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Chase Elliott

Chase Elliott
Chase Elliott Road America 2015.jpg
Elliott at Road America in 2015
Born William Clyde Elliott II
(1995-11-28) November 28, 1995 (age 21)
Dawsonville, Georgia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg)
Achievements 2010 Winchester 400 Winner
2011 Snowball Derby Winner
2013 All American 400 Winner
2014 Nationwide Series Champion
2015 Snowball Derby Winner
2016, 2017 Daytona 500 Pole Winner
2017 Can-Am Duels Winner
Awards 2014 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
2014–2015 Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver
2016 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
44 races run over 3 years
Car no., team No. 24 (Hendrick Motorsports)
2016 position 10th
Best finish 10th (2016)
First race 2015 STP 500 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Kobalt 400 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 19 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
72 races run over 3 years
2016 position 90th
Best finish 1st (2014)
First race 2014 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona)
Last race 2016 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona)
First win 2014 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Texas)
Last win 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
5 59 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
11 races run over 3 years
Truck no., team No. 23 (GMS Racing)
2016 position 83rd
Best finish 22nd (2013)
First race 2013 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2017 Active Pest Control 200 (Atlanta)
First win 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 9 2
Statistics current as of March 12, 2017.

William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional driver. He currently drives the No. 24 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He also drives the No. 23 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on a part-time basis. He is the son of 1988 Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott.

He won the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in NASCAR.

On November 23, 2015, Elliott was named the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver for the second year in a row.

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. 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. He ended the season by winning the Winchester 400.Sports Illustrated named Elliott as the high school player of the week in April 2011. During the year, he competed in the Champion Racing Association, winning the series' National Super Late Model championship. Later that year, just after his sixteenth birthday, he won the Snowball Derby and became the race's youngest winner. He beat the second place driver, DJ Vanderley, by a record 0.229 seconds. In 2012, he won the Alan Turner Snowflake 100, prelude to the Snowball Derby, for the second time in three years.


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