Chase Elliott was named the NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver for the eighth consecutive season in 2025. Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images

NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, Truck Series Most Popular Drivers Revealed

Originally posted on Racing America on SI
By Toby Christie | Last updated Nov 4, 2025 8:48 PM ET

The NASCAR Awards Banquet took place on Tuesday night in Scottsdale, Arizona, following this past weekend's NASCAR Championship Week festivities at Phoenix Raceway. The champions of the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Craftsman Truck Series were honored in Tuesday night's ceremony, as were the winners of various awards for the 2025 season.

As always, one of the most anticipated awards handed out was the Most Popular Driver award in each of the three NASCAR National Series.

By now, it should come as no surprise, but Chase Elliott, the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, was named the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Most Popular Driver in the NASCAR Cup Series for the 2025 season. This marks the eighth consecutive season that Elliott has been honored with the prestigious award, and it's the 24th time the award has gone to a member of the Elliott family.

Driver No. 9 is still No. 1! @chaseelliott wins the 2025 NMPA Most Popular Driver Award for the eighth time! pic.twitter.com/0CxyyIj1DJ
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) November 5, 2025

Chase's father, Bill Elliott, was a 16-time NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver Award recipient.

The elder Elliott's longest consecutive streak of MPD awards was a 10-year run from 1991 to 2000. The younger Elliott needs to take home the award in each of the next two seasons to match his NASCAR Hall of Famer father. The all-time record for most consecutive NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver Awards was 15 consecutive, achieved by Dale Earnhardt Jr. from 2003 to 2017.

The native of Dawsonville, GA, had a solid season this year as he picked up wins at Atlanta and Kansas on his path to an eighth-place finish in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings.

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, it was Justin Allgaier, the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, who took home the honor of being the NMPA Most Popular Driver.

The fans love themselves some @J_Allgaier!

Congratulations on winning the 2025 NMPA Most Popular Driver Award in the Xfinity Series! pic.twitter.com/VILylwlH9G
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) November 5, 2025

This marks the sixth time Allgaier has taken home the award, and it is the third consecutive year that the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion has been named Most Popular in NASCAR's second-tier series.

The native of Riverton, IL, racked up three victories this season, to bring his career total to 28, and he finished the season third in the championship standings.

Rounding things out, Rajah Caruth, the driver of the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado, took home his second consecutive NMPA Most Popular Driver Award in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

He goes back-to-back! @rajahcaruth_ is the 2025 NMPA Most Popular Driver in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series! pic.twitter.com/RNGjDF1HKi
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) November 5, 2025

Caruth had a win at Nashville Superspeedway and finished sixth in the series championship standings this season.

This article first appeared on Racing America on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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