“Don’t Run Anybody Over” – Chase Elliott’s “Crash Course” to Youtube Celebrity Scared the Living Daylights Out of the Hendrick Motorsports Driver Once

Back in 2016, Hendrick Motorsports star Chase Elliott decided to temporarily turn into a driving instructor. Ahead of the NASCAR Cup race at the Texas Motor Speedway, he teamed up with Dude Perfect for a special video. His students for the day were Tyler Toney and Garrett Hilbert, though Hilbert was his primary student.

Apparently, the YouTuber was going to learn to drive a car with a stick shift. This was because he was going to get a chance to drive the pace car, so they enlisted Elliott’s help. Garrett asked why they couldn’t hire a regular instructor, to which Toney fired back, asking whether he preferred a mediocre driver. However, Hilbert was more concerned about embarrassing himself.

In the YouTube video entitled, “NASCAR’s Chase Elliot Gives A Crash Course in Driving to Dude Perfect’s Garrett,” Elliott advised that the worst-case scenario was bunching up the field. The then #24 driver confessed that if he stalls the car, his day would be officially ruined.

So he advised Hilbert to ease the car and go nice and easy on the clutch. Elliott suggested going gently on the gas and keep easing the car out. Then he pointed out a Stop sign and cheekily quipped that it was important to obey the law.

He said, “Just ease the clutch out, because right now, you’re just dumping it. Nice and easy all the way. Fluid motion, don’t run anybody over.”

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It is safe to say that Elliott was quite scared teaching one of the dudes from Dude Perfect how to drive a stick.

How did Chase Elliott perform in the race that year?

It is worth mentioning that this was his maiden full-time season with Hendrick Motorsports. He was essentially replacing Jeff Gordon, who retired from full-time racing in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Gordon did come back to replace an injured Dale Earnhardt Jr in the #88 car, but that’s another story. The Texas race was just his seventh full-time race, and he managed to finish in a fine 5th place, which was impressive.

He also managed to finish his debut season in 10th place in the championship. Since then, he has been improving in leaps and bounds, his first win coming in 2018 at Watkins Glen. Finally, in 2020, he bagged his maiden Cup Series title and is in contention once again in 2022.

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