{"id":21364,"date":"2019-06-12T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=21364"},"modified":"2019-06-12T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:46:03","slug":"chase-elliott-driving-throwback-to-father-at-darlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2019\/06\/12\/chase-elliott-driving-throwback-to-father-at-darlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Elliott driving throwback to father at Darlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/06\/img_2872.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21363\" width=\"625\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/06\/img_2872.jpg 625w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/06\/img_2872-594x323.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2019\/06\/img_2872-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Stainless-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">\nHendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott has been inspired by father Bill Elliott for his entire life. It should come as no surprise, then, that one of his father\u2019s paint schemes influenced the No. 9 team\u2019s Darlington throwback paint scheme this yar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Stainless-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">Elliott unveiled the sleek blue-and-white NAPA Chevrolet on Wednesday morning, showing off an old-school look that honors Bill Elliott\u2019s 1981 Mell-Gear car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Stainless-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">The announcement came four days before Father\u2019s Day, fitting as this scheme has three generations of Elliott involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Stainless-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\">Bill Elliott\u2019s final season racing for his father, George Elliott, came in the blue No. 9 Mell-Gear Ford Thunderbird. Bill Elliott drove in 13 premier series races in 1981, recording seven top-10 finishes. His first-ever Cup Series Busch Pole Award also came in 1981 \u2014 at Darlington Raceway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Stainless-Regular, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px\">This season marks Year Five of Darlington\u2019s award-winning throwback weekend program. This year\u2019s Bojangles\u2019 Southern 500 (Sept. 1, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) will also be the 70th iteration of the crown jewel race.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott has been inspired by father Bill Elliott for his entire life. It should come as no surprise, then, that one of his father\u2019s paint schemes influenced the No. 9 team\u2019s Darlington throwback paint scheme this yar. 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