Chase Elliott 'really proud' of strong close to '24 season

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Chase Elliott finished seventh in the Cup Series standings and fell a round short of NASCAR's Championship 4 in 2024, an effort he scored as "probably a B, B-plus."

"I'm trying to grade that really honestly," the former Cup Series champion recently told NASCAR.com when asked to assess his performance in the No. 9 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

Elliott, 28, recorded one w