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Bill Elliott
Elliott administers the Oath of Enlistment to a U.S. Navy sailor on October 21, 2005.
Born	William Clyde Elliott (1955-10-08) October 8, 1955 (age 63) Dawsonville, Georgia
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Achievements	1988 Winston Cup Series Champion 1985, 1987 Daytona 500 Winner 2002 Brickyard 400 Winner 1985, 1988, 1994 Southern 500 Winner 1985 Winston 500 Winner 1986 The Winston Winner
Awards	Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 1984-1988, 1991-2000, 2002 Winston Cup Series Most Popular Driver (16 times) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Inductee (2007) NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee (2015)
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
828 races run over 37 years
2012 position	49th
Best finish	1st (1988)
First race	1976 Carolina 500 (Rockingham)
Last race	2012 Coke Zero 400 (Daytona)
First win	1983 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)
Last win	2003 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 44 320 55
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
44 races run over 13 years
Car no., team	No. 23 (GMS Racing)
2018 position	64th
Best finish	29th (1993)
First race	1983 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2018 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
First win	1993 Fay's 150 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 16 2
Statistics current as of November 17, 2018.

William Clyde Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, or Million Dollar Bill, is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing. He won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and garnered 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987 and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986. 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.

Elliott won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a record 16 times.^[2] He withdrew his name from the ballot for that award after winning it in 2002. In 2005, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declared October 8 as Bill Elliott Day in the state of Georgia.^{[citation needed]} He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007^[3] and into the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Elliott has also been honored by the state legislature with a stretch of roadway (the entirety of Georgia 183) in his native Dawson county renamed Elliott Family Parkway.

Personal life

William Clyde Elliott was born in Dawsonville, Georgia on October 8, 1955. According to his autobiography, many generations of Elliotts resided there. He was named after two relatives and is the youngest of three boys. His parents were Erving "George" Elliott Jr. (1924-1998) and Mildred Reece (1921-1991) His father George created a lumber company and loved racing, and later created a speed shop where Bill's brothers, Ernie (born 1947) and Dan (born 1951), worked. His father was also a Ford person and later created a Ford dealership as there were not any in the area.^[4]

Elliott has three children, two daughters, Lauren Starr and Brittany, and one son, William Clyde II (nicknamed "Chase"). The 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, Chase Elliott currently competes in the Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports.^[5] Brittany Elliott joined the Air Force in Security Forces.

NASCAR career

Elliott/Melling years

Elliott Racing

Driving a car owned by his father, George Elliott,^[6] Elliott made his first Winston Cup Series start at Rockingham in 1976. He qualified 34th in a field of 36 cars; Elliott only lasted 32 laps that day before the oil pump failed in his Ford Torino, earning him $640. Elliott toiled for five years in the Winston Cup Series without corporate sponsorship, and along the way showed flashes that he could compete with the established veterans of the sport. In mid-1977, Elliott bought a Mercury Montego from Bobby Allison after his split from Penske Racing to replace the inferior Torino, and the move paid off. He soon earned his first Top 10 finish in the Southern 500 (10th), and his first top-5 finish 2 years later in the same race, finishing second to race winner (and Elliott's boyhood hero) David Pearson.

In the fall of 1980, Elliott gained his first major sponsor in the form of $500 from Harry Melling of Melling Racing in the 1980 National 500 at Charlotte. Melling would extend his contract and gave the team enough sponsorship to run a 12 race schedule in 1981. 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.

Melling Racing

Melling bought the team from Elliott's father George on December 1, 1981. In 1983, Elliott won his first Winston Cup race in the final race of the season — the Winston Western 500 at Riverside. Elliott also finished second four times including the Daytona 500 on his way to a third-place finish in the championship point standings that season. 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. He also collected four poles and finished third in the final points standings for the second time.

The 1985 season was undoubtedly the best season of Bill Elliott's career. He scored 11 wins and 11 poles out of 28 races and also won the first Winston Million^[7] in the Southern 500 at Darlington. This would give him the nickname "Million Dollar Bill" and "Awesome Bill From Dawsonville". The only major of the four he did not win was the Coca-Cola 600 (a driver needed only to win a "small slam" of the four majors to win the bonus; Elliott, since he retired in 2013, would not finish a Career Grand Slam). This allowed him to become the second NASCAR driver to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, following Cale Yarborough after his win in the 1977 Daytona 500. Elliott finished second in the championship point standings by 101 points, losing the Winston Cup Championship to Darrell Waltrip after a string of poor finishes in the last quarter of the season. Elliott would set an unprecedented NASCAR record of winning five consecutive pole qualifying sessions in 1985; the June Pocono race, the Firecracker 400, the July races in Pocono and Talladega, and the August Michigan race. That did not include the June Michigan race where qualifying was rained out, and the July Pocono race pole was where he started second, but further investigation led NASCAR to throw out the winning pole time for illegal fuel additives, retroactively awarding Elliott the pole award, money, and credit towards the season-long award for most poles won.^[8] Elliott also set a NASCAR modern era record in 1985 for completing the season sweep at 4 different tracks in one season: Pocono, Michigan, Darlington, and Atlanta.

