Chase Elliott will no doubt be looking for the end of 2023 and the start of 2024.
The 2020 NASCAR Cup champion revealed Friday that he underwent a medical procedure for an existing shoulder injury. He said that the injury was an “old” one that needed to be taken care of.
The procedure comes after he had surgery early in the season to repair a broken leg suffered in a off-track snowboarding accident the forced him to miss six races. He was suspended for a seventh race after he wrecked Denny Hamlin in the Charlotte 600 in May.
Elliott would go on to have only his third winless season in his 9-year career and miss the Playoffs for the first time. His final 2023 rank of 17th in the driver’s points was a career low for NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver.
“Obviously, the offseason is a much better time to do that than my last surgery,” Elliott said. “Everything is all good, ready to go for 2024. Certainly looking forward to the Daytona 500 coming up in February.”
Certainly his fans hope that his 2024 season will be much better than his 2023.
Little life update.. pic.twitter.com/f6tKODUsfw
— Chase Elliott (@chaseelliott) November 17, 2023
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.