speedway Cup race winner (22 years, 10 months, 8 days) Youngest Kansas Speedway Cup race winner (22 years) Youngest Darlington Raceway Xfinity race winner (18 years)
Awards	2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year 2014–2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2018–2020 NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
213 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 9 (Hendrick Motorsports)
2020 position	1st
Best finish	1st (2020)
First race	2015 STP 500 (Martinsville)
Last race	2021 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
First win	2018 Go Bowling at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win	2021 Jockey Made in America 250 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 113 10
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
82 races run over 6 years
Car no., team	No. 1 (JR Motorsports)
2019 position	90th
Best finish	1st (2014)
First race	2014 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2021 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis)
First win	2014 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last win	2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 66 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
16 races run over 5 years
Truck no., team	No. 24 (GMS Racing)
2020 position	79th
Best finish	22nd (2013)
First race	2013 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2021 SpeedyCash.com 220 (Texas)
First win	2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Last win	2020 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 13 3
Signature
Statistics current as of April 11, 2021.

William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE for Hendrick Motorsports.^[1] He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports as well as in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He won the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in NASCAR and the youngest champion in that series.

Elliott began racing in the Cup Series on a full-time basis in 2016, during which he was named the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year. In 2020, he won the Cup Series championship, the first for Hendrick Motorsports since 2016. He has 13 career wins in the Cup Series, including seven on road courses.

He is the only son of 1988 Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott.

Racing career[]

Early career and short track racing[]

At the age of 13, Elliott was featured alongside thirteen other athletes, including future world number one golfer Jordan Spieth and future NBA 2nd overall pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, as potential stars in the July 13, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated.^[2] Elliott raced in 40 races in various series in 2010, winning twelve events over the course of the year and finishing in the top ten 38 times.^[3] It was the third season of his racing career, and he won the Blizzard Series, Miller Lite and Gulf Coast championship en route to being named the Georgia Asphalt Pro Late Model Series Rookie of the Year.^[3] He ended the season by winning the Winchester 400.^[3] Sports Illustrated named Elliott as the high school player of the week in April 2011.^[3] During the year, he competed in the Champion Racing Association, winning the series' National Super Late Model championship.^[4] Later that year, just after his sixteenth birthday, he won the Snowball Derby and became the race's youngest winner.^[5] He beat the second place driver, DJ Vanderley, by a record 0.229 seconds.^[6] In 2012, he won the Alan Turner Snowflake 100, prelude to the Snowball Derby, for the second time in three years.^[7]

In November 2013, Elliott won the All American 400, becoming the first driver to win all four of the country's largest short-track races: the All American 400, the Snowball Derby, the World Crown 300 and the Winchester 400.^[8] In December, it appeared as though Elliott had become the first driver to sweep the Snowball Derby and Snowflake 100 in the same weekend. Upon post-race inspection, however, a piece of tungsten was found in Elliott's car, which was prohibited by the Derby rulebook. Elliott was accordingly disqualified and the victory awarded to Erik Jones.^[9] Elliott won the Snowball Derby in 2015 after initial winner Christopher Bell was disqualified.^[10]

Stock car touring series[]

Elliott signed a three-year driver development contract with Hendrick Motorsports in February 2011.^[3][11] He competed in the K&N Pro Series East in 2011 with number 9, finishing 9th in season points.^[4] Elliott returned to the K&N Pro Series East in 2012,^[4] winning his first career race in the series at Iowa Speedway in May.^[12] He finished fourth in series points.

In 2011 and 2012, Elliott competed in three K&N Pro Series West races (once in 2011, twice in 2012), all at Phoenix International Raceway. In his lone 2011 event, he finished third, and in the 2012 races, he finished 17th (due to a crash) and fourth.^[13]

Elliott competed in six ARCA Racing Series races in 2012 and five races in 2013 with number 9, in order to gain experience at larger circuits. ARCA allows 17-year old drivers to race at Pocono Raceway and Kentucky Speedway, two circuits where NASCAR has a minimum age of 18; the minimum age for ovals longer than 2,000 meters, or 1.25 miles, is 18 years of age; shorter tracks and road courses have a minimum age of 16.^[14] On June 8, 2013, Elliott became the youngest winner in ARCA superspeedway history following his Pocono victory.^[15]

NASCAR national series[]

Truck Series[]

In January 2013, it was announced that Elliott would compete in nine NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events for Hendrick Motorsports during the 2013 racing season, using trucks prepared by Turner Scott Motorsports.^[14]

