Here’s what Chase Elliott’s No. 24 will look like in 2016
We now know what the forst post-Jeff Gordon No. 24 car will look like.
Hendrick Motorsports unveiled Chase Elliott’s 2016 NAPA car on Monday. Elliott, the son of former Sprint Cup Series champion Bill Elliott, is replacing Gordon in the No. 24 next season. Gordon is moving to the broadcast booth for Fox.
Feast your 👀 on @chaseelliott’s 2016 @NAPARacing Chevy SS! #NAPAKnowHow pic.twitter.com/uFku6mwCAe
— NAPA Racing (@NAPARacing) October 19, 2015
If you look closely, you’ll see a Mountain Dew logo on Elliott’s car. Mountain Dew has been a Hendrick sponsor for Dale Earnhardt Jr. since he arrived at Hendrick. No announcement has been made about the company’s Hendrick affiliation in 2016, but it may be a sign the drink is moving to Elliott’s ride from the No. 88.
Axalta, the company that now owns DuPont, a longtime sponsor of Gordon’s, moved to Earnhardt Jr.’s car for the 2016 season.
NAPA, which moved to Elliott in 2014, will sponsor 24 races. The auto parts company left Michael Waltrip Racing after the team’s 2013 race manipulation scandal. It’s sponsored Elliott for the past two seasons in the Xfinity Series and has served as Elliott’s sponsor in the Cup Series in 2015 as he runs a part-time schedule.
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