In 1986, Elliott won only 2 races, both being the Michigan races. With the season sweep at Michigan, Elliott became the first driver in NASCAR history to win 4 straight superspeedway races at one track. He also won four poles during the season, and he finished fourth in the championship standings. He also won The 1986 Winston, held at Atlanta, the only year the race was run somewhere other than Charlotte. He won six races the next season, including his second Daytona 500, and the Talladega 500, seven poles, and finished second in the final point standings to Dale Earnhardt by 489 points. In The 1987 Winston, he tangled with Earnhardt in what has become known as "the Pass In The Grass". However, Elliott's most lasting accomplishment that year was setting two NASCAR qualifying records, which stand to this day. At Daytona, he set the NASCAR speed record with an average speed of 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h). He broke his own record at Talladega with an average speed of 212.809 miles per hour (342.483 km/h); the previous record he set in 1986 was 209.383 miles per hour (336.969 km/h).^[9] In both races, he used a Ford Thunderbird which contained an engine built by his brother Ernie. However, at Talladega, Bobby Allison was spun and went airborne into the catch fence, tearing a large section away and injuring several fans. After this incident, NASCAR mandated the use of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega. As a result, Elliott's speed records will likely never be broken. In 1988 Elliott won another six races, including the Southern 500 and the Pepsi Firecracker 400, six poles, and his first and only Winston Cup Championship.

Following his championship season, Elliott broke his wrist in a crash during testing at Daytona and required relief by Jody Ridley during several races in the first part of the 1989 season. Elliott won two poles and three races and finished sixth in the championship standings. In 1990, Elliott won one race and two poles and finished fourth in the championship standings. In the 1990 race at Atlanta, Elliott's rear tire changer Mike Rich was killed when Ricky Rudd lost control of his car, spun, and slammed the crew member between his car and Elliott's. As a result, NASCAR restricted the cars' speed on pit road. The 1991 season saw Elliott's sponsorship change to Coors Light and the familiar red on the car was replaced with blue. Elliott would only win once that year in the Pepsi 400 and won two poles. After a year of struggle, Elliott finished a disappointing eleventh in the championship standings, causing him and Coors to part ways with Mellings. That lone win in 1991 would be the only time in his career that Bill Elliott won in a car that was NOT painted red. Overall, in 9 seasons, Melling Racing set several NASCAR records, winning the Winston Million, winning the Winston Cup Championship, and won a total of 34 career races, all of these accomplishments with only Bill Elliott. 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.

Junior Johnson and Associates

Elliott left Melling to join Junior Johnson & Associates in 1992, replacing Geoffrey Bodine in the No. 11 Budweiser Ford. In 1992, Elliott won five races (including four in a row) and three poles, but much like his 1985 season he finished a disappointing second in the championship standings after squandering a large lead in the standings with a late season string of poor finishes. He did win the season finale at his home track in Atlanta, but lost the championship by 10 points to Alan Kulwicki, who finished in second place and had led the most laps by one over Elliott. Had Kulwicki not led the most laps, Elliott would have finished tied with him for the lead and would have been awarded the title on a tiebreaker due to him having more wins (as Elliott had won three more times than Kulwicki).^[10]

Elliott went winless in 1993 and finished eighth in the standings. He scored just one win the following season in the 1994 Southern 500 while finishing 10th in the championship standings. After his Darlington victory, Elliott announced he would be starting his own team with sponsorship from McDonald's in 1995.

Driver/Owner

Elliott-Hardy Racing

After leaving Johnson's team, Elliott fielded his own Winston Cup race team from 1995 to 2000. He used the No. 94 in honor of his nephew, Casey Elliott, who was battling cancer at the time he formed the team and would die in 1996.
The team also fielded entries in the Busch Series and Truck Series.
Elliott failed to win a race during this time, though he did manage two top ten finishes in the championship standings, with an eighth place in 1995 and 1997.
In 1996, Elliott suffered during an accident at Talladega and, Elliott missed five races to recover from injuring a broken hip and was replaced by Dorsey Schroeder and Todd Bodine.

Bill Elliott Racing

In July 1996, the partnership between Elliott and Hardy was dissolved, the team being renamed Bill Elliott Racing

Later in the 1996, Elliott suffered effects after an accident at Talladega earlier in the year and, Elliott missed two races and was replaced by Tommy Kendall, and Bobby Hillin, Jr..

he did manage a two top ten finishes in the championship standings, with an eighth-place finish in 1997.

After a disappointing 1999 season which saw Elliott's multi-car operation dissolve back into No. 94, Elliott announced in early 2000 he was selling his equipment to championship-winning crew chief Ray Evernham to become part of Dodge's return to NASCAR. The team would also switch to No. 9, which was owned by Melling, his championship winning team. 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. He would hold the record for 10 straight years as a most popular driver from 1991 to 2000, a record that would stand until 2013, when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. would win his 11th straight award. Earnhardt would win the award for 15 straight years from 2003 to 2017, a NASCAR record.

