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Chase Elliott, whose 2023 season was marked by adversity, received the National Motorsports Press Association Most Popular Driver Award for the sixth consecutive year at the NASCAR Champions ...
Chase Elliott was named NASCAR's most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year at the sport's season-ending awards ceremony Friday night. The only major NASCAR award determined solely by ...
Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the award in 2001, the year he was killed in the season-opening Daytona 500, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. then won most popular driver the next 15 years.
NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award is awarded to the most popular NASCAR driver in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Craftsman Truck Series every year since 1956. It started as a poll of the drivers and then all NASCAR Cup Series competitors; today, it is voted for by fans across the United States .
2018–2024 NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver (7 times) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers: NASCAR Cup Series career; 322 races run over 10 years: Car no., team: No. 9 (Hendrick Motorsports) 2024 position: 7th: Best finish: 1st : First race: 2015 STP 500 (Martinsville) Last race: 2025 Shriners Children's 500 : First win
Elliott was one of NASCAR's most endearing and popular drivers in history, as Elliott went on to win NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a NASCAR record 16 times (1984-1988, 1991-2000, 2002), a record nearly matched by Dale Earnhardt Jr. who won the award for 15 straight years from 2003 to 2017.
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Awards: 2008 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver: NASCAR Cup Series career; 224 races run over 12 years: 2018 position: 33rd: Best finish: 24th : First race: 2007 Food City 500 : Last race: 2018 Ford EcoBoost 400 : First win: 2011 Southern 500