Bill elliotts son chase making his own name in nascar. Cup series most popular driver award jayskis nascar silly. With elliott as its driver, the 2014 season will mark napas 19th in nascar sponsorship. He also won the races most popular driver award from 2003 to 20. In late 2014, he was titled most popular driver by nationwide series. An american professional car racing driver, chase elliott, rose to fame when he won the 2014 nascar nationwide series championship, becoming the first rookie to win a national series championship in nascar. For 2014 weve added more clubs 23 competitors this year and hit more shots than in any previous test. Year monster energy series nationwide series camping world series.
It began with the drive4copd 300 at daytona international speedway on february 22, and ended with the ford ecoboost 300 at homesteadmiami sp eedway o n november 15. Sports quiz top noncup nascar nationwide series finishers 2014 random sports quiz. Local driver rhodes wins nascar award courierjournal. He is the winner of daytona 500 pole in 2016 and 2017. The 2014 nascar nationwide series was the 33rd season of the nationwide series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by the nascar in the united states. Drivers 2014, golf magazine clubtest 2014 drivers, best. Jr motorsports announced monday that 18yearold chase elliott, already a race winner in the nascar camping world truck series, would compete fulltime in the nationwide series in 2014 in a no. He was voted most popular driver in the xfinity series in 2014 and 2015. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars sprint cup series. In 20, patrick became the first woman in sprint cup history to race fulltime in the series.
Fox sports 1 airs coverage of 2014 nascar awards ceremonies. Rookie chase elliotts run to the 2014 nationwide series title that he clinched saturday at phoenix international raceway was unprecedented and his effort definitely was kept all in the family. Mygolfspys 2014 most wanted driver test 2014 golfs most wanted driver its go time 2014 most wanted driver. Larson, harvick and earnhardt rounded out the top five, while kenseth finished sixth. Voted most popular driver in the xfinity series in 2014 the same year he became nationwide series champion, chase continued to thrill his fans with a rookie of the year awardwinning season at the sprint cup series level just two years later. It began with the drive4copd 300 at daytona international speedway on february 22, and ended with the ford ecoboost 300 at homesteadmiami speedway on november 15.
Kennys nationwide series accomplishments include nine wins, ten poles, and nine seasons in the top ten in driver points. The 18yearold rookie leads in series standings, a position hes held since his july victory at chicagoland speedway. Race, pole position, most laps led, winning driver, manufacturer, no. Chase elliott was centerstage monday during the 2014 nascar nationwide and camping world truck series. Rewatch chase elliotts 2014 xfinity series win at texas nascar. After an 18year run in the nascar cup series with 26 career victories, including the 2004 and 2014 daytona 500s, dale jr. Elliott went on to win two more races that season, earned rookie of the. Dillon finished second in the 20 nascar camping world truck series standings, behind matt crafton. At the 20 daytona 500, patrick became the first female driver to clinch pole position and lead a green flag lap.
Today it is voted for by fans across the united states. Now nascars most popular driver will field a nascar nationwide series entry for the son of the driver long known as awesome bill, using the. Chase elliott, driver of the napa 9 chevrolet in the nascar nationwide series, makes a good case for the 2014 most popular driver award. Can you name the top noncup driver in each nascar nationwide series race in 2014. Going back a little bit, when elliott was competing in the arca racing series in 20, he became the first driver to win all four of the countrys prominent short track races, including the all american 400, the snowball derby, the world crown 300, and the winchester 400. On april 4, 2014, elliott won the oreilly auto parts 300 at texas motor speedway, holding kevin harvick and kyle busch off after taking the lead with 16 laps to go. He scored his maiden cup series victory in may 2017, in the cocacola 600 race at.
Chase elliott girlfriend, dating, affair, family, salary. Car owner, champions crew chief, rookie of the year, most popular driver. Aftershokz chase elliott daytona news xfinity series. Chase elliott 201415, regan smith 20, danica patrick 2012 and. Austin dillon is one of the young stars of the nascar cup series, with two titles from other two nascar national series already in his pocket. While some female nascar drivers have transitioned or attempted to transition from openwheel racing and sports car racing sarah fisher, janet guthrie, danica patrick, most have. We view the nationwide series as a vehicle that allowed us to build credibility with owners, drivers, and fans. Chase elliott nascar driver profile betting odds, stats, bio. In 2015, he began nascar cup racing sprint cup series 2015 stp 500 driving the no. Elliott sadler has the most with four awards in the xfinity series, and johnny benson jr. Daniel ricciardo is now among the top ten most popular drivers with valtteri bottas not far behind. The nascar cup series was formerly known as strictly stock 1949, grand national 19501970, winston cup grand national 19711985, winston cup 19862003, nextel cup 20042007, sprint cup 20082016 and the monster energy nascar cup series 20172019 click on the year to see detailed race results and standings for that year. Throughout his career, it seems like every time elliott moves up to a new challenges he triumphs.
