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Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. Up next: Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott, the 2020 Cup Series champion and five-time winner of NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver award. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. The full version is available on the 12 Questions podcast.

1. You must pick one chore or obligation to do every day for a year. But if you make it the whole year doing this, you never have to do it again for the rest of your life. So what would you like to knock out forever?

Laundry. Just to always have your clothes magically clean, that would be great. I’m just not very good at folding clothes. I do my clothes a disservice when I put them away because my folding technique — my mom would not be proud.

2. Can you describe how you are as a passenger in a street car?

It depends on who is driving, but for the most part, I’m just along for the ride. If the driver gives the passenger DJ privileges, that can be your job. But I wouldn’t say I’m much of a backseat driver, if that’s what the question is aimed at. Now, if I am riding with someone who has a history of potentially having a problem and I see something approaching, then I might say something. Outside of that, I don’t say a whole lot.

3. What is an app on your phone you love using and think more people should know about?

I’m a Weather.com believer, and I like keeping up with the weather to see what’s going on. Obviously, we all do a lot of traveling, so it’s underrated. There’s no drama involved in the Weather.com app. You get what it tells you — it might be true and it might not — but at least there’s no one’s opinions on there.

4. What do you do to make yourself feel better when you’re having a crappy day?

Crappy day in what form? Like a bad day at the racetrack? A bad day at home? Those are different.

For some people, they’re one and the same. Some people can separate it. I’ll leave it up to you.

One of the toughest things about racing is when you do have a bad day, especially on the Cup side, you have to wait six days before you can get back in the car. That’s always a challenging thing. But as I’ve gotten a little older and I’ve done this a little more, you certainly learn to ride that wave a little better. You just learn to accept the day for what it is. The more you can just accept whatever it was and recognize that life goes on, the better off you are.

It’s not that you don’t care; I just think as you get older, your perception changes a little bit on just general views of life.