{"id":606,"date":"2026-05-25T06:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:03:33","slug":"chase-elliott-wants-to-figure-out-a-way-for-kyle-busch-to-win-most-popular-driver-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"Chase Elliott wants to figure out a way for Kyle Busch to win \u2018Most Popular Driver\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR driver Chase Elliott said on Saturday he would be open to taking a page out of his famous father\u2019s playbook and paving the way for another racer to win the \u201cMost Popular Driver\u201d award posthumously.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=605\">Kyle Busch\u2019s family makes appearance at Coke 600. A powerful moment came next<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2001, after Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500, Chase\u2019s father Bill removed himself from consideration for the \u201cMost Popular Driver\u201d award, which is traditionally selected by fans\u2019 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott, a Georgian who was a NASCAR champion himself, had an extremely active fan club during his career. \u201cAwesome Bill from Dawsonville\u201d had already won the award 15 times by that point. Bill Elliott said at the time: \u201cThis is a much different year than others. Dale Earnhardt never won this award, and I think it would be a tremendous honor for the Earnhardt family to receive it this year. I certainly don\u2019t want to stand in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chase Elliott said much the same thing on Saturday when a reporter asked if he would remove himself from consideration this year for \u201cMost Popular Driver\u201d and throw his support behind Kyle Busch, who never won the award and died suddenly on Thursday, at age 41. Much like his father, Elliott has won the award every year since 2018.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chase Elliott says he wants Kyle Busch to win the Most Popular Driver award this year and wants to do whatever is needed to make that happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ac6jbQTgt4\">pic.twitter.com\/Ac6jbQTgt4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I would be in extreme favor of Kyle winning the vote,\u201d Elliott said. \u201cI think that he\u2019s a guy that certainly poured a lot of his life into the sport. And although he might have been getting boos a lot of weeks, he also had a lot of fans, and a lot of really passionate fans. &#8230; I would certainly be in favor of him winning, whatever it took. I think he\u2019d be really deserving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=604\">Crash closes Interstate 85 lanes in Charlotte for hours. \u2018Traffic impact high.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for actually taking himself out of the running and telling people not to vote for him, Elliott wasn\u2019t quite ready to commit to doing that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I really haven\u2019t processed all of that, I guess,\u201d he said, \u201cto get to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Elliott\u2019s openness to the idea of duplicating a move his father made 25 years ago was greeted with near-unanimous approval online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust when you think you can\u2019t like him more,\u201d wrote one fan on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChase you are such a class act,\u201d wrote another. \u201cThat would be so heartfelt and touching for Kyle to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=603\">Whistleblowers in North Carolina shouldn\u2019t be punished, like I was | Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR star Chase Elliott has won the \u201cMost Popular Driver\u201d award every year since 2018. 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