In qualifying for the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Elliott won his first career NASCAR pole position with a lap speed of 125.183 mph (201.463 km/h), and became the youngest pole-sitter in Truck Series history.^[16]

Elliott would win his first race in the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, in the first road course truck race outside the US; he was at the time the youngest winner in Truck Series history, at the age of 17 years, 9 months, and 4 days.^{[17][N 1]} The win was however controversial as Elliott made contact with leader Ty Dillon in the last corner. Dillon hit the tire barrier while Elliott went into the grass though recovered enough to be able to coast to the finish line ahead of Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chad Hackenbracht.^[19]

Dillon afterwards stated that the next time they raced each other "he won't finish the race";^[19] later Elliott stated he had attempted to apologize to Dillon but without any response.^[20] The following week at Iowa Speedway, Elliott cut down a tire early in the race and crashed without involvement from Dillon.^[21]

In October 2016, Elliott entered the Alpha Energy Solutions 200 at Martinsville Speedway, his first truck race since 2013, driving the No. 71 for Contreras Motorsports, leasing owners points and the truck chassis from JR Motorsports, where he led the most laps with 109 and finished 2nd.^[22]

Elliott joined GMS Racing's No. 23 entry for two races (Atlanta and Martinsville) in 2017, and he won at Martinsville. Three years later, he returned to the series and team in the No. 24; the effort was spawned from Kevin Harvick offering a bounty to full-time Cup drivers able to beat Kyle Busch.^[23] The attempt was initially scheduled for the Atlanta race before being moved to Charlotte in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the schedule. Elliott ultimately won the race ahead of Busch to claim the bounty; tensions had been high between the two following an incident earlier in the season.

In 2021, Elliott once again raced in the truck series racing for GMS Racing at Texas Motor Speedway.

Xfinity Series[]

In January 2014, it was announced that Elliott would be competing full-time in the Nationwide Series in 2014, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, with sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts.^[24] On April 4, 2014, Elliott won the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, holding Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch off after taking the lead with 16 laps to go.^[25] On April 11, 2014, Elliott won the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway by passing Elliott Sadler on the last lap after restarting sixth with two laps to go.^[26] Elliott won the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway after holding off Trevor Bayne.^[27] At Phoenix, Elliott clinched the Nationwide Series championship with a 53-point lead over teammate Regan Smith, becoming the first rookie and youngest driver to win a NASCAR national series title.^[28] Later in the year, he was named the Nationwide Series' Most Popular Driver.^[29]

In 2015, Elliott received his first DNF in his career after being involved in the second big one at Daytona, finishing 28th. On September 11, Elliott won his first race of the season at Richmond, snapping his 36-race winless streak. He battled with Chris Buescher for the championship, but was unable to catch up and finished 2nd in points.

Following Elliott's move up to the Cup Series in 2016, he continued driving for JR Motorsports part-time in the Xfinity Series. In 2016, he drove the No. 88 car in 5 races, including the season opening PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona, which he won. He also drove the No. 5 car at Texas.

In 2018, he began the season driving the No. 88 car at Daytona, which teammate Tyler Reddick won in a photo finish with teammate Elliott Sadler. Following Spencer Gallagher's suspension from NASCAR, it was announced that Elliott would pilot the No. 23 car for GMS Racing in select events, including the races at Charlotte, Pocono, Chicagoland, Daytona, and Bristol.^[30]

Cup Series[]

On January 29, 2015, Hendrick Motorsports announced Elliott would make his Sprint Cup Series debut in 2015, driving the No. 25 with Kenny Francis as crew chief. He was scheduled to race in five races at Martinsville, Richmond, Charlotte, Indianapolis, and Darlington. The team also announced that he would take over Jeff Gordon's No. 24 starting in 2016.^[29]

Elliott's Cup debut in the STP 500 was threatened by potential rain; due to a lack of owner's points and race attempts, had qualifying been rained out, he would have failed to qualify. Elliott eventually recorded a lap speed of 96.919 mph (155.976 km/h), qualifying 27th.^[31] During the race, contact with Brett Moffitt on lap 75 forced his car to drop debris onto the track and damage to hang from its rear, while his power steering was damaged. Dropping to 37th, Elliott entered the garage, and returned to the race on lap 144, 69 laps behind the leader and in last. Elliott would ultimately finish 38th, 73 laps down.^[32] On May 5, 2015, it was announced that Elliott would be entering the Sprint All-Star Race's Sprint Showdown.^[33] He finished 8th and 5th in the event's two segments.^[34]

2016[]

