Chase is the son of Bill Elliott, the 1988 Winston Cup Series champion and a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. Together, the Elliotts became the third father-son duo in NASCAR history to win Cup Series championships, following Lee and Richard Petty and Ned and Dale Jarrett. Other father-son duos in NASCAR history cited alongside the Elliotts include Buck and Buddy Baker, Bobby and Davey Allison, and Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr..
Elliott built an extensive late model record before entering NASCAR, completing what the corpus describes as the "unofficial grand slam of super late model racing." He won the Snowball Derby in 2011 and 2015, the Snowflake 100 in 2010, 2012, and 2013, the Winchester 400 in 2010, the World Crown 300 in 2012, and the All American 400 in 2013. At thirteen, he was featured in a July 2009 Sports Illustrated piece alongside future athletes including golfer Jordan Spieth and basketball player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. He won the Champion Racing Association National Super Late Model championship in 2011 and became the youngest winner of the Snowball Derby, edging D.J. Vanderley by 0.229 seconds.
In November 2013, Elliott became the first driver to capture all four major short-track races (All American 400, Snowball Derby, World Crown 300, Winchester 400). At the 2013 Snowball Derby, however, his car was found to contain a prohibited piece of tungsten during post-race inspection; he was disqualified and the victory went to Erik Jones. The 2015 Snowball Derby win also came via disqualification of the original winner, Christopher Bell.
Elliott competed in ARCA Racing Series races in 2012 and 2013, driving the No. 9 car. On June 8, 2013, he became the youngest winner in ARCA superspeedway history at Pocono Raceway.
Elliott signed a three-year driver development contract with Hendrick Motorsports in February 2012 and competed in the K&N Pro Series East that year, earning his first career victory at Iowa Speedway. In January 2013, it was announced he would race nine NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events for Hendrick Motorsports using trucks prepared by Turner Scott Motorsports. At Bristol Motor Speedway qualifying for the UNOH 200, he earned his first career NASCAR pole at a lap speed of 125.183 mph, becoming the youngest pole-sitter in Truck Series history. He won the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park — the first Truck Series road course race held outside the United States — becoming the youngest winner in Truck Series history at seventeen years, nine months, and four days. The victory was controversial: on the final corner he made contact with leader Ty Dillon, causing Dillon to hit the tire barrier.
In January 2014, Elliott joined JR Motorsports to compete full-time in the Nationwide Series in the No. 9 Chevrolet. He won at Texas Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, and Chicagoland Speedway, then clinched the Nationwide Series championship at Phoenix with a 53-point lead over teammate Regan Smith. He became the first rookie and youngest driver to win a NASCAR national series title. In 2015 he finished second in the Xfinity standings behind Chris Buescher. After moving up to Cup in 2016, he continued to make selected Xfinity starts for JR Motorsports.
Elliott entered the Sprint Cup Series full-time in 2016, taking over the No. 24 Chevrolet from the retiring Jeff Gordon, with Alan Gustafson as crew chief and NAPA Auto Parts as primary sponsor. He won the Daytona 500 pole at 196.314 mph, becoming the youngest pole-sitter in the race's history. Elliott won the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award, ahead of Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Jeffrey Earnhardt, and Brian Scott. He qualified for the Chase for the Championship but was eliminated after the Round of 12, finishing tenth overall.
Elliott won the Daytona 500 pole for the second consecutive year in 2017, then won the first Can-Am Duel qualifying race — the first driver since Dale Earnhardt in 1996 to achieve that combination. Multiple near-wins defined the season: at Dover he led 138 laps and held a four-second advantage before Kyle Busch passed him with two laps remaining, and at Martinsville he took the lead with four laps to go only to be spun out by Denny Hamlin, who later apologized via Twitter. At Phoenix, Matt Kenseth passed Elliott with ten laps remaining, ending his championship run. He finished fifth in the final standings.
Hendrick Motorsports changed Elliott's car number from No. 24 to No. 9 in 2018, honoring the number his father drove. Elliott won his first career Cup Series race at the Go Bowling at The Glen road course at Watkins Glen, leading the final 33 laps. The victory was Hendrick Motorsports' 250th Cup win and made Elliott the youngest driver to win on a road course. His father Bill served as one of his spotters during the race, and teammate Jimmie Johnson pushed Elliott's car to the front stretch after it ran out of fuel during post-race celebrations. Both Bill and Chase won their first career Cup victories on road courses — Bill's at the now-defunct Riverside International Raceway. Elliott won two more times in 2018, at Dover and Kansas, advancing to the Round of 8 before being eliminated at Phoenix. He finished sixth in points.
Elliott won three races in 2019: at Talladega, at Watkins Glen for the second consecutive season, and at the Charlotte Roval. The Roval victory came after he hit a tire barrier while leading on lap 65 but recovered to take the win on lap 104.
Elliott won the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2020, leading a race-high 153 laps in the Season Finale 500 to take the race victory and the title. At 24 years old he became the second-youngest driver to win a Cup Series championship. He won four road course races during the season, including the Daytona International Speedway road course and the Bank of America Roval 400, achieving a 36.36% road course win rate. He also won the NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, making the Elliotts only the second father-son duo to win the All-Star Race after Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Elliott won at Circuit of the Americas in May 2021 — Hendrick Motorsports' 268th Cup win, tying Petty Enterprises for the most Cup victories by a team — and at Road America. A heated feud with Kevin Harvick marked the season; Harvick intentionally wrecked Elliott at the Charlotte Roval. Elliott finished fifth in the Championship 4, failing to defend his title.
Elliott won five races in 2022 — his career high — including at Dover, Nashville, Atlanta, and Talladega (plus a disqualification award at Pocono). He secured the NASCAR regular season championship with one race remaining. A crash caused by Ross Chastain at Phoenix ended his championship hopes, and he finished fourth in points.
Elliott sustained a fractured tibia in a snowboarding accident in Colorado before the 2023 season. Josh Berry substituted in the No. 9. Elliott returned at Martinsville and later received a one-race suspension after intentionally wrecking Denny Hamlin at Charlotte in retaliation for contact. Corey LaJoie substituted for the suspended race at Gateway. Elliott missed the playoffs for the first time in his Cup Series career.
Elliott ended a 42-race winless streak by winning at Texas Motor Speedway on April 14, 2024. The victory was the first Cup win with Hooters as sponsor since Alan Kulwicki's championship season in 1992. He was eliminated after the Round of 8 and finished seventh in points.
Elliott won the Cook Out Clash to open 2025 and later won at Atlanta, passing Brad Keselowski on the final lap for his 20th career victory. He also won during the playoffs at Kansas.
Elliott finished fourth in the 2026 Daytona 500 after contact from Riley Herbst, then won at Martinsville for his first victory of the season.
In 2021, Elliott made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona, co-driving the No. 31 Cadillac for Action Express Racing alongside Mike Conway, Pipo Derani, and Felipe Nasr. The car retired with a gear failure four hours from the finish. Elliott also competed twice in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX): winning the 2021 season finale at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway over his father Bill, and winning the 2022 season finale at Sharon Speedway after a duel with Tony Stewart.
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