Elliott-Marino Motorsports

In 1998 Elliott teamed up with Dan Marino to form a multi car team, the team was renamed Elliott-Marino Motorsports, adding the No. 13 and keeping the No. 94, Marino owned the No. 13 while Elliott owned the No. 94. The year was marked with sadness for Elliott when he had to miss the fall Dover race to attend the funeral of his father. Matt Kenseth drove Elliott's No. 94 and finished 6th in his Cup debut.

Evernham Motorsports

In 2000, Elliott sold his team to Ray Evernham and began driving the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW-sponsored Dodge Intrepid the following year. Ironically, Melling Racing, who ran the No. 9 for Bill Elliott from 1981 to 1991, yielded that number to Ray Evernham for 2001. Elliott asked Evernham to drive that number out of respect for his old team. Elliott and Evernham however found success in its very first race in the No. 9 Dodge, as Elliott won the pole for the 2001 Daytona 500. It would also be the 50th pole of his career. By winning the pole, Bill Elliott would become the first, and as of 2018, the only driver in NASCAR history to score his 50th career pole in the Daytona 500. He would finish the race in the Top 5, bringing home a 5th-place finish, though the race will forever be remembered for the death of fan favorite Dale Earnhardt. Elliott finished his first season with Evernham Motorsports with two poles, five Top 5s, and nine Top 10 finishes, and one win at the Pennzoil Freedom 400 at Homestead from the pole. This was his first win since the Southern 500 in 1994, 7 years and 226 races. As of 2018, the 226 race winless streak is the longest drought in NASCAR history. However, after Melling yielded the No. 9 for 2001, Bill Elliott would win at Homestead driving that number, but this time, with Evernham Motorsports. In another ironic twist, Elliott winning at Homestead would be first time since Melling Racing and Bill Elliott himself at the Pepsi 400 in 1991, that the No. 9 went to victory lane. Elliott finished 15th in the final points standings for 2001. Elliott also withdrew from the ballot as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver, and encouraged his long time fans to vote for his friend and long time rival Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt was posthumously voted as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for 2001. 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^[11] He finished 13th in the final points standings. For the 16th and final time in his career, Bill Elliott was voted as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver. His last win, in what became his final full-time season, came in 2003 at Rockingham. 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. Elliott led 189 of 267 laps and was on his way to victory, but a cut tire on the final lap allowed Bobby Labonte to score the victory (his last and most recent win to date). He still finished the race and maintained his ninth-place position in the final points standings, his best points finish since finished eighth in the 1997 standings. Elliott officially withdrew from the ballot as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver, giving the award to Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who would go on to win for 15 straight years from 2003 to 2017, a NASCAR record. A few weeks later after the 2003 season ended, Elliott announced that he was relinquishing the No. 9 car to Kasey Kahne and switching to a part-time schedule driving R&D cars for Evernham.

Semi-retirement years

Evernham Motorsports

In 2004, Elliott drove the No. 91 Dodge Intrepid for Evernham in three events (along with the Budweiser Shootout)
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. He also brought back the Bill Elliott Racing moniker when he drove the 98 car twice in 2004, one with Coke C2 Sponsorship and one with McDonald's. The reason being that Evernham fielded cars with sponsorship with PepsiCo's Mountain Dew.

In 2005, Elliott continued his part-time driving duties which included driving the No. 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. 91 Evernham Dodge in several events. Although he made three more starts than the previous season, he did not have the same amount of success. He managed to get an eleventh-place finish and a tenth-place qualifying effort at Michigan, along with a ninth-place qualifying effort at Texas. He also competed in select NASCAR Busch Series events for Rusty Wallace and also drove the No. 6 Unilever Dodge Charger in the Busch Series for Evernham at Memphis, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

For the 2006 season, the 2005 owners' points for the No. 91 team went to the new No. 10 Evernham team and driver Scott Riggs and the 91 team was discontinued.

On August 8, 2006, Evernham Motorsports announced that Elliott would return to the organization for the race at Watkins Glen driving the No. 19 Dodge previously driven by Jeremy Mayfield. The team fell out of the top-35 in owners' points after Indianapolis, leading to the firing of Mayfield, and Evernham assumed that Elliott would guarantee a starting spot in the field by being a past champion. However, since the driver switch was made past the entry deadline, NASCAR said that Elliott was not eligible for the past champions provisional.

Mach 1 Racing

Elliott also drove the No. 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). but Evernham leased the car to him. Although he only made three starts during his first part-time season as an driver, he still managed to have some success which included a third-place qualifying efforts at California respectively.

Ginn Racing

On January 4, 2006, Elliott announced that he would pilot the No. 36 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Ginn Racing in the 2006 Daytona Speedweeks events. This included the Budweiser Shootout, the Gatorade Duel, and the Daytona 500, which Elliott had not competed in since 2003.

Michael Waltrip Racing

On March 17, 2006, it was announced that Elliott would drive the No. 00 Burger King Chevrolet for Michael Waltrip Racing in five NEXTEL Cup events which included Chicagoland, New Hampshire, Indianapolis, California, and Homestead.