Elliott joined the Sprint Cup Series full-time in 2016, driving the No. 24 with Alan Gustafson as crew chief.^[29] Elliott carried primary sponsorship from NAPA Auto Parts (twenty-four races),^[35] 3M (five races),^[36] SunEnergy1 (four races),^[37] Kelley Blue Book (two races),^[38] and Mountain Dew (two races).^[39] He won the 2016 Rookie of the Year over Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Jeffrey Earnhardt, and Brian Scott.^[40]

In his Daytona 500 debut, Elliott won the pole with a speed of 196.314 miles per hour (315.937 km/h). At the age of 20, he became the youngest pole-sitter in 500 history.^[41] Elliott led three laps in the race, but on lap 18, spun exiting turn four and slid into the grass, damaging the front of the car. Elliott returned to the race on lap 59, 40 laps down, and finished 37th.^[42] The next week he finished 8th at Atlanta for his first Sprint Cup top-ten finish. The following week, at Las Vegas, Elliott showed a strong car all day and even had his car inside the top-five with 40 laps to go, but crashed and finished 38th. Elliott picked up more top tens during the spring, finishing 5th at Texas for his first career Top-5, 4th at Bristol, 5th at Talladega, 9th at Kansas, 3rd at Dover, 8th in the Coca-Cola 600, and a career best 2nd at Michigan.^[43] At Pocono for the running of the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400, Elliott would have his breakout race of his Sprint Cup career, Elliott would start 13th and later get the lead in the race and he would lead a race high of 51 laps, leading the most laps in a Sprint Cup race for the first time in his career. On a restart, Elliott would lose the lead and the race came down to fuel mileage but the fuel would hold and he would finish 4th. At Michigan in June, Elliott finished second after he missed a shift in the lead. He won the fan vote to advance into the All-Star Race along with Danica Patrick where he finished a respectable 7th after nearly winning the final segment of the Sprint Showdown, losing to Kyle Larson in a photo finish. Fifteen races into his rookie season, he sat 6th in the standings, the highest without a victory, with two poles for the Daytona 500 and at Talladega, six Top-5s and eleven Top-10s. Two weeks later at Sonoma, Elliott started 16th, but would ultimately finish 21st.

He was one of the first rookies to qualify for the Chase along with Chris Buescher since Denny Hamlin in 2006. On September 18, at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, he had a chance at his first win, but a late caution wiped out his 3-second lead over Martin Truex Jr., who would go on to win the race while Elliott would finish in 3rd. He was eliminated after the Round of 12 but managed to finish 10th in the final standings.

2017[]

Elliott started the 2017 season by winning the pole for the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row.^[44] He followed it up with a win in the first Can-Am Duel race, becoming the first driver since Dale Earnhardt in 1996 to win both the Daytona 500 pole and a qualifying race and the third in NASCAR history (Davey Allison is the first after doing so in 1990). At Martinsville a little later in the year, he sneaked past Kyle Busch after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bumped the No. 18 out of the way, allowing Elliott to steal the stage 2 victory. At Talladega on May 7, he was involved in a 16 car pileup that nearly saw him flip over, as his car got airborne. At Michigan in June, Elliott got his 3rd second-place finish in a row at the track.

On October 1, Elliott had another chance at his first career win leading his first 138 laps at Dover and having a 4-second lead over Kyle Busch with 50 laps to go, but caught lap traffic and was stuck behind Ryan Newman, who has long held the reputation as one of the hardest guys to pass, allowing Busch to pass Elliott with two laps to go for the win while Elliott finished second. Jeff Gordon, the previous driver of the No. 24 car and a mentor to Elliott, confronted Newman after the race because he cost Elliott his first career win. At the fall race at Martinsville, Elliott was able to take the lead from Brad Keselowski with four to go, but his winning chances were ruined after being hit by Denny Hamlin from behind and spun out with three to go. Unhappy with Hamlin, he drove him to the outside wall after the race ended on the cooling lap. "My mom always said if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all," Elliott told NBCSN. "He's not even worth my time. … We had a good opportunity. I can’t control his decisions and whatever the hell that was. On to Texas." He later got an apology from Hamlin after the race via Twitter.^[45]

At Phoenix, Elliott was in a must-win situation to advance to Miami. He did lead 34 laps of the race but once again, he had to settle for second as Matt Kenseth passed him with 10 laps to go, ending his championship hopes.^[46] However, he wound up finishing 5th in the final standings.^[47]

2018[]