Top consumer rated trucks of 2014 kelley blue book. Kenny has over 425 nationwide starts, making him only the second driver with this distinction. Because of his vast twitter following 12,500 and counting ben rhodes knew he had the support from racing fans as far as germany in most. Vote chase elliott for nascar nationwide series most popular driver. Chase elliotts title run a surprise for dad, but not. He was the 2011 camping world truck series champion and 20 nationwide series champion since his nascar debut in 2008, dillon scored 17 wins in more than 370 races. In january 2014, it was announced that elliott would be competing fulltime in the nationwide series in 2014, driving the no. Chase elliott, the 2018 most popular driver in the nascar cup series and winner of the 2014. The xfinity series was formerly known as the nascar sportsman division 1950 1967. In 2018 and 2019, he won the cup series most popular driver award. Nascar drivers huge payday at the world series of poker. The following is a list of female nascar drivers who have participated in a national or regional touring series race since the organizations inception in 1949, along with statistical totals for their nascar careers.
Burton claimed seven poles and won at texas he also posted a top10 finish in his lone nationwide series start. Nascar today announced the 2014 schedule for the nascar nationwide series, the 33rd season of racing for the secondmost popular motorsports series in the united states. Two of the most popular names in racing will join forces this season as chase elliott the son of former cup champion bill elliott will drive for dale earnhardt jr. Kenny is the only driver to have won the nationwide series most popular driver award three times, in 1991, 1994 and 2006. There are plenty more awards, and many industry firsts associated with her, but when it comes to attractive female racers she set. That year, patrick became the first woman to win the nascar most popular nationwide driver award. Chase elliott, driver of the napa 9 chevrolet in the nascar nationwide.
Nascars most popular driver chase elliott signs with iconic brands as brand ambassador for its premium line of hooters spirits. Napa auto parts to sponsor chase elliott in the nationwide. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. I loved the classic series from the last couple of years, but theres little doubt that the 588 is a much improved club. Here are the best cars on sale for 2014, as chosen by the editors of car and driver. Jr motorsports is the professional race team and management company for dale earnhardt jr.
It started as a poll of the drivers and then all monster energy nascar cup series competitors. Chase elliott returning to drive for jrm at daytona jr motorsports. The most wanted equipment tests here on mygolfspy are the most thorough club testing program in the golf industry. Vote chase elliott for nascar nationwide series most. The georgia native was also named the 2015 nascar xfinity series most popular driver for the second year in a row.
Elliott sadler was born in emporia, virginia, in 1975, into a family familiar. Ranking the most popular drivers of all time in nascars. Nascars most popular driver award is awarded to the most popular nascar driver in the monster energy nascar cup series, xfinity series, and camping world truck series every year since 1956. He helped kick start our run of championships back in 2014 and has. Other jrm winners of the xfinity series most popular driver award. If you dream of hitting longer, straighter drives, golf magazines clubtest 2014 can help make that dream a reality. Nascars most popular driver chase elliott signs with.
One of the most surprising developments in 2014 is how driver and team popularity has come to play a direct role in who appears on the grid. Chase elliott earned his first career nascar xfinity series win at. Known as the pied piper of daytona, he won the daytona 500 twice 10 years apart in 2004 and 2014. Learn about nationwides partnership with dale earnhardt jr. In 2014, dillon returned to the truck series for the mudsummer classic at eldora speedway, racing the same truck he had driven in the previous years race. Jason white, former camping world truck series driver and current nationwide series parttimer, may have found a second career in las vegas. The 2014 nascar nationwide series schedule will consist of 33 races on intermediate venues, road courses and short tracks. By any reasonable measure, our 2014 most wanted driver test is the largest weve ever completed. Top noncup nascar nationwide series finishers 2014 quiz.