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Chapter 1

Greatest Moments

One could argue that William Clyde “Chase” Elliott II was born to be a race car driver. He is the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame driver William Clyde “Bill” Elliott and was born on November 28, 1995, in Dawsonville, Georgia. The Elliott family name is a legendary one in NASCAR circles, and Chase Elliott has done quite well to keep the tradition alive. Elliott started officially racing at age eight behind the wheel of a go-kart, but he spent years before that at NASCAR tracks following his father’s exploits. It wasn’t long before the younger Elliott was paving his own way as a race car driver, earning victories in every type of car he climbed into. In 2013, Elliott capped off a career accomplishment in super late model racing. He became the first driver to complete the “Grand Slam” of super late model cars after finally winning the All American 400 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. He had already won the 2011 edition of the Snowball Derby, the 2010 Winchester 400, and the 2013 World Crown 300. Elliott’s short-track success evidently caught the eye of 2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame car owner Rick Hendrick because, in early 2011,

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