Q: If you ever have kids someday and they’re running around the garage like you once did when your dad raced, who is a driver you’d point to as an example of conducting himself the right way?Ī: Obviously, I point to Jimmie (Johnson) a lot. Just getting back in the car again is the best thing you can do. So I just try to keep it to myself and get over it in my own way. Unless it’s that exact right person you need to hear from at that point in time, it doesn’t do much but make me mad. But I’m so stubborn in a way that people trying to make me feel better didn’t help me at all. In the past, I’d try to talk to people but found myself wanting people to tell me what I wanted to hear. Q: When you have a bad day on the track and go home at the end of the day, who do you talk to about it? Do you vent to your dad or do you just keep it to yourself?Ī: I’ve gone about that different ways. But you always read about their personalities and how they are, and just kind of seeing them firsthand was definitely an experience. And some of their personalities were more open at times than others.
Some of them were in the zone, which I can definitely understand. Yeah, they were! All those guys were really nice. Were most of the players understanding when you asked for autographs? For sure! I was just a fan like, “Please sign my ball.” I felt really weird doing that, but at the same time, I pull for those guys like anybody else. Want to know more about Chase? In an interview with USA Today, he talks about racing, being a fan of the other (older) drivers, and his favorite movie/TV show:ĭid you get nervous meeting some of the players since you’re such a big fan? Surely, Chase is blessed with some racing genes, no? Here’s Bill in 2002 celebrating a win at the Brickyard 400 with wife Cindy and a very young Chase Elliott.
He is turning 19 on 28 November 2014, so that’s a pretty good birthday gift he got for himself, no?Įn route to winning the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, Chase clinched impressive first place victories at the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 (in Texas), the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 (in Darlington, South Carolina), and the 300 (in Illinois).Ĭhase is following the footsteps of his father, a much-awarded NASCAR champion himself who was inducted to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America as well as the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Class of 2015). He is also the first rookie to achieve such a feat. The young man is Chase Elliott! And he led his older rivals all the way to the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship.Īt only 18 years old, Chase is reportedly the youngest-ever NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion. Isn’t there a biblical prophecy that goes “… and a young man shall lead them”? Well, if there is, consider that prophecy fulfilled. Chase Elliott Girlfriend? Is NASCAR Champ Dating Someone (10 November 2014).