Driver Chase Elliott speaks during media day ahead of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series championship auto race on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

FILE - Kyle Larson is shown before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The NASCAR championship will pit Rick Hendrick against Joe Gibbs as both team owners put a pair of drivers in the final four. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson will represent Hendrick in a pair of Chevrolets. Gibbs will field Toyotas for Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)

Driver Chase Elliott speaks during media day ahead of Sunday's NASCAR championship auto race on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

FILE - Chase Elliott gestures at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Loudon, N.H. The NASCAR championship will pit Rick Hendrick against Joe Gibbs as both team owners put a pair of drivers in the final four. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson will represent Hendrick in a pair of Chevrolets. Gibbs will field Toyotas for Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FILE - Chase Elliott, right, son of Brickyard 400 champion Bill Elliott celebrates with his father after winning the the ninth running of the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002. Chase Elliott is the reigning Cup champion heading into Sunday's NASCAR season championship at Phoenix Raceway. (AP Photo/Dave Parker, File)