CONCORD, N.C. - As Chase Elliott prepares to move to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series full-time in 2016, he earned one final award from the NASCAR XFINITY Series.
Elliott took home the NXS Most Popular Driver award for the second consecutive year at the annual series awards ceremony.
The future driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet SS is following in his father Bill Elliott’s footstep, who has won the award a record 16 times.
On Friday, the 2016 Sprint NMPA Most Popular Driver Award will be presented at the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series awards ceremony in Las Vegas, where Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the 12-time defending Most Popular Driver.