Chase Elliott: Roots To A Cup Championship

By Staff | Thursday, November 12, 2020

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At just 14, Chase Elliott won the Carolina 200, a Sunoco National Tour, race at North Carolina's Rockingham Speedway on on May 14, 2010.

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Chase Elliott drove the No. 9 to Victory Lane at Rockingham Speedway en route to the win on May 14, 2010.

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Chase Elliott, driving through the pit area at North Carolina's Concord Speedway on Aug. 28, 2010, prior to a USAR Pro Cup Series race. Elliott made nine starts in the series that season and had five top fives and eight top 10s. In May of 2011, he won the Pro Cup race at Rockingham.

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On Sept. 4, 2010, Elliott added another trophy from another historic venue, North Carolina's North Wilkesboro Speedway. He would turn 15 two months later.

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Chase Elliott made five Super Late Model starts at the World Series of Asphalt Racing at Florida's New Smyrna Speedway between 2012-13, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 100-lapper to close out 2012.

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Chase Elliott made his debut in the NASCAR K&N Series in 2011 with a fourth-place finish in the East Series race at South Carolina's Greenville-Pickens Speedway. He had three top fives and six top 10s in 12 starts and finished ninth in the standings. In 2011, he raced against fellow series regulars Bubba Wallace, Brett Moffitt, Matt DiBenedetto, Corey LaJoie and Ben Kennedy.

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Chase Elliott finished third in the 2011 West Series finale behind race winner Ryan Blaney and runner-up Alex Bowman. Elliott was selected as part of the 2012 NASCAR Next class, which also included Daniel Suarez, Corey LaJoie, Blaney and Kyle Larson.

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Chase Elliott scored his first career NASCAR victory in the annual East-West race at Iowa Speedway on May 19, 2012.

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Chase Elliott was voted the East Series Most Popular Driver in both 2011 and 2012. He would go on to win the award in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2014-15, and Cup Series in 2018-19.

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Chase Elliott made his ARCA Menards Series debut on March 10, 2012, at Mobile International Speedway. He started second and finished 10th. Elliott made 12 starts over 2012-14, recording a win, six top fives and 11 top 10s.

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Chase Elliott scored his first career ARCA Menards Series win on June 8, 2013, at Pocono Raceway, beating runner-up Erik Jones and third-place Frank Kimmel.

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Chase Elliott won the Snowflake 100 in 2013 at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, to go along with his Snowball Derby victories in 2011 and 2015.

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Even as he's moved up the national series ladder, Chase Elliott continues to go back to his short-track roots. He raced the CARS Tour super late model race on May 9, 2015, at North Carolina's Hickory Motor Speedway.

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Chase Elliott made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway on April 6, 2013. In his sixth race, he picked up his first checkered flag at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on Sept. 1, 2013, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Elliott has made 15 starts in the Truck Series over the years, winning three times.

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Six races into the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and Chase Elliott was celebrating in Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway on April 4, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas. The win also moved him atop the series points standings.

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Chase Elliott clinched the winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series title following his fifth-place finish in the season's penultimate race at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 8, 2014. At 18, Elliott became the youngest national series champion in NASCAR history.

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Chase Elliott celebrates in Victory Lane with team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. after wrapping up the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship in Homestead, Florida.

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Chase Elliott made his NASCAR Cup Series debut on March 27, 2015, at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway. He's congratulated by his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, after qualifying.

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Chase Elliott made five NASCAR Cup Series starts in 2015 as driver of the No. 25 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet. He finished 38th in his debut at Martinsville Speedway.

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Chase Elliott started off the 2016 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500. He was involved in a Lap 24 accident and finished 37th.

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Chase Elliott scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory on Aug. 5, 2018, at New York's Watkins Glen International. Through the end of the 2020 season, Elliott has 11 Cup wins, including five on road courses.

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Chase Elliott showed he could master superspeedways, too, winning the NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 28, 2019.

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Chase Elliott earned a spot in the 2020 Championship 4 -- and a Grandfather Clock -- with a victory in the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Nov. 1, 2020.

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Chase Elliott capped his road from his short-track roots to the pinnacle of the sport in winning the NASCAR Cup Series Season Finale 500 and the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 8, 2020 in Avondale, Arizona.

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