Chase Elliott voted NASCAR Cup's Most Well-liked Driver once more

For the sixth consecutive season, Elliott was named the winner Thursday night time of the 2023 Nationwide Motorsports Press Affiliation’s Most Well-liked Driver Award.

That is the thirty third consecutive 12 months a member of the Earnhardt or Elliott household has gained the award, together with Chase’s father, Corridor of Famer Invoice Elliott, who gained the award every season from 1984 to 2002.

Darrell Waltrip (1990) was the final driver not named Earnhardt or Elliott to win the award.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. gained the award in 15 consecutive seasons, the final in 2017 on the conclusion of his ultimate fulltime NASCAR season.

Elliott’s 2023 Cup season was hamstrung by an early-season harm from a snowboarding accident that sidelined him for a number of weeks and a one-race suspension by NASCAR later within the 12 months for deliberately wrecking driver Denny Hamlin within the Coca-Cola 600. Elliott, 28, did not qualify for the playoffs, was unable to win a race all season and ended up 17^th within the sequence standings.

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Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, NAPA Auto Elements Chevrolet Camaro

Different awards

Hailie Deegan gained the vote for hottest driver within the Truck Sequence for the third consecutive 12 months whereas Justin Allgaier gained the award within the Xfinity Sequence for the fourth time.

Additionally on Thursday, Sherry Pollex was named the winner of the 2023 NMPA Myers Brothers Award. She handed away in September after a prolonged battle with most cancers, aged 44. Through the years, she had raised a number of million {dollars} within the combat in opposition to pediatric and ovarian most cancers, most notably by her annual Catwalk for a Trigger charity occasion.

Offered yearly since 1958, the award, named in honor of former NASCAR opponents Billy and Bobby Myers, acknowledges people and/or teams who’ve offered excellent contributions to the game of inventory automotive racing. Every year, the NMPA Myers Brothers Award winner is chosen by a vote of the NMPA membership.