He’s so much like his dad”: HMS’ Chase Elliott finds the most embarrassing moment in...

Retired stock car driver Ernie Irvan recently spoke to NASCAR, revealing that he loves watching Chase Elliott the most. Chase Elliott currently drives the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Besides winning the 2020 Cup Series championship, Elliott was voted the Most Popular Driver for six years in a row. The Dawsonville native, therefore, is one of the most sought-after athletes in NASCAR.

So much so that even Ernie ‘Swevin’ Irvan expressed his admiration for Chase Elliott’s driving style and personality. Ernie Irvan himself has been an exceptional racecar driver with 15 wins throughout his Cup career that spanned over 12 years. He is best known for his comeback after surviving a life-threatening head injury during the 1994 Miller Genuine Draft 400 at Michigan International Speedway.When asked to name the driver who Irvan enjoys watching the most, the 65-year-old Californian said,

Bill Elliott, also known as “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville” is a former American stock car driver. He is currently 68 years old and regarded as a stalwart in the world of NASCAR. Bill Elliott won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship. His array of accolades include victories in the Daytona 500, Southern 500, Brickyard 400, and the Winston 500.Chase Elliott is currently second on the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 739 points to his name. He is just 10 points behind his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and the 2021 Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson. Elliott has one victory (at Texas Motor Speedway) so far this year and therefore, is locked in the playoffs.

Chase Elliott roots for the Men’s USA Golf team in the Summer Olympics
NASCAR is not the only form of competitive sport that Chase Elliott is a fan of. In an earlier episode of the Dale Jr. Download, Chase Elliott had expressed how much he loves playing golf.
“I love playing Golf,” Elliott told Dale Earnhardt Jr., the host of the show and a NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee. “I’ve been semi-serious for five years and probably gotten pretty serious in the last year and a half. I enjoy it. I am still not very good but I do enjoy playing a lot