By Ben White The first ride for Bobby Allison, NASCAR’s 1983 Cup champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner, sat in the driveway a short time due to a small deal-breaking snag in his plan: his age. “My absolute first car was a four-door 1934 Ford Phaeton convertible,” Allison said. “Some guy in the neighborhood had it and I bought that thing with $12. I really, really loved it. It had a flat-head Ford and a brown canvas top and nothing but blue sky when it was down. “I was only 13 at the time (1951) and I had done a lot of…

By Jared Turner Chase Elliott is no ordinary rookie Eight races into his much-anticipated rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series, Chase Elliott continues to impress. The 20-year-old who replaced legendary Jeff Gordon in Hendrick Motorsports’ iconic No. 24 Chevy this year delivered his best finish yet on Sunday, coming home fourth at Bristol – a track notoriously unkind to newcomers. That makes five top-10 finishes – including two top fives – for young Elliott, who has lived up to the hype and arguably even exceeded expectations for this point in his rookie campaign. Elliott’s Bristol finish was one position better than…