Chase Elliott was named NASCAR's most popular driver for the seventh consecutive year at the sport's season-ending awards ceremony Friday night.
The only major NASCAR award determined solely by the vote of fans, Elliott earned 266,363 votes to beat out Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson and Team Penske's Ryan Blaney, per results released by the National Motorsports Press Association.
The Elliotts are no stranger to the award.
Chase's father Bill Elliott, nicknamed "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville," was named NASCAR's most popular driver a record 16 times before removing his name from the ballot.
"I don't think it ever gets old," Chase Elliott told The Associated Press . "I'm thankful for all of the folks around the country that pull for me and my team and genuinely want to see us do well. That to me is the part that doesn't get old is whether you're in Darlington, South Carolina or Talladega or somewhere out in California, it's just crazy to me that we have been in a fortunate to be in the situation to have the type of support that we have. I don't take that for granted."
