9 for 2001, Bill Elliott would win at Homestead driving that number, but this time, with Evernham Motorsports. Even after the divorce, his former wife worked at the Elliott Trophy Shop in Dawsonville. Bill Elliot has two daughters from his first marriage with Martha. 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. 1991 D. Earnhardt 2012 B. Keselowski It also eventually became the final win for the team of Junior Johnson & Associates. Elliott was entered as the driver of the No. 23 Chevrolet Camaro for GMS Racing where 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 400 victory in 2002, one The Winston All-Star Race (non-points race) win in 1986, and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986 (7 wins overall at Michigan, the most at any one racetrack in his career). It was the team's first-ever win. 2013 J. Johnson (key) (Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Chase Elliott Sisters: Starr Elliott And Brittany Ann Elliott As of now, she is the family manager and social media director. They brought essentially all of their starters back on defense following a stellar free . It was a struggle through the first 26 races of the season, as Bill only had five Top 10 finishes and was 16th in points. Elliott finished the 2002 season with two wins, four poles, six Top 5 finishes, 13 Top 10 finishes, and for the 16th and final time in his career, Elliott was voted as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver. Elliott had the first wife by the name of Martha Elliott. Meet Jordan Poyer's Wife. Driving a car owned by his father, George Elliott,[9] Elliott made his first Winston Cup Series start at Rockingham in 1976. He is survived by : his daughter Darlene Elliott Goodman (Alan); his brothers, Bill Elliott (Lyndia) and Troy Elliott; his grandchildren, Erica Goodman, Nicholas Goodman (Jennifer), Caleb Goodman (