The 2022 NASCAR Awards were Thursday night in Nashville — although the event won’t air until Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on Peacock.
The sport’s top drivers traded their fire suits for tuxedos and dazzled on the red carpet before the big night officially began.
While the night was about celebrating the season and 2022 Cup Series champion Joey Logano, another big award was handed out with Chase Elliott being named NASCAR’s most popular driver for the fifth consecutive year — to the surprise of absolutely no one. He’s the fifth driver to win it at least five times, but he has a while before he could match his father Bill Elliott’s 16 wins.
Here’s a look at 20 stunning red carpet photos from the 2022 NASCAR Awards.
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