Chase Elliott brings a tremendous marketing opportunity to the table ... most of it accrues to who his father was. Assuming sufficient talent, and he has plenty of it, only a fool would squander that. The Dillon kids are in a different situation but it's similar in many ways.
Grandfathers and fathers with law degrees from Harvard have a way of getting their sons and daughters through the right doors. Why wouldn't they? The same thing works for longshoremen, firefighters, peace officers, doctors, teachers, small business owners, farmers and on and on ad infinitum.
It's the way the world works. The idea that NASCAR should somehow be set apart from all of that is not only unrealistic, it's ridiculous.