In 2018, Hendrick Motorsports switched Elliott's car number from the No. 24 to the No. 9, the number that his father drove during most of his racing career, and also Chase's number in NASCAR's lower series. Elliott retained his crew, including crew chief Alan Gustafson.^[48][49] In qualifying for the Daytona 500, Elliott posted the 9th fastest time, ending his streak of consecutive Daytona 500 poles at two. Only a few hours later in the Advance Auto Parts Clash, he would be up front for most of the race, leading 17 out of the 75 laps but dropped back after an incident in the backstretch and was later caught up in a wreck on the final lap. Elliott won the second Can-Am Duel to earn a spot in the second row for the Daytona 500. Elliott ran towards the front during the first half of the Daytona 500, even leading four laps, before getting caught up in an accident on lap 102 and finishing 33rd.^[50]

At Richmond in April, Elliott finished second in the Toyota Owners 400. This was his best finish of the season to date and the eighth second-place finish of his career, tying the number of second-place finishes his father had before his first win. The following week at Talladega, he finished third in the GEICO 500 after starting the race at the rear of the field due to an unapproved tire change.^[51] Elliott had a strong race at Dover, starting 6th, finishing in the top 10 in both stages before slipping to 12th at the end. He scored another twelfth-place finish at Kansas, and rallied from a disappointing 22nd qualification to finish 11th at the Coca-Cola 600. Elliott had what he called his team's "best race of the year"^[52] to date in the Pocono 400 where he finished tenth and earned additional points with top tens in both stages.^[53] He scored a race-high 49 points with two top five stage finishes and a fourth-place overall finish in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma,^[54] which he considers "one of [his] worst" tracks.^[55]

He scored his first pole of the 2018 season at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, with a lap that was 0.240 seconds faster than anyone else in qualifying. The following day, his race ended early when he was collected in the “big one” on lap 54 along with 25 other drivers after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. turned Brad Keselowski near the front of the field, resulting in a 34th-place finish for Elliott.^[56] At Watkins Glen, Elliott started third, won Stage 2 for the third week in a row (Loudon, Pocono, Watkins Glen), and led the final 33 laps to finally capture his first career Monster Cup Series Series victory. Chase's win emulated his father, Bill, by finishing second eight times before winning, winning his first race on a road course, getting Hendrick Motorsports their 250th win and becoming the youngest driver to win on a road course. (Bill won his first career race at the now-defunct Riverside International Raceway).^[57] Bill was also a spotter of Chase's for the race.^[58] He was notably given a push to the fronstretch by teammate Jimmie Johnson when his car ran out of fuel when being congratulated by the rest of the drivers.^[59][60]

Elliott qualified for the 2018 playoffs. Elliott secured his second career victory on October 7, holding off Denny Hamlin in overtime at Dover. With the win, Elliott secured a spot in the third round. After a final lap melee at Talladega, he scored another win at Kansas later that month, holding off a hard charging Kyle Busch late in the going. He made it through the Round of 8 until he was eliminated by a late crash with Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch at Phoenix. Elliott finished the season sixth in the points standings.^{[citation needed]}

2019[]

Elliott started the 2019 season qualifying 18th for the 2019 Daytona 500. He spent majority of the race mid-pack before getting caught in a wreck on lap 200, finishing 17th. The following week at Atlanta, Elliott finished outside of the top 10 for the second race in a row after qualifying 22nd and finished in 19th. However, at Las Vegas, Elliott got his first top 10 of the season after he finished ninth. At Martinsville, Elliott finished second after getting passed for the lead with 126 laps to go. He got his first win of the season at Talladega after a crash under the white flag caused the race to end under yellow. Elliott also defeated Martin Truex Jr. at Watkins Glen for the second year in a row.^[61] Elliott breezed past the first round of the playoffs with a fourth-place finish at Las Vegas and 13th at Richmond. At the Charlotte Roval, he was leading the field on lap 65 when he locked his brakes and collided with the turn 1 tire barrier. Despite the minimal damage on his front end, Elliott took advantage of several cautions to retake the lead on lap 104 before scoring his third win of the season and his sixth career victory.^[62] However, he finished 38th at Dover when he experienced an engine failure on the seventh lap.^[63] Elliott advanced to the Round of 8 after finishing second at Kansas,^[64] but once again failed to make the Championship 4 after crashing and finishing 39th at Phoenix.^[65]

2020: Cup Series Champion[]

The 2020 season began with a stage win and another 17th-place finish in the Daytona 500.^[66] The following week at Las Vegas saw him win the first two stages, but a flat tire on lap 220 caused him to spin into the turn one wall and finish 26th.^[67] He recorded top tens in the next three races,^[68] including winning the pole and leading a race-high 93 laps at Phoenix before brushing the wall late in the event to finish seventh.^[69]

