Timeline
2019
NASCAR Cup win at Charlotte in the Bank of America Roval 400
NASCAR Cup win at Dover in the Go Bowling at The Glen
NASCAR Cup win at Talladega in the Geico 500
2018
Most Popular Driver
Chase Elliott won his first NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver Award via a fan poll conducted by the National Motorsports Press Assoc. His father Bill won the award a record 16 times in his career.
3rd NASCAR Cup career win at Kansas in the Hollywood Casino 400
2nd NASCAR Cup career Win at Dover in the Gander Outdoors 400
Chase brings home his 2nd win after tackling a field of grueling challengers on course of its own at Dover!
First NASCAR Cup Series Victory
After 99 starts and eight runner-up finishes, Chase Elliott claimed his first career NASCAR Cup Series win after holding off a hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. at Watkins Glen International. Chase’s feat matched his father’s first win at a road course venue after eight runner-up finishes.
2017
NASCAR Playoffs Qualifier
At Richmond, Chase clinched his berth in a second-consecutive NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Though he entered the postseason without a win, he entered the playoffs seeded as the No. 10 driver thanks to six playoff points earned via two stage wins. Through Richmond, he earned a 14 top-10 finishes and six top-five..Read More
Consecutive Daytona 500 Pole Winner
Chase Elliott claimed his second consecutive Daytona 500 pole with a 46.663 sec. split to narrowly outpace his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. (46.665 sec.) on Feb. 19, 2017 at Daytona International Speedway. Chase became the first driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500 poles since Ken Schrader took three straight..Read More
2016
Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year
Chase Elliott was named the 2016 Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Cup Series after finishing the season 10th in the driver standings, recording two poles (Daytona 500, Talladega I), 10 top-5’s and 17 top-10’s. He led 358 laps and became the third rookie to ever qualify for the..Read More
Chase for the Sprint Cup Qualifier
In a clutch performance at Richmond International Raceway, Chase clinched his berth in the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup, becoming only the third-ever rookie to make the playoff’s field. Chase did so by finishing the regular season in placed tenth in the driver points standings – a culmination of 26..Read More
Daytona 500 Pole
In his debut aboard the #24 car vacated by the retiring Jeff Gordon, Chase won the pole for his first-ever Daytona 500 with a top speed of 196.314 mph. Starting at the front of the grid, Chase’s day the next Sunday came to an early conclusion on lap 20 when..Read More
2015
Two-Time Winner of Snowball Derby
Chase became a two-time winner of one of the most prestigious short track races in the country with his win at the 48th Annual Snowball Derby in Pensacola, Fla. in December 2015.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Debut
At age 19, Chase made his premier series debut for Hendrick Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway aboard the #25 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet. Chase started 27th and finished 38th. “This is a different ballgame,” Chase said afterwards. “These guys are here in the Sprint Cup Series for a reason, and I’ve got some..Read More
Induction into NASCAR Hall of Fame
Bill Elliott was inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a member of the 2015 Class along with Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly, and Rex White.
2014
NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship
A week out from the end of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season at Phoenix Raceway, Chase became the youngest champion in NASCAR national series history. In doing so, Chase became the first rookie to wear the Nationwide Series crown since the circuit’s infancy. And he also followed his father’s footsteps to become part..Read More
Third Win of Championship Season
Chase Elliott led nearly half the laps in the summer Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway to record his third win on his way to the 2014 Nationwide Series Championship his rookie season
Back to Back Nationwide Series Wins
Chase followed up his first career NASCAR Nationwide Series win with his first back-to-back win the following race weekend at Darlington Raceway. Chase started sixth with three laps to go and executed a last-lap pass of Elliott Sadler to win the VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200, thus, becoming the..Read More
First NASCAR Nationwide Series Victory
At Texas Motor Speedway, Chase beat an all-star cast of Sprint Cup drivers to win his first-ever NASCAR Nationwide Series race at just 18 years of age. Beating the likes of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Kyle Larson. With the win, Chase Elliott became the second youngest..Read More
2013
“Grand Slam” All-American 400 Win
At Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tenn., Chase Elliott won the 300-lap Southern Super Series All American 400 to complete the career “Grand Slam” sweep of four of Super Late Model racing’s most prestigious events, adding to his Snowball Derby, Winchester 400 and World Crown 300 victories.