Chase Elliott had a excellent year and great run to the 2020 NASCAR Championship. Elliott had to win the final race before the Phoenix race on Sunday just to get into the Championship Four. He then beat out Brad Kesolowski, Joey Logano, and Denny Hamlin who finished second through fourth respectively in the final standings. While the race itself wasn't the most exciting I was rooting for Chase and it was fun to watch him win his first championship at only 24 years of age. He won five races this year only surpassed by Hamlin and Kevin Harvick. He's had an amazing career in NASCAR's top series in which he has never finished below 10th in the standings. He's definitely postured for a long successful career. Congratulations Chase!
The other drivers I root for are Kyle Busch and Bubba Wallace. Busch struggled all year but still managed to take 8th place in the standings. He also kept alive his streak of one win in each of his 16 years. Bubba had a career best 22nd place finish in the final standings but even more exciting was the news he'll move to the new Michael Jordan race team, 23XI, in 2021. You never know what will happen for a new team but this is definitely an exciting opportunity for Bubba. We'll saw NASCAR great Jimmie Johnson and fan favorite Clint Bowyer race for the final time.
This was really a fun year. NASCAR was the first sport back after Covid put a pause to the sports world as a whole. During that pause we got to watch drivers take a shot at virtual racing which was even entertaining. NASCAR had to get creative with their schedule to get all their races in but it worked and it was fun. Hats off to them for making it work with basically no Covid interruption once on track racing started back up. Can't wait for 2021.
