Born in 1995 into the Bill Elliott racing dynasty, Chase Elliott is already continuing the tradition of excellence in the sport where his father earned the legendary nicknames “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville” and “Million Dollar Bill.” At the age of thirteen, Chase already has seven championship titles to his name and is winning over a loyal fan base.
Chase started his racing career at age 8 at various dirt tracks across northern Georgia, and in 2006 he entered the Colorado Sprint Championship Series in the Mini Max and the 80cc Novice Shifter Kart divisions for his first full season of racing. He won the state title in the Mini Max division and finished an impressive third in the Shifter Kart field against much older competition. He competed in the CSCS again in 2007 and won six of ten starts, earning him another championship in the Mini Max and a runner-up in the Shifter Kart divisions.
In 2007, Chase joined the Legends Racing Series for his rookie season in the Bandolero Bandits division in Atlanta Motor Speedway’s (Hampton, Ga.) Thursday Thunder Series and earned Rookie of the Year honors. In the ten-week series, Chase finished in the top-ten eight times, the top-five three times, and won the final two feature events. The second-generation Elliott also competed in a handful of events in the Summer Shootout Series at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (Concord, N.C.). In five starts, Chase posted five top-tens and two top-fives.
Chase made the move from the Bandits to the Young Guns division for the 2007-08 winter season, which visited Atlanta Motor Speedway, Lanier National Speedway (Braselton, Ga.) and Watermelon Capital Speedway (Cordele, Ga.). Chase dominated the field, winning ten of twelve races and setting a new track record on AMS’ Thunder Ring. Chase won his first major championship when he captured the titles in both the AMS Winter Flurry Series and the Georgia Winter Series.
For the 2008 summer season, Chase moved up to the Legends Semi-Pro division and competed in both the AMS Thursday Thunder Series and the LMS Summer Shootout Series. Chase captured his first Semi-Pro victory in an exciting finish at Lanier National Speedway in September, winning by just inches at the checkered flag. He carried that momentum and went on to capture seven straight top-tens and two victories. One of those victories was at Lanier and earned Chase the 2008 Georgia State Championship for the Semi-Pro division. The following weekend, Chase made his first trip to the Legends Car Asphalt Nationals where he was the youngest driver in the Semi-Pro field. He practice, qualified and raced in the top-ten all weekend and came home with a solid sixth place finish in his first national event.
Chase returned to the 2008-09 combined Winter Flurry Series / Georgia Winter Series, this time in the Legends Semi-Pro division, looking to defend his dual championships. Elliott, who finished the season with six wins and three second-place finishes in 11 starts, led the points in both series until back-to-back on-track misfortunes dropped him in the season standings. The youngster battled back and won five consecutive races, including the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway, to clinch both the Winter Flurry Series and Georgia Winter Series championships, his first titles in the Legends Semi-Pro division.
This summer will mark a major milestone in the second-generation Elliott’s racing career, as he prepares to climb behind the wheel of a Pro Late Model to run in the Georgia Asphalt Series (GAS). Chase, who has practiced on dirt but never circled an asphalt track in a Late Model, will test at Lanier National Speedway prior to the start of the 2009 GAS season. Former Late Model star Ricky Turner will serve as crew chief for Elliott’s rookie run this season.
Did You Know?
2006 was Chase's first full summer of racing. That's when he entered the Colorado Sprint Championships in the Mini Max and 80cc Shifter Kart Series at 10 years old. Chase won five races and five poles in the Mini Max to capture the series' State Championship that summer.
These races marked his first ever on asphalt.
Chase loves racing go carts and late model cars on dirt tracks.
Chase learned to race in all types of weather in Colorado from rain to snow. This is probably a good indication as to why he won the only two asphalt races that he ever ran in the rain!
Chase is and hopes to always be able to race with his father's famous No. 9.
Primary sponsor is Aaron’s.
Associate sponsors include the Dawsonville Pool Room and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Chase is an excellent student and knows that in order to race he must keep an A/B average.
Chase raced in his very first late model event on March 28th, 2009 at South Georgia Motorsports Park.
Chase will be running the Georgia Asphalt series in 2009 and select ASA events.
Chase will also be racing his dirt late model car whenever he has an opportunity to do so.
