How do the four championship drivers compare to each other? Well, let’s find out, shall we?
Performance to Expectations
Joey Logano: As expected
Christopher Bell: Much better
Chase Elliott: Good, but disappointing to him
Ross Chastain: Insanely good (in that you’d had to have been insane to pick him for the Championship 4)
ADVANTAGE: Chastain
Competition Personality
Joey Logano: Gratingly ingratiating, occasionally wrecky
Christopher Bell: Obscure, low-key
Chase Elliott: Popular with fans but strangely self-critical
Ross Chastain: Bull in a china shop, melon-based
ADVANTAGE: Elliott
“Legends” to Run Their Car Number
Joey Logano: Ward Burton, Dave Blaney
Christopher Bell: Greg Sacks, Erik Jones
Chase Elliott: Lake Speed, Dave Mader III
Ross Chastain: THE Rick Mast, Morgan Shepherd
ADVANTAGE: Logano
Celebrity Connection
Joey Logano: Appeared on Raw that one time
Christopher Bell: Shares a name with a disabilities scholar
Chase Elliott: One-time cover model for “Georgia Magazine”
Ross Chastain: Team is co-owned by Pitbull (the rapper, not the animal)
ADVANTAGE: Elliott—instead of “going Hollywood”, he’s “going Sprayberry”
Nickname
Joey Logano: Sliced Bread
Christopher Bell: C.Bell (admittedly not that great)
Chase Elliott: Chase from the Same Place
Ross Chastain: Melon Man
ADVANTAGE: Logano
Biggest Controversy
Joey Logano: Fans accuse Nascar of rigging races so Penske wins
Christopher Bell: Fans accuse Nascar of rigging races so Gibbs wins
Chase Elliott: Fans accuse Nascar of rigging races so Hendrick wins
Ross Chastain: Using Delaware tax dollars to somehow combine seatbelt safety with watermelons
ADVANTAGE: Chastain
And so your 2022 Champion is…well, obviously the one driver who didn’t win any of these, Christopher Bell!
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