Drivers celebrate during 2020 NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix

By Staff Report | Sunday, November 8, 2020

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Chase Elliott celebrates with his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team after winning his first NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway.

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The champagne was flying in Avondale, Arizona for Chase Elliott and team.

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Championship-winning engine No. 9.

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Chase Elliott is overcome with emotion after his first title triumph.

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A legacy continued for the Elliott family.

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Chase Elliott gets a hug from his mother Cindy.

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A special moment between Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson and Rick Hendrick.

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Chase Elliott hoists the Bill France Cup after it was presented by NASCAR President Steve Phelps.

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Chase Elliott, father Bill Elliott and mother Cindy pose with the hardware.

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Chase Elliott poses with the Bill France Cup, accompanied by team owner Rick Hendrick.

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Chase Elliott will remember this feeling forever.

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A burnout hotter than the desert sun.

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Sending him off with the championship flag.

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Yeah, Chase Elliott, you are No. 1.

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Chase Elliott pours champagne on crew chief Alan Gustafson.

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Hugs all around for the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team.

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Chase Elliott won the battle and the war in the Phoenix desert.

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#Di9

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Austin Cindric won the NASCAR Xfinity Series season finale Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, also capturing the 2020 championship title.

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Sparks fly as Cindric celebrates his first career NASCAR title.

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Cindric and his Team Penske crew take a celebratory group photo in Victory Lane.

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NASCAR President Steve Phelps awards Cindric with the 2020 Xfinity Series championship trophy.

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Cindric shakes up a bottle of champagne in celebration.

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No one is safe in Victory Lane from Cindric's champagne bottle.

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A Team Penske crew member soaks Cindric in champagne, rightfully so.

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Cindric displays his sixth checkered flag of 2020.

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Fireworks go off for Cindric's championship.

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Cindric climbs out of his car on track to wave his 2020 championship flag.

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Cindric celebrates on track with the championship flag at Phoenix's start-finish line.

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Cindric shows off his burnout skill even more, engulfing his No. 22 Team Penske Ford in smoke.

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Sheldon Creed captures the championship flag Friday after winning the 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series title at Phoenix Raceway.

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A moment Creed will never forget.

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Creed pulls the No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet into Victory Lane on the frontstretch at Phoenix.

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You can almost hear this picture as Creed celebrates after climbing out of his truck.

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That first championship feeling.

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Fireworks fly as NASCAR president Steve Phelps awards the championship trophy to Creed.

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Once the trophy was presented, the champagne begin to fly for Creed and his title-winning team.

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Creed gets doused with the bubbly by his crew during the celebration.

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Teamwork made the dream work for the No. 2 team Friday night in the desert.

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Creed individually congratulates every member of his crew.

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Creed said he couldn't wait for some cold beers after the race, but surely he was good with popping some bottles beforehand.

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The trophy hoist of a lifetime.

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