Elliott would be plagued by late misfortunes during the ensuing races. With 28 laps left in the Toyota 500 at Darlington, Elliott was turned by Kyle Busch while running in second, leading to him giving the finger to Busch as he drove by.^[70] He would soon after beat Busch and receive a bounty from Kevin Harvick in a Truck race while tensions between the two were still high. In the next Cup race, the Coca-Cola 600 (the only Crown Jewel his father Bill had never won), Elliott was leading when Hendrick teammate William Byron's flat tire resulted in a caution and overtime. Elliott's team elected to pit before the restart, dropping him out of the lead; he eventually finished third before being promoted to second after fellow Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson was disqualified.^[71] Elliott would rebound by winning the Alsco Uniforms 500 after passing Kevin Harvick for the lead with 27 laps to go.^[72] He was on the verge of a second consecutive race win at Bristol until he made contact with Joey Logano with three laps remaining, relegating him to 22nd and sparking a post-race discussion between the two.^[73]

In July, Elliott won the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol after winning two of the first three stages and dominating the final segment. The victory made the Elliotts the second father-son duo to win the All-Star Race, joining Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.; like Chase, Bill Elliott's 1986 race win came at a track besides the traditional host site Charlotte, doing so at Atlanta.^[74] A month later, during the inaugural Go Bowling 235 on the Daytona road course, Elliott led a race-high 34 laps en route to his second points-paying victory of the 2020 season and his third consecutive road course victory.^[75] The win put him in the lead for all time winning percentage on road courses, with 36.36%.^[76]

In the first race of the playoffs, the Cook Out Southern 500, Elliott's car featured a throwback paint scheme honoring his teammate, mentor, and friend Jimmie Johnson.^[77] He was running up front for much of the race, and he was leading with less than 20 laps to go before Martin Truex Jr. attempted to pass him off of a run; the two made contact and both cars went into the wall, causing damage that set them back in speed and track position. Elliott decided not to pit, but fell to 20th.^[78]

In the Bank of America Roval 400, Elliott had arguably the best car in the entire race as he started second, tied with teammate William Byron for most laps led, and won for his fourth straight road course victory. Winning this race made Elliott the youngest and oldest driver to win the Roval.^[79][80] Entering Martinsville's Xfinity 500, Elliott needed a win to advance to the final round; he worked his way to finish 4th in Stage 1, dominated to win Stage 2, and passed Martin Truex Jr. with 43 laps to go to win, which locked himself into the Championship Round at Phoenix.^[81]

Elliott started last in the Season Finale 500 after failing pre-race inspection twice, but ultimately led a race-high 153 laps to win the race and the championship. At the age of 24, he became the third-youngest driver to win a Cup championship.^[82] Along with his father, the Elliotts became third father-son duo to win titles following the Pettys (Lee and Richard) and the Jarretts (Ned and Dale).^[83]

2021: Defending the title[]

The early 2021 season was filled with highs and lows. Chase would finish 2nd in the Daytona 500. Chase finally won his first race of the season in rain delay at the inaugural race at the Circuit of the Americas. Elliott's victory achieved two milestones: the 268th Cup victory for Hendrick Motorsports, tying Petty Enterprises for the most Cup victories by a race team in NASCAR history, and Chevrolet's 800th Cup victory as a manufacturer. He finished 13th at the inaugural 2021 Ally 400 at Nashville, but was disqualified when his car had five loose lug nuts during post-race inspection. A few weeks later at Road America, Elliott would win again beating, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch.

Elliott raced in the Superstar Racing Experience finale at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, winning over Tony Stewart

In popular culture[]

Television and film appearances[]

Elliott has made appearances on television, including CMT's The Dude Perfect Show.^[84] He voices the character Mark Set-Go on Nickelodeon's Blaze and the Monster Machines^[85] and Chase Racelott in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3.^[86]

In 2017, Elliott served as a Fox NASCAR analyst for the Xfinity Series race at Atlanta.

In 2021, Elliott was the subject of a documentary with Dale Earnhardt Jr called ‘Chase’ which talks about his story of his racing career.