R&J Racing

For the race at Kansas, Elliott teamed up with R&J Racing to drive the No. 37 Dodge. Elliott finished a season-high 16th at the Banquet 400 at Kansas, but did not qualify for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte two weeks later. Elliott was scheduled to be the Team Red Bull entry for Atlanta, but A. J. Allmendinger drove the car instead, Elliott instead drove the No. 37 Dodge at Atlanta, marking the 30th Anniversary of Elliott driving at his hometown track.

Elliott attempted to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500, but failed to make the race in the No. 37.^[12][13]

Wood Brothers Racing

Later that season, Elliott signed to drive the No. 21 for Wood Brothers Racing in 2007,^[13] in part due to his championship provisional, which guaranteed starting the race.^[14] Since fellow champion Dale Jarrett had used all of his guaranteed starts in his Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing, Elliott was the only champion eligible for the provisional not guaranteed a spot by being in the top 35 in owner's points. His first race for the team was the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte, which he qualified without needing one of his six provisionals.^[14] He led the race at one point until he was involved in a wreck around lap 200. At Michigan, Elliott gave the team a much needed 11th-place finish, and was kept in the car until the fall Richmond race. The car then fell out of the top 35 again but at Bristol got back into top 35 in points. Ken Schrader returned to the No. 21 replacing Elliott at a testing session at Talladega Superspeedway due to the team being back in the top 35 in owners points. He returned for the final four races after the 21 fell out of the top-35 once again.

On September 23, 2007, in an interview with Charlotte Observer Len Wood the co- owner of the No. 21 said in 2008 Elliott would have his own sponsor and share ride with Jon Wood and Marcos Ambrose.^[15][16]
Bill Elliott returned to the No. 21 to try to get the car back into the Top 35 points at Lowes Motor Speedway.^[17]

Elliott has qualified for ten races this season, with a best finish of 20th in the Sunoco Presents: The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. At Daytona Elliott announced that 2008 will be his final season as a Sprint Cup driver. 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. Then we will see how things go." Bill in 2008, best starts were 5th at Bristol and 7th at Kansas. His best finish was 12th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

In 2009, Elliott ran 12 races in the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford for the Wood Brothers, including the Daytona 500.^[18] His best finish in 2009 was 15th place at Lowe's Motor Speedway.^[18]

On Memorial Day May 25, 2009, Elliott became the 7th member of the "800 club", with his 800th career Sprint Cup start at Lowes Motor Speedway.^[19][20]

Elliott ran for the Wood Brothers in 2010. He also drove at Talladega for Latitude 43 Motorsports.

Phoenix Racing

In 2011, Elliott did not return to Wood Brothers Racing, but ran 4 races for Phoenix Racing in the No. 09 Chevy. Bill stepped out of the ride to assist his son Chase Elliott in the K&N Pro Series East. Landon Cassill would take over the car for the fifth race of the season, which was eventually renumbered to No. 51.

Whitney Motorsports

Elliott was entered as the driver of the No. 46 Red Line Oil Chevrolet for Whitney Motorsports at Talladega but J.J. Yeley would finish the race.

NEMCO Motorsports

For the 2012 season, Elliott joined Joe Nemechek at NEMCO Motorsports to drive the No. 97 Toyota in the 2012 Daytona 500,^[21] but failed to qualify for the race.^[22] Elliott successfully qualified for the Sprint Cup race at Talladega driving the 97, but finished in 37th.

Turner Motorsports

Elliott made his third start of the 2012 season driving for Turner Motorsports in the July race at Daytona International Speedway, in the No. 50 Walmart-sponsored Chevrolet. Elliott qualified 5th, and ran in the top 10 throughout the first half of the race, but finished 37th after being involved in an accident. This was his 828th and final start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.^[23]

GMS Racing

On August 4, 2018, GMS Racing announced that Elliott would return to NASCAR, driving the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro at Road America in the Xfinity Series on August 25.^[24] It was Elliott's first Xfinity start since 2005 and first National Series start since 2012.^[25] He finished in 20th on the lead lap.^[25] After the race, he quipped "I feel like I hit everything but the lottery, I mean it was a great day."^[25]

