Elliott attempted to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500, but failed to make the race in the No. 2006 1925 1911 1940 The year was marked with sadness for Elliott when he had to miss the fall Dover race to attend the funeral of his father. He did manage a two top ten finishes in the championship standings, with an eighth-place finish in 1997. 1912 2004 His best finish was 12th at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 23 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing. With the season sweep at Michigan, Elliott became the first driver in NASCAR history to win 4 straight superspeedway races at one track. 00 Burger King Chevrolet for Michael Waltrip Racing in five NEXTEL Cup events which included Chicagoland, New Hampshire, Indianapolis, California, and Homestead. 1919 [11] In both races, he used a Ford Thunderbird which contained an engine built by his brother Ernie. 1970 1976 Over the course of his NASCAR career, Elliott won the Daytona 500 twice in …

98 Dodge Intrepid for Mach 1 Racing in three other events in 2004 because of sponsorship issues between Coca-Cola (Elliott's sponsor) and Pepsi (Evernham's sponsor). 1951 1925 At Atlanta, the last race of the season, he started 29th but needed to finish 18th or better to beat pole winner Rusty Wallace for the Championship, and he finished 11th to claim the title. He also won a race at Pocono and swept Dover. 1910 However, since the driver switch was made past the entry deadline, NASCAR said that Elliott was not eligible for the past champions provisional.

39 Coors Dodge Charger (in a paint scheme reminiscent of his 1987 Coors Light Ford) for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Budweiser Shootout and the No. In 2009, Elliott ran 12 races in the No. 1950 1993 Accessibility Policy 94 and finished sixth in his Cup debut. The success of Melling Racing may have come to an end after Elliott left at the end of 1991, but Elliott would be more successful in the years to come.

Bill Elliott, born William Clyde Elliott as the youngest of three boys in 1955, is a retired NASCAR driver.

Landon Cassill would take over the car for the fifth race of the season, which was eventually renumbered to No. 1978 Contact us at info@chaseelliott.com. 1997 2011 21 said in 2008 Elliott would have his own sponsor and share ride with Jon Wood and Marcos Ambrose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Elliott#/media/File:Bill_Elliott_Champion_1985.jpg, http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/hall-of-fame/nascar-hall-of-fame-bill-elliott.html. [20] His best finish in 2009 was 15th place at Lowe's Motor Speedway. 1967 1927 In 2011, Elliott did not return to Wood Brothers Racing, but ran 4 races for Phoenix Racing in the No. Even though he struggled the entire 6 years as a driver/owner and not winning a single race, Elliott's fans still voted him as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver. 1942

Elliott left Melling to join Junior Johnson & Associates in 1992, replacing Geoffrey Bodine in the No. 1985 The pressure that has been Matt Kenseth's constant companion the past few months is gone. Elliott ran for the Wood Brothers in 2010. 1930

A week later, Elliott came within a lap of winning his final race as a full-time driver (he would have been the only retiring driver to do so) in the 2003 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Had a very successful NASCAR career, winning two Daytona 500 races, three times at the Southern 500, and the 1988 Winston Cup, among others. 1988 1991 1956 In The 1987 Winston, he tangled with Earnhardt in what has become known as "the Pass In The Grass". Bill Elliott won his first and only Winston Cup Championship. 1928 However, Elliott had won twice at Charlotte Motor Speedway and had finished runner up in the Coca-Cola 600 twice). This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior authorization. 1972 Bill Elliott, who was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2007 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015, proved Saturday why he earned the nickname "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville." 1965 1944 2005 Partner of USA Today Sports Digital Properties. 1964 It doesn’t... Lady Luck Smiles – Wide – And Elliott Wins Again 1933 1973 The reason being that Evernham fielded cars with sponsorship with PepsiCo's Mountain Dew. 1998 Bill Elliott's final win for Melling Racing came in the summer race at Daytona as he led a 1-2-3 finish for Fords across the finish line. [17][18] 1923 36 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Ginn Racing in the 2006 Daytona Speedweeks events. However, after Melling yielded the No. In 1990, Konami released the first officially licensed NASCAR game, Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge for MS-DOS. In 2002, he won four poles and went to victory lane twice; those wins included the Pennsylvania 500 and one of the most dominant victories in the history of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a week later[13] He finished 13th in the final points standings. Daytona 500 Winners – Racing-Reference – NASCAR, Richard Petty 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981. 1910 2004 1982 He also won four poles during the season, and he finished fourth in the championship standings. He scored 11 wins and 11 poles out of 28 races and also won the first Winston Million[9] in the Southern 500 at Darlington. 1963 In the 1981 season, he had one Top 5 and seven Top 10 finishes in 13 races, including the team's first pole in the CRC Chemicals Rebel 500. He holds the track record for fastest qualifying speed at Talladega at 212.809 miles per hour (342.483 km/h) and Daytona International Speedway at 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h), both of which were set in 1987; the mark at Talladega is the fastest qualifying speed for any NASCAR race ever. This was his first win since the Southern 500 in 1994, 7 years and 226 races. 1923 He gained full sponsorship from Coors in 1984 to the tune of $400,000 and won three races – the Michigan 400, the Miller High Life 500, and the American 500. tweet. He was named after two relatives and is the youngest of three boys.

1987: Won his second Daytona 500, and beat the speed record at Talladega. 1959

1929 NASCAR Cup Series 2000 It would also be the 50th pole of his career. 1992 Elliott won two poles and three races and finished sixth in the championship standings. 1976 21 Motorcraft Ford for the Wood Brothers, including the Daytona 500. 1905 2017 1957 A few weeks later after the 2003 season ended, Elliott announced that he was relinquishing the No. 1999 Click on the Race to see the complete results for that race. 1959 Elliott has two daughters, Starr and Brittany, and one son, William Clyde II (nicknamed "Chase"). He won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and garnered 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987, three Southern 500 victories in 1985, 1988, and 1994, one Winston 500 victory in 1985, one Brickyard 400v…

1971 1929 1934 1966 [7] Brittany Elliott joined the Air Force in Security Forces. 1975

Bill Elliott; Sports - General; Denny Hamlin; Road king: Elliott wins at Daytona for 3rd straight roadie. he only made three starts during his first part-time season with Evernham, he still managed to have some success which included a ninth-place finish at Indianapolis and second and third-place qualifying efforts at Texas. At Michigan, Elliott gave the team a much needed 11th-place finish, and was kept in the car until the fall Richmond race. 1958 1956 But at Kansas in an interview on NASCAR Raceday, Elliott was asked about him racing, and said "We will be at Lowe's, and do a few more races. At Daytona Elliott announced that 2008 will be his final season as a Sprint Cup driver. 1996

Throughout his career, he was admired by his many fans and was awarded NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver Award sixteen times.