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| Chase Elliott is 10-to-1 at Atlanta Sunday. |
“Always nice to go race in Atlanta. It’s a special place and there's definitely a lot of fans around home so I always enjoy going back. More than that, it's a fun racetrack to drive. I've enjoyed racing there from a driver standpoint, and glad they didn't repave it. With it being the second race of the year, we can all get back to downforce racing. Big transition and an important week to see how we all stack up. I’m looking forward to getting there.”
Driver Chase Elliott
Hometown Dawsonville, Georgia
Age 23
Dawsonville, Georgia, native Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, will be available to members of the media on Friday, Feb. 22, at 3:05 p.m. local time in the Atlanta Motor Speedway media center.
1.5-MILE TRACK STATS: Chase Elliott is set to make his 35th start on a 1.5-mile track this weekend at his home track of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott scored his first 1.5-mile track win last October at Kansas Speedway. In his previous 34 starts on the same track length, he has led 289 laps and averaged a starting position of 13.85 and finishing position of 13.74. In addition to his one win, Elliott has also collected 11 top-five finishes – two of which are runner-up results – and 19 top-10s.
GEORGIA ON HIS MIND: On Sunday, Elliott could become just the second Georgia-born driver to win a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, joining his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, who won five races at the track.
ELLIOTT AT ATLANTA: The 23-year-old driver has made starts at Atlanta in each of NASCAR’s top-three series – three in the Cup Series, two in the Xfinity Series and one in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. In those six starts, Elliott has never finished outside the top 10. Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of three tracks (Atlanta, Michigan, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course) where Elliott has never finished outside of the top 10 in his Cup career. The driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 currently holds the best average finish at the track among active drivers (7.67). He finished in the top five in all of his Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series starts at Atlanta.
HOME SWEET HOME: In addition to NAPA AUTO PARTS, Elliott’s primary sponsor this weekend at Atlanta, fellow No. 9 team primary partners Hooters and Kelley Blue Book are also headquartered in Atlanta. Hooters, a casual dining establishment with a deep history in NASCAR, will make its season debut next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kelley Blue Book will make its return to the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in March at Texas Motor Speedway.
DESI9N TO DRIVE: As part of Chase Elliott Foundation's third annual “DESI9N TO DRIVE” art collaboration with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the patient-designed racing shoes will be worn by Elliott, William Byron, Alex Bowman and Jimmie Johnson during the NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, signed and then put on the auction block at the NASCAR Foundation online auction site to benefit Children’s summer camps
CHECK OUT THOSE HATS: This weekend in Atlanta, the No. 9 team will wear special, limited-edition NAPA hats at the racetrack. The hats are part of NAPA AUTO PARTS' March in-store promotion. In the month of March, when customers spend $25 in store they will receive the No. 9 NAPA Racing/Chase Elliott hat, while supplies last.
Age 23
Dawsonville, Georgia, native Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, will be available to members of the media on Friday, Feb. 22, at 3:05 p.m. local time in the Atlanta Motor Speedway media center.
1.5-MILE TRACK STATS: Chase Elliott is set to make his 35th start on a 1.5-mile track this weekend at his home track of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Elliott scored his first 1.5-mile track win last October at Kansas Speedway. In his previous 34 starts on the same track length, he has led 289 laps and averaged a starting position of 13.85 and finishing position of 13.74. In addition to his one win, Elliott has also collected 11 top-five finishes – two of which are runner-up results – and 19 top-10s.
GEORGIA ON HIS MIND: On Sunday, Elliott could become just the second Georgia-born driver to win a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, joining his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, who won five races at the track.
ELLIOTT AT ATLANTA: The 23-year-old driver has made starts at Atlanta in each of NASCAR’s top-three series – three in the Cup Series, two in the Xfinity Series and one in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. In those six starts, Elliott has never finished outside the top 10. Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of three tracks (Atlanta, Michigan, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course) where Elliott has never finished outside of the top 10 in his Cup career. The driver of the No. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 currently holds the best average finish at the track among active drivers (7.67). He finished in the top five in all of his Xfinity Series and NASCAR Truck Series starts at Atlanta.
HOME SWEET HOME: In addition to NAPA AUTO PARTS, Elliott’s primary sponsor this weekend at Atlanta, fellow No. 9 team primary partners Hooters and Kelley Blue Book are also headquartered in Atlanta. Hooters, a casual dining establishment with a deep history in NASCAR, will make its season debut next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kelley Blue Book will make its return to the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in March at Texas Motor Speedway.
DESI9N TO DRIVE: As part of Chase Elliott Foundation's third annual “DESI9N TO DRIVE” art collaboration with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the patient-designed racing shoes will be worn by Elliott, William Byron, Alex Bowman and Jimmie Johnson during the NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, signed and then put on the auction block at the NASCAR Foundation online auction site to benefit Children’s summer camps
CHECK OUT THOSE HATS: This weekend in Atlanta, the No. 9 team will wear special, limited-edition NAPA hats at the racetrack. The hats are part of NAPA AUTO PARTS' March in-store promotion. In the month of March, when customers spend $25 in store they will receive the No. 9 NAPA Racing/Chase Elliott hat, while supplies last.
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