NASCAR video games

In 1990, Konami released the first officially licensed NASCAR game, Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge for MS-DOS. The game was released for the NES and Amiga in 1991, and Bill Elliott's NASCAR Fast Tracks was released for the Game Boy at the same time.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
1975	Elliott Racing	9	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL DNQ	ONT							NA	-
1976				RSD	DAY	CAR 33	RCH	BRI	ATL 36	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL 38	NSV	DOV	CLT 23	RSD																							41st	635
	Champion Racing	10	Ford															MCH 28	DAY 19	NSV 14	POC 32	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT
1977	Elliott Racing	9	Ford	RSD	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR 30	ATL 32	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 15	RSD	MCH 15	DAY 35	NSV	POC																			35th	926
			Mercury																			TAL 23	MCH 29	BRI						CLT 10	CAR	ATL 11	ONT
		52	Ford																						DAR 10	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS
1978		9	Mercury	RSD	DAY 8	RCH	CAR	ATL 38	BRI	DAR 9	NWS	MAR	TAL 6	DOV	CLT 14	NSV	RSD	MCH	DAY 9	NSV	POC	TAL 13	MCH	BRI	DAR 6	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 17	CAR									33rd	1176
			Olds																													ATL 37	ONT
1979			Mercury	RSD	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL 36	NWS	BRI	DAR 7	MAR	TAL 6	NSV	DOV	CLT 38	TWS	RSD	MCH 12	DAY 11	NSV	POC	TAL 12							CLT 7	NWS									28th	1548
		17																						MCH 11		DAR 2
	Hamby Racing		Chevy																						BRI 10		RCH 11	DOV	MAR			CAR 23	ATL	ONT
1980	Elliott Racing	9	Mercury	RSD	DAY 12	RCH	CAR	ATL 29	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL 21	NSV	DOV	CLT 42	TWS	RSD	MCH 9	DAY 12	NSV	POC	TAL 7	MCH 9	BRI	DAR 33	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 6	CAR	ATL 18	ONT						34th	1232
1981			Ford	RSD	DAY 6	RCH	CAR	ATL 9	BRI	NWS	DAR 4	MAR	TAL 40	NSV	DOV	CLT 40	TWS	RSD	MCH 35	DAY 34	NSV	POC	TAL 11	MCH 8	BRI	DAR 7	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 33	CAR 8	ATL 6	RSD						30th	1442
1982	Melling Racing			DAY 5	RCH 12	BRI	ATL 21	CAR 23	DAR 3	NWS	MAR	TAL 26	NSV 11	DOV	CLT 2	POC 19	RSD	MCH 3	DAY 2	NSV 21	POC 30	TAL 6	MCH 27	BRI	DAR 4	RCH	DOV 3	NWS	CLT 2	MAR	CAR 12	ATL 24	RSD 25							25th	2558
1983				DAY 2	RCH 6	CAR 2	ATL 30	DAR 5	NWS 21	MAR 21	TAL 5	NSV 5	DOV 4	BRI 8	CLT 16	RSD 2	POC 6	MCH 25	DAY 7	NSV 7	POC 6	TAL 8	MCH 3	BRI 27	DAR 2	RCH 4	DOV 8	MAR 14	NWS 4	CLT 8	CAR 21	ATL 6	RSD 1							3rd	4279
1984				DAY 5	RCH 4	CAR 8	ATL 11	BRI 9	NWS 10	DAR 3	MAR 7	TAL 9	NSV 20	DOV 4	CLT 28	RSD 10	POC 4	MCH 1	DAY 6	NSV 7	POC 3	TAL 10	MCH 3	BRI 6	DAR 15	RCH 24	DOV 32	MAR 3	CLT 1	NWS 8	CAR 1	ATL 2	RSD 4							3rd	4377
1985				DAY 1*	RCH 22	CAR 29	ATL 1*	BRI 11	DAR 1*	NWS 6	MAR 13	TAL 1	DOV 1*	CLT 18	RSD 6	POC 1	MCH 1*	DAY 2*	POC 1	TAL 4*	MCH 1	BRI 5	DAR 1	RCH 12	DOV 20	MAR 17	NWS 30	CLT 2	CAR 4	ATL 1*	RSD 31									2nd	4191
1986				DAY 13	RCH 21	CAR 7	ATL 5	BRI 5	DAR 8	NWS 9	MAR 31	TAL 24*	DOV 7	CLT 6*	RSD 11	POC 5	MCH 1	DAY 16	POC 35	TAL 27	GLN 4	MCH 1*	BRI 19	DAR 3	RCH 9	DOV 27	MAR 11	NWS 16	CLT 7	CAR 7	ATL 3	RSD 23								4th	3844
1987				DAY 1*	CAR 4	RCH 4	ATL 28	DAR 2	NWS 10	BRI 4*	MAR 6	TAL 22	CLT 23*	DOV 2	POC 2	RSD 5	MCH 34	DAY 12	POC 32	TAL 1	GLN 28	MCH 1	BRI 9	DAR 8	RCH 4	DOV 4	MAR 11	NWS 3	CLT 1	CAR 1*	RSD 23	ATL 1*								2nd	4207
1988				DAY 12	RCH 12	CAR 6	ATL 19	DAR 4	BRI 1	NWS 10	MAR 11	TAL 7	CLT 19	DOV 1*	RSD 16	POC 10	MCH 2	DAY 1	POC 1*	TAL 8	GLN 3	MCH 3	BRI 2	DAR 1*	RCH 7	DOV 1*	MAR 6	CLT 4	NWS 5	CAR 4*	PHO 4	ATL 11								1st	4488
1989				DAY 35	CAR 19	ATL 11	RCH 10	DAR 6	BRI 9	NWS 22	MAR 20	TAL 11	CLT 5	DOV 8	SON 3	POC 21	MCH 1	DAY 4*	POC 1	TAL 12	GLN 18	MCH 39	BRI 24	DAR 7	RCH 18	DOV 4	MAR 15	CLT 4*	NWS 6	CAR 15	PHO 1	ATL 27								6th	3774
1990				DAY 3	RCH 4	CAR 33	ATL 12	DAR 7	BRI 17	NWS 18	MAR 10	TAL 22	CLT 2	DOV 8	SON 21	POC 16	MCH 25*	DAY 29	POC 2	TAL 2	GLN 12	MCH 4	BRI 13	DAR 4	RCH 4	DOV 1*	MAR 8	NWS 4	CLT 15*	CAR 2	PHO 5	ATL 15*								4th	3999
1991				DAY 28	RCH 30	CAR 5	ATL 2*	DAR 12	BRI 28	NWS 8	MAR 26	TAL 8	CLT 26	DOV 13	SON 20	POC 36	MCH 11	DAY 1	POC 9	TAL 2	GLN 7	MCH 5	BRI 21	DAR 18	RCH 9	DOV 11	MAR 27	NWS 24	CLT 11	CAR 10	PHO 25	ATL 3								11th	3535
1992	Junior Johnson & Associates	11	Ford	DAY 27	CAR 1*	RCH 1*	ATL 1	DAR 1	BRI 20	NWS 20	MAR 10	TAL 2	CLT 14	DOV 13	SON 5*	POC 3	MCH 10	DAY 5	POC 13	TAL 5	GLN 14	MCH 3	BRI 6	DAR 3	RCH 14	DOV 2	MAR 30	NWS 26	CLT 30	CAR 4	PHO 31	ATL 1								2nd	4068
1993				DAY 39	CAR 11	RCH 33	ATL 9	DAR 14	BRI 30	NWS 10	MAR 27	TAL 22	SON 17	CLT 6	DOV 17	POC 10	MCH 9	DAY 20	NHA 9	POC 3	TAL 11	GLN 4	MCH 10	BRI 11	DAR 18	RCH 2	DOV 10	MAR 12	NWS 18	CLT 10	CAR 3	PHO 5	ATL 4							8th	3774
1994				DAY 9	CAR 39	RCH 12	ATL 32	DAR 3	BRI 30	NWS 18	MAR 9	TAL 19	SON 30	CLT 22	DOV 31	POC 10	MCH 11	DAY 19	NHA 16	POC 17	TAL 2	IND 3	GLN 12	MCH 7	BRI 5	DAR 1	RCH 15	DOV 28	MAR 3	NWS 6	CLT 33	CAR 6	PHO 35	ATL 38						10th	3617
1995	Elliott-Hardy Racing	94	Ford	DAY 23	CAR 11	RCH 16	ATL 26	DAR 17	BRI 14	NWS 28	MAR 12	TAL 6	SON 19	CLT 39	DOV 15	POC 6	MCH 14	DAY 10	NHA 18	POC 5	TAL 5	IND 4*	GLN 11	MCH 9	BRI 23	DAR 41	RCH 14	DOV 18	MAR 6	NWS 10	CLT 20	CAR 10	PHO 14	ATL 4						8th	3746
