At the age of 13, Elliott was featured alongside thirteen other athletes, which included the future world golf champion Jordan Spieth and future NBA 2nd overall selection Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as possible superstars in the July 13th issue of Sports Illustrated. [Elliott raced in 40 races across various races in the 2010 season, winning twelve races throughout the year and finishing in the top 38 times. It was the third season of his career in racing, and he took home the Blizzard Series, Miller Lite and Gulf Coast championship en route to being named the Georgia Asphalt Pro Late Model Series Rookie of the Year. He ended the season by taking home the Winchester 400. Sports Illustrated named Elliott as the top high school athlete of the week on April of 2011. In the course of the year, he participated in the Champion Racing Association, wining the series' National Super Late Model championship.Later the same year, shortly before his 16th birthday He won the Snowball Derby and became the race's youngest winner. He beat DJ Vanderley by a record 0.22 seconds. In 2012, he took home for the second time consecutively the Alan Turner Snowflake 100 prelude to the Snowball Derby.
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