Chase Elliott, born on November twenty-eighth, nineteen ninety-five, is a prominent American stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, piloting the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, and also races part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports.
As the son of Bill Elliott, the 1988 Winston Cup Series champion and a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, Chase is part of a celebrated lineage in the sport. The Elliott family joins the ranks of other notable father-son duos in NASCAR history, including the Pettys, Bakers, Jarretts, and Earnhardts. Before making his mark in stock car racing, Chase enjoyed a successful career in late model racing, achieving victories in prestigious events and completing the unofficial grand slam of super late model racing.
Chase's NASCAR journey began with a remarkable achievement in twenty fourteen, where he won both the NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year and the championship, becoming the youngest driver to secure a national series championship in NASCAR history. He transitioned to the NASCAR Cup Series in twenty sixteen, taking over the iconic No. 24 Chevrolet previously driven by Jeff Gordon, and earned the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award that same year.
In twenty eighteen, he honored his father by driving the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts sponsored Chevrolet, marking a significant milestone by winning his first career Cup Series race at Watkins Glen. Chase's crowning achievement came in twenty twenty when he clinched the NASCAR Cup Series championship, making him part of an elite group of father-son champions in the sport. With a total of twenty-one career Cup Series victories, including seven on road courses, he continues to be a dominant force in NASCAR, recognized as the reigning eight-time Most Popular Driver Award winner and named one of NASCAR's seventy-five Greatest Drivers in twenty twenty-three.