1996				DAY 8	CAR 15	RCH 10	ATL 10	DAR 13	BRI 28	NWS 21	MAR 13	TAL 41	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY 37	NHA 14																					30th	2627
	Bill Elliott Racing																			POC 21	TAL 13	IND 10	GLN	MCH 14	BRI INQ†	DAR 9	RCH 16	DOV 28	MAR 18	NWS 21	CLT 10	CAR 32	PHO 21	ATL 20
1997				DAY 4	CAR 22	RCH 15	ATL 38	DAR 16	TEX 11	BRI 7	MAR 37	SON 32	TAL 18	CLT 4	DOV 8	POC 32	MCH 2	CAL 32	DAY 33	NHA 6	POC 10	IND 8	GLN 7	MCH 7	BRI 16	DAR 4*	RCH 30	NHA 11	DOV 8	MAR 5	CLT 7	TAL 13	CAR 12	PHO 15	ATL 36					8th	3836
1998	Elliott-Marino Racing			DAY 10	CAR 6	LVS 9	ATL 11	DAR 15	BRI 15	TEX 13	MAR 12	TAL 39	CAL 43	CLT 14	DOV 13	RCH 25	MCH 6	POC 37	SON 12	NHA 26	POC 36	IND 12	GLN 27	MCH 40	BRI 19	NHA 37	DAR 11	RCH 40	DOV	MAR 7	CLT 11	TAL 19	DAY 15	PHO 38	CAR 12	ATL 26				18th	3305
1999				DAY 27																																				21st	3246
	Bill Elliott Racing				CAR 15	LVS 37	ATL 15	DAR 14	TEX 21	BRI 25	MAR 30	TAL 10	CAL 19	RCH 12	CLT 14	DOV 12	MCH 41	POC 32	SON 13	DAY 23	NHA 5	POC 39	IND 23	GLN 28	MCH 19	BRI 36	DAR 11	RCH 36	NHA 19	DOV 33	MAR 20	CLT 11	TAL 20	CAR 33	PHO 35	HOM 24	ATL 22
2000				DAY 3	CAR 25	LVS 4	ATL 10	DAR 19	BRI 36	TEX 30	MAR 8	TAL 15	CAL 19	RCH 9	CLT 43	DOV 12	MCH 8	POC 38	SON 35	DAY 38	NHA 24	POC 32	IND 3	GLN 13	MCH 38	BRI	DAR	RCH 12	NHA 37	DOV 19	MAR 15	CLT 34	TAL 24	CAR 16	PHO 26	HOM 22	ATL 11			21st	3267
2001	Evernham Motorsports	9	Dodge	DAY 5	CAR 23	LVS 14	ATL 16	DAR 23	BRI 17	TEX 14	MAR 14	TAL 32	CAL 14	RCH 37	CLT 26	DOV 40	MCH 9	POC 27	SON 9	DAY 35	CHI 10	NHA 21	POC 4	IND 8	GLN 24	MCH 3*	BRI 19	DAR 5	RCH 17	DOV 30	KAN 40	CLT 15	MAR 42	TAL 20	PHO 27	CAR 40	HOM 1	ATL 14	NHA 22	15th	3824
2002				DAY 11	CAR 11	LVS 8	ATL 35	DAR 10	BRI 21	TEX 9	MAR 31	TAL 19	CAL 4	RCH 14	CLT 9	DOV 2	POC 30	MCH 11	SON 8	DAY 17	CHI 7	NHA 34	POC 1	IND 1*	GLN 21	MCH 22	BRI 17	DAR 3	RCH 16	NHA 23	DOV 18	KAN 5	TAL 19	CLT 35	MAR 42	ATL 33	CAR 39	PHO 30	HOM 7	13th	4158
2003				DAY 32	CAR 32	LVS 14	ATL 39	DAR 9	BRI 18	TEX 43	TAL 13	MAR 13	CAL 4	RCH 20	CLT 26	DOV 22	POC 19	MCH 24	SON 4	DAY 16	CHI 11	NHA 31	POC 17	IND 5	GLN 20	MCH 15	BRI 16	DAR 5	RCH 37	NHA 4	DOV 14	TAL 13	KAN 2*	CLT 4	MAR 9	ATL 4	PHO 14	CAR 1*	HOM 8*	9th	4303
2004		91		DAY	CAR	LVS 20	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX 36	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON					IND 9	GLN	MCH	BRI													48th	595
	Mach 1 Motorsports	98	Dodge																	DAY 18	CHI	NHA	POC					CAL 25	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL 22	PHO	DAR	HOM
2005	Evernham Motorsports	91	Dodge	DAY	CAL 43	LVS	ATL 22	BRI	MAR	TEX 33	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 20	DOV	POC	MCH 35	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND 23	GLN	MCH 11	BRI	CAL 40	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX 32	PHO	HOM	45th	695
2006	MB2 Motorsports	36	Chevy	DAY 19	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY																				44th	765
	Michael Waltrip Racing	00	Chevy																		CHI 35	NHA 32	POC	IND 22				CAL 42	RCH	NHA	DOV								HOM 25
	Evernham Motorsports	19	Dodge																						GLN 27	MCH	BRI
	R&J Racing	37	Dodge																													KAN 16	TAL			ATL 41	TEX DNQ	PHO 31
	Red Bull Racing Team	83	Dodge																															CLT DNQ	MAR
2007	Front Row Motorsports	37	Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR																										42nd	1579
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford												CLT 38	DOV 35	POC 37	MCH 11	SON 19	NHA 34	DAY 24	CHI 28	IND 23	POC 18	GLN QL‡	MCH 35	BRI 25	CAL 26	RCH 29	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT 35	MAR 34	ATL 18	TEX 36	PHO 34	HOM 28
2008				DAY DNQ	CAL 26	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR 34	TEX 34	PHO 31	TAL	RCH	DAR 30	CLT	DOV 33	POC 31	MCH 36	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI 35	IND DNQ	POC 20	GLN	MCH	BRI 26	CAL	RCH 35	NHA 29	DOV	KAN 25	TAL	CLT 28	MAR 16	ATL 38	TEX 31	PHO 29	HOM 12	39th	1528
2009				DAY 23	CAL	LVS	ATL 36	BRI	MAR	TEX 28	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT 15	DOV	POC	MCH 16	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI 29	IND 26	POC	GLN	MCH 16	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 19	CAL	CLT 29	MAR	TAL	TEX 34	PHO	HOM 16	42nd	1095
2010				DAY 27	CAL	LVS	ATL 16	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX 25	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT 27	POC	MCH 29	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI 37	IND 18	POC	GLN	MCH 22	BRI	ATL 23	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN 25	CAL	CLT 35	MAR				HOM 15	41st	1107
	Latitude 43 Motorsports	26	Ford																																	TAL 40	TEX	PHO
2011	Phoenix Racing	09	Chevy	DAY 12	PHO 23	LVS 30	BRI 29	CAL	MAR	TEX																														40th	100
	Whitney Motorsports	46	Chevy								TAL 26	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2012	NEMCO Motorsports	97	Toyota	DAY DNQ	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL 37	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN																				49th	14
	Turner Motorsports	50	Chevy																		DAY 37	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	TAL	CLT	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
† – Qualified but replaced by Bobby Hillin, Jr. ‡ – Qualified but replaced by Boris Said

