On Friday evening, Chase Elliott was awarded the NASCAR Cup Sequence Most Standard Driver award for the seventh 12 months in a row. In fact, he isn’t even midway to matching his dad’s document 16 MPD awards.
Yearly since 1991 the Most Standard Driver award has gone to both an Elliott or an Earnhardt. The final time the winner got here from exterior of these two households was Darrell Waltrip’s remaining MPD award in 1990.
After successful the award, Chase Elliott mirrored on what it meant for him, his household, and his followers. It isn’t one thing that he takes flippantly.
“No I don’t suppose they’re excited or mad both means like whatever the means it went. I feel what I used to be getting at with my feedback was simply, in the event you do have the respect to obtain the award I feel it’s simply representing that the precise means and by the precise means I simply imply by the way in which that I feel they might need it to be represented,” Elliott stated in his media availability. “And actually for me that’s all I care about. , as a result of they laid the muse for me to be right here, and to have a few of the alternatives that I’ve had all through my profession.
“So, I simply take a look at it form of from that perspective greater than something. Actually grateful for the followers throughout the board they’ve been nice to me all through my profession and I’ve had the lucky expertise of seeing all that and residing that firsthand. It means rather a lot to me, I’ll by no means take it with no consideration. , definitely need to attempt to make these folks proud as we transfer into subsequent 12 months and past.”
Chase Elliott has received this award so many instances now. It might be simple to shrug it off. However Elliott understands what it means.
Chase Elliott expands on Most Standard Driver feedback
A whole lot of NASCAR followers need Chase Elliott to be extra public. He avoids the highlight at instances regardless of being the most important title within the sport. He’s additionally a 28 12 months outdated that was thrust within the highlight as a young person within the Xfinity Sequence.
“Extra growth of what I’ve already stated, honestly to not repeat myself an excessive amount of. I feel as I take a look at my followers and the folks that really, genuinely need to see us do nicely, I simply see a number of dedication and people who find themselves keen to spend their hard-earned cash on t-shirts and hats and are available to the races and assist us,” Elliott continued. “I see a number of that on the race monitor, and I don’t take, I don’t need anybody to ever suppose that I take any of that with no consideration.
“, I perceive that there’s a value with all that and I recognize all that assist and our complete staff does too. I feel it’s very energizing to expertise on the race monitor firsthand after we do get to see it. And yeah, simply need to make these of us proud as we transfer into subsequent 12 months and I feel we’ve performed that so far and I recognize them all the time letting me be me and doing their greatest to assist my endeavors and what I do and appreciating the way in which I do issues. So, simply grateful for an excellent fanbase.”
Nobody expects Chase Elliott to be like Tony Stewart. However being sincere and open is an efficient begin. These feedback have been actually nice and present the form of person who Elliott is. It additionally exhibits why followers experience so arduous for him. However I wager we solely get at-track footage of him within the Netflix present.