Magazines[]

Elliott has appeared on the cover of magazines, including NASCAR Illustrated;^[87] NASCAR Pole Position;^[88][89] and Georgia Magazine.^[90]

Video games[]

Elliott is featured as a playable driver in Forza Motorsport 6, via the NASCAR expansion pack.^[91] The expansion features twenty-four paint schemes from the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season, including Elliott's No. 24 NAPA SS.^[91] Elliott, along with Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch, provide commentary in the expansion as the "voices of motorsport."^[91] Elliott and Johnson also had roles in developing the expansion.^[92]

Elliott has been a driver in all of the NASCAR Heat series of games by 704Games. All four 2018 HMS drivers, including Elliott, were on the cover of NASCAR Heat 3, which was released September 7, 2018.^[93] Elliott also appeared by himself on the cover for NASCAR Heat 5, which was released on July 10, 2020.^[94]

Appearing on the cover of a NASCAR game has led to what is called the “Cover Curse” leading to the driver having a wreck filled terrible season ,with bad luck and misfortune. Elliott is one of the few drivers to not have this happen to him. Appearing on the 2018 NASCAR Heat 3 cover, Elliott scored his first win in the Cup that year at Watkins Glen. In 2020 Elliott appeared on the cover of the standard edition of NASCAR Heat 5 and would go on to win the championship that season.

Motorsports career results[]

Career summary[]

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Stage Wins	Poles	Points	Position
2010	CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series	Ford Racing	9	0	5	8	N/A	0	492	19th
2011	CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	2	1	2	2	N/A	1	300	22nd
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	Hendrick Motorsports	12	0	3	6	N/A	0	1510	9th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Hendrick Motorsports	1	0	1	1	N/A	0	165	67th
2012	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East	Hendrick Motorsports	14	1	6	9	N/A	1	500	4th
	ARCA Racing Series	Hendrick Motorsports	6	0	3	6	N/A	1	1260	25th
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Hendrick Motorsports	2	0	1	1	N/A	0	67	38th
2013	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Hendrick Motorsports	9	1	5	7	N/A	1	315	22nd
	ARCA Racing Series	Hendrick Motorsports	5	1	3	4	N/A	0	975	28th
2014	NASCAR Nationwide Series	JR Motorsports	33	3	16	26	N/A	2	1213	1st
	ARCA Racing Series	Hendrick Motorsports	1	0	0	1	N/A	0	185	86th
2015	NASCAR Xfinity Series	JR Motorsports	33	1	11	27	N/A	0	1175	2nd
	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	5	0	0	0	N/A	0	0	–
2016	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	36	0	10	17	N/A	2	2285	10th
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	JR Motorsports	5	1	4	5	N/A	0	0	90th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	Contreras Motorsports[95]	1	0	1	1	N/A	1	0	83rd
	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	HScott Motorsports[96]	1	1	1	1	N/A	1	47	38th
2017	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	36	0	12	21	4*	1	2377	5th
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	GMS Racing	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	76th
2018	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	36	3	11	21	5*	1	2350	6th
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	JR Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	–
		GMS Racing	7	0	2	5	0	0	0	–
2019	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	36	3	11	15	5	4	2275	10th
	NASCAR Xfinity Series	JR Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	–
2020	NASCAR Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	36	5	15	22	10	5	5040	1st
	NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series	GMS Racing	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	–
2021	NASCAR Cup Series	Hendrick Motorsports	20	2	9	11	1	2	481	5th*
	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series	GMS Racing	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	–
	Camping World SRX Series	NAPA Auto Parts	1	1	1	1	0	0	41	15th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	Whelen Engineering Racing	1	0	0	1	0	0	285	5th
NASCAR Cup Series			204	13	68	107	25*	15	1st (2020)
NASCAR Xfinity Series			81	5	33	65	1	2	1st (2014)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series			16	3	10	13	2	4	22nd (2013)
K&N Pro Series East			26	1	9	15	N/A	1	4th (2012)
K&N Pro Series West			4	1	3	3	N/A	1	38th (2012)
ARCA Racing Series			12	1	6	11	N/A	1	25th (2012)
CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series			11	1	7	10	N/A	0	19th (2010)
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship			1	0	0	1	0	0	5th (2021)

NOTE: The asterisk denotes Elliott won a Daytona 500 qualifying race, which counts as a stage win for championship purposes (ten points) but not a playoff point.