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1977	Elliott Racing	Ford	DNQ
1978		Mercury	9	8
1979			DNQ
1980			24	12
1981			16	6
1982	Melling Racing	Ford	20	5
1983			17	2
1984			3	5
1985			1	1
1986			1	13
1987			1	1
1988			31	12
1989			13	35
1990			4	3
1991			15	28
1992	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	2	27
1993			5	39
1994			8	9
1995	Elliott-Hardy Racing	Ford	10	23
1996			21	8
1997	Bill Elliott Racing		8	4
1998	Elliott-Marino Racing		19	10
1999			37	27
2000	Bill Elliott Racing		3	3
2001	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	1	5
2002			29	11
2003			14	32
2006	MB2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	33	19
2007	Front Row Motorsports	Dodge	DNQ
2008	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	DNQ
2009			40	23
2010			40	27
2011	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	29	12
2012	NEMCO Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts
1983	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	17	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT 3	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT	HCY	MAR	100th	165
1984	Bill Elliott Racing	84	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	DAR	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	CLT 9	HCY	CAR	MAR							106th	0
1986	Bill Elliott Racing	9	Buick	DAY	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL 11	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU								96th	43
	Baker-Schiff Racing	88	Buick																													CLT 40	CAR	MAR
1987	Bill Elliott Racing	89	Ford	DAY 24	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT 10	DOV	IRP 15	ROU	JFC	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI	JFC																39th	614
		9	Buick																					DAR 19	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 3	CAR	MAR
1988			Ford	DAY	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT 7	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 23	CAR	MAR						61st	240
1991	Bill Elliott Racing	84	Ford	DAY	RCH	CAR	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT 10	NHA	CAR 9	MAR					70th	272
1992	Charles Hardy Racing	11	Ford	DAY 11	CAR 30	RCH	ATL 11	MAR	DAR	BRI	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT 13	DOV 4	ROU	MYB	GLN 23	VOL	NHA	TAL 31	IRP 14	ROU	MCH 4	NHA	BRI	DAR 34	RCH	DOV 7	CLT	MAR	CAR 36	HCY					34th	1203
1993				DAY 29	CAR	RCH	DAR 10	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT 18	DOV	MYB	GLN 1*	MLW	TAL 5	IRP	MCH 34	NHA 15	BRI	DAR 38	RCH 5	DOV	ROU	CLT 4	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL 28								29th	1276
1994				DAY 19	CAR	RCH	ATL	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	SBO	TAL	HCY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	MAR	CAR								81st	106
2004	Tommy Baldwin Racing	6	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 20	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM		119th	103
2005	Rusty Wallace, Inc.	64	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH 23	KEN	MLW 17	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR 6	GTY	IRP	GLN												59th	674
	Evernham Motorsports	6	Dodge																									MCH 24	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 17	MEM 16	TEX	PHO	HOM
2007	Braun Racing	32	Toyota	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT DNQ	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	N/A	-
2018	GMS Racing	23	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA 20	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			64th	17

