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Christian Elder
Cause of deathUnknown
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
24 races run over 2 years
Best finish39th - 2001 (Busch Series)
First race2001 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Last race2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona)

Christian Elder (December 6, 1968August 12, 2007) was a former NASCAR driver. He raced in the Busch Series for Akins Motorsports for two years.

He made his debut in 2001, running his first race at Las Vegas for Akins and started the race in 32nd, and he finished 23rd. In sixteen starts, only managed two top-20s (a pair of 20ths at Bristol and Dover).

Elder began running races for Akins in 2002 full-time. However, he did not make many races. After six races, his schedule was scaled down. After two more starts, Akins released Elder. His best finish of the year was 26th at Kentucky.

Elder has competed in the ARCA series , Star Mazda Series, Busch Series and NASCAR Goody's Dash Series which Elder competed in and won races at Daytona and Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also had a pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Christian died at his home in Cornelius, North Carolina on Sunday August 12, 2007. At the time of his death, Christian was a Project Manager for Elder-Jones, Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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