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series[]

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2015	Hendrick Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR 38	TEX	BRI	RCH 16	TAL	KAN	CLT 18	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND 18	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR 41	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	59th	01	[97]
2016		24		DAY 37	ATL 8	LVS 38	PHO 8	CAL 6	MAR 20	TEX 5	BRI 4	RCH 12	TAL 5	KAN 9	DOV 3	CLT 8	POC 4*	MCH 2	SON 21	DAY 32	KEN 31	NHA 34	IND 15	POC 33	GLN 13	BRI 15	MCH 2	DAR 10	RCH 19	CHI 3	NHA 13	DOV 3	CLT 33	KAN 31	TAL 12	MAR 12	TEX 4	PHO 9	HOM 11	10th	2285	[98]
2017				DAY 14	ATL 5	LVS 3	PHO 12	CAL 10	MAR 3	TEX 9	BRI 7	RCH 24	TAL 30	KAN 29	CLT 38	DOV 5	POC 8	MCH 2	SON 8	DAY 22	KEN 3	NHA 11	IND 39	POC 10	GLN 13	MCH 8	BRI 18	DAR 11	RCH 10	CHI 2	NHA 11	DOV 2*	CLT 2	TAL 16	KAN 4	MAR 27	TEX 8	PHO 2	HOM 5	5th	2377	[99]
2018		9		DAY 33	ATL 10	LVS 34	PHO 3	CAL 16	MAR 9	TEX 11	BRI 29	RCH 2	TAL 3	DOV 12	KAN 12	CLT 11	POC 10	MCH 9	SON 4	CHI 19	DAY 34	KEN 13	NHA 5	POC 7	GLN 1*	MCH 9	BRI 3	DAR 5	IND 15	LVS 36	RCH 4	CLT 6	DOV 1	TAL 31	KAN 1	MAR 7	TEX 6	PHO 23	HOM 7	6th	2350	[100]
2019				DAY 17	ATL 19	LVS 9	PHO 14	CAL 11	MAR 2	TEX 13	BRI 11	RCH 15	TAL 1*	DOV 5*	KAN 4	CLT 4	POC 4	MCH 20	SON 37	CHI 11	DAY 35	KEN 15	NHA 29	POC 38	GLN 1*	MCH 9	BRI 5	DAR 19	IND 9	LVS 4	RCH 13	CLT 1*	DOV 38	TAL 8	KAN 2	MAR 36	TEX 32	PHO 39	HOM 15	10th	2275	[101]
2020				DAY 17	LVS 26	CAL 4	PHO 7*	DAR 4	DAR 38	CLT 2	CLT 1	BRI 22	ATL 8	MAR 5	HOM 2	TAL 38	POC 25	POC 4	IND 11	KEN 23	TEX 12	KAN 12	NHA 9	MCH 7	MCH 9	DAY 1*	DOV 5	DOV 39	DAY 2	DAR 20	RCH 5	BRI 7	LVS 22	TAL 5	CLT 1*	KAN 6	TEX 20	MAR 1*	PHO 1*	1st	5040	[68]
2021				DAY 2	DAY 21*	HOM 14	LVS 13	PHO 5	ATL 38	BRI 10	MAR 2	RCH 12	TAL 24	KAN 5	DAR 7	DOV 3	COA 1	CLT 2	SON 2	NSH 39	POC 12	POC 27	ROA 1*	ATL 7	NHA 18	GLN 2	IND 4	MCH 8	DAY 8	DAR 31	RCH 4	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[102]

Daytona 500[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2016	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1	37
2017			1	14
2018			4	33
2019			18	17
2020			25	17
2021			12	2

Xfinity Series[]

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2014	JR Motorsports	9	Chevy	DAY 15	PHO 9	LVS 5	BRI 9	CAL 6	TEX 1	DAR 1	RCH 2	TAL 19	IOW 4	CLT 37	DOV 5	MCH 6	ROA 4	KEN 12	DAY 20	NHA 8	CHI 1*	IND 12	IOW 8	GLN 6	MOH 4	BRI 3	ATL 5	RCH 2	CHI 10	KEN 4	DOV 3	KAN 10	CLT 8*	TEX 4	PHO 5	HOM 17	1st	1213	[103]
2015				DAY 28	ATL 5	LVS 5	PHO 7	CAL 4	TEX 8	BRI 6	RCH 5	TAL 37	IOW 2*	CLT 8	DOV 6	MCH 2	CHI 14	DAY 3	KEN 13	NHA 9	IND 10	IOW 9	GLN 7	MOH 5	BRI 7	ROA 4*	DAR 24	RCH 1*	CHI 14	KEN 4	DOV 7	CLT 9	KAN 7	TEX 8	PHO 7	HOM 8	2nd	1175	[104]
2016		88		DAY 1	ATL	LVS 4	PHO 5	CAL				TAL 9	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY 9	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	90th	01	[105]
		5							TEX 4	BRI	RCH
2018	JR Motorsports	88	Chevy	DAY 12	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV																								90th	01	[106]
	GMS Racing	23	Chevy											CLT 37	POC 2	MCH	IOW	CHI 10	DAY 29	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 8	ROA	DAR 6	IND 4	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM
2019	JR Motorsports	8	Chevy	DAY 10	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	90th	01	[107]
2021	JR Motorsports	1	Chevy	DAY	DAY	HOM	LVS	PHO	ATL	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC	ROA	ATL	NHA	GLN	IND 4	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[108]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series[]

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2013	Hendrick Motorsports	94	Chevy	DAY	MAR 6	CAR 5	KAN	CLT	DOV 4	TEX	KEN	IOW 5	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 5	MSP 1	IOW 31	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR 20	TEX	PHO 10	HOM		22nd	315	[109]
2016	Contreras Motorsports	71		DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 2*	TEX	PHO	HOM	83rd	01	[110]
2017	GMS Racing	23		DAY	ATL 5	MAR 1	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	76th	01	[111]
2020		24		DAY	LVS	CLT 1*	ATL 20	HOM 4	POC	KEN	TEX	KAN	KAN	MCH	DAY	DOV	GTW	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	79th	01	[112]
2021				DAY	DAY	LVS	ATL	BRI	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX 2	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	MSP	BRI	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO		-*	01*	[113]

K&N Pro Series East[]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chevy	GRE 4	SBO 22	RCH 24	IOW 7	BGS 18	GRE 22	LGY 5	NHA 10	COL 6	GRE 3	NHA 11	DOV 29			9th	1510	[114]
				BRI 10	GRE 6	RCH 2	IOW 1	BGS 6	GRE 14	LGY 3	15	COL 15	IOW 4	NHA 5	DOV 27	GRE 2	CAR 12	4th	500	[115]

K&N Pro Series West[]

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
	Hendrick Motorsports	94	Chevy	PHO	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	CNS	MRP	SRP	AAS	PHO 3		67th	165	[116]
				PHO 17	LHC	MMP		IOW	BIR	LVS	SON	EVG	CNS	IOW	PIR	SMP	AAS	PHO 4	38th	67	[117]
2016	HScott Motorsports	24	Chevy	IRW	KCR	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON 1	SLS	IOW	EVG		UMC	UMC	MER	AAS		38th	47	[118]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Hendrick Motorsports	9	Chevy	DAY	MOB 10	SLM 4	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH		2	IOW	CHI	IRP		BLN 7	ISF	8	SLM 3	DSF C	KAN		25th	1260	[119]
2013				DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC 1	MCH	4	WIN	CHI	3*	9	BLN	ISF		DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN 27	KAN	28th	975	[120]
2014				DAY 9	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	NJE		MCH	ELK		CHI			BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF		KEN	KAN		86th	185	[121]

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2021	Whelen Engineering Racing	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 6	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	LBH		17th*	285*

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Daytona results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Whelen Engineering Racing	Mike Conway Pipo Derani Felipe Nasr	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	783	8th	6th

Superstar Racing Experience[]

(key) * – Most laps led. ¹ – Heat 1 winner. ² – Heat 2 winner.

Superstar Racing Experience results
Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	SRXC
2021	94	STA	KNX	ELD	IRP	SLG	NSV 1	15th	41

See also[]

• List of NASCAR Xfinity Series champions
• List of people from Georgia (U.S. state)

References[]

Notes[]

Citations[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chase Elliott.

• Official website
• Chase Elliott driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Brett Moffitt	NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Erik Jones
Preceded by Kyle Busch	NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Kyle Larson	NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year 2014	Succeeded by Daniel Suárez
Preceded by Austin Dillon	NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion 2014	Succeeded by Chris Buescher
Preceded by Johanna Long	Sunoco Gulf Coast Championship Series 2010	Succeeded by Bubba Pollard
Achievements
Preceded by Kyle Larson	NASCAR All-Star Race Winner 2020	Succeeded by Kyle Larson
Preceded by Kyle Busch	Winchester 400 Winner 2010	Succeeded by Boris Jurkovic
Preceded by Johanna Long	Snowball Derby Winner 2011	Succeeded by Erik Jones
Preceded by Chris Wimmer	World Crown 300 Winner 2012	Succeeded by Preston Peltier
Preceded by Ross Kenseth	All American 400 Winner 2013	Succeeded by John Hunter Nemechek
Preceded by John Hunter Nemechek	Snowball Derby Winner 2015	Succeeded by Christian Eckes