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	NCTC	Pts
1996	Ultra Motorsports	4	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS 2			80th	170
1997	Bill Elliott Racing	94	Ford	WDW	TUS	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	I70	NHA	TEX	BRI	NZH	MLW	LVL	CNS	HPT	IRP	FLM	NSV	GLN	RCH	MAR	SON	MMR	CAL	PHO	LVS 31	126th	70

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1986	Chevy	DAY 3	MOH 4	TAL 3	GLN 2	2nd	59	[26]
1987		DAY 4	MOH 7	MCH 10	GLN 5	6th	38	[27]
1988		DAY 1*	RSD 10	MCH 7	GLN 8	4th	46	[28]
1989		DAY 5	NZH 11	MCH 4	GLN 4	6th	38	[29]
1991	Dodge	DAY 2	TAL 2	MCH 2	GLN 5	2nd	64	[30]
1993	Dodge	DAY 1	DAR 10	TAL 12	MCH 2	3rd	50	[31]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bill Elliott.

• Official website


• 
  Bill Elliott driver statistics at Racing-Reference


• 
  Bill Elliott owner statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dale Earnhardt	NASCAR Winston Cup Champion 1988	Succeeded by Rusty Wallace
Achievements
Preceded by Darrell Waltrip	The Winston Winner 1986	Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	Brickyard 400 Winner 2002	Succeeded by Kevin Harvick
Preceded by Cale Yarborough Geoff Bodine	Daytona 500 Winner 1985 1987	Succeeded by Geoff Bodine Bobby Allison
Awards
Preceded by Bobby Allison Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt	Winston Cup Series Most Popular Driver 1984-1988 1991-2000 2002	Succeeded by Darrell Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt, Jr.