During the year, he competed in the Champion Racing Association, winning the series' National Super Late Model championship. Sports Illustrated named Elliott as the high school player of the week in April 2011. He ended the season by winning the Winchester 400. 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.
Įlliott 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. Racing career Early career and short track racing Chase's K&N Pro Series East car at Rockingham in 2012Īt age 13, Elliott was featured alongside thirteen other athletes, including future world number one golfer Jordan Spieth and future NBA 2nd overall pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, as potential stars in the Jissue of Sports Illustrated. He is the son of 1988 Winston Cup Series champion Bill Elliott the Elliotts are the third father-son NASCAR champions in history, along with Lee and Richard Petty and Ned and Dale Jarrett. He has 18 career wins in the Cup Series, including seven on road courses. In 2020, he won the Cup Series championship in Phoenix, Arizona, the first for Hendrick Motorsports since 2016. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, during which he was named the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year. He won the 2014 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in NASCAR and the youngest champion in that series.Įlliott began racing in the Cup Series on a full-time basis in 2016, replacing the legendary Jeff Gordon behind the wheel of the No. 35 Chevrolet Silverado for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest DriversĢ018 Go Bowling at The Glen ( Watkins Glen)Ģ020 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 ( Charlotte)Ģ011 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 ( Greenville-Pickens)Ģ012 Classic 3 Championship ( Rockingham)
Youngest Darlington Raceway Xfinity race winner (18 years)Ģ014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the YearĢ014–2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular DriverĢ016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the YearĢ018–2022 NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver (5 times) Youngest Kansas Speedway Cup race winner (22 years) Youngest Dover International Speedway Cup race winner (22 years, 10 months, 8 days) Youngest Cup road course winner (22 years) Elliott at Daytona International Speedway in 2023Ģ022 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion
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