Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, will be available to members of the media at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 1:15 p.m. PST.
LOOKING BACK ON '22: Last season, Chase Elliott and his No. 9 team set the pace in the Next Gen car with a NASCAR Cup Series-high five victories – Dover Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. Prior to the start of the season, the 2020 Cup Series champion signed a five-year extension with the team. The Hendrick Motorsports driver also earned his first Cup Series regular-season championship, which helped catapult him to the top seeding to start the 10-race playoffs. Elliott advanced to the Championship 4 for the third consecutive year, ultimately placing fourth in the season standings. Accompanying Elliott’s five wins were 12 top-five finishes and 20 top-10s, while his 12.47 average finish and 857 laps led were series-best marks. At the NASCAR Awards show in Nashville, Elliott brought home his fifth straight National Motorsports Press Association Most Popular Driver Award.
LA BOUND: For the second year, the Cup Series returns to the legendary Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the exhibition Clash at the Coliseum. Last season, Elliott started the 150-lap main event from the 15th position and raced inside the top 10 before ultimately taking the checkered flag in 11th. While the 27-year-old driver has never won the Clash, he is a three-time winner in special events held by NASCAR, including two Daytona Duels victories (2017, 2018) and the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race.
10 YEARS WITH NAPA: The 2023 season marks a decade of partnership between Elliott and NAPA Auto Parts. The Atlanta-based company first paired up with the Dawsonville, Georgia, native for his rookie NASCAR Xfinity Series season at JR Motorsports in 2014 and has been with him ever since. NAPA is serving as majority partner for Elliott and the No. 9 team for 26 NASCAR Cup Series races this season, including this weekend’s Clash. See every angle of the paint scheme here.
DYNAMIC DUO: Elliott and Alan Gustafson are entering their eighth season as a driver/crew chief combo. The duo is currently second on the list of wins by active driver/crew chief pairings with 18 points-paying victories. Gustafson and Elliott have advanced to the Championship 4 in each of the last three seasons, the only pairing to do so from 2020-2022. They earned their first Cup Series title in 2020 and the team captured the regular-season championship in 2022.
KELLEY BLUE BOOK IS BACK: On Tuesday, it was announced that Kelley Blue Book extended its sponsorship of Elliott and Hendrick Motorsports with a two-year contract renewal. In 2023 and 2024, Kelley Blue Book will be featured as a two-race primary sponsor and full-season associate sponsor of Elliott and the No. 9 team. The company’s association with Hendrick Motorsports began with a one-race primary sponsorship in 2014 and expanded to two races in 2016 when Kelley Blue Book joined Elliott for his rookie year. This season, the 27-year-old Elliott will drive the No. 9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on March 12 at Phoenix Raceway and in the Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sept. 24. You can view the paint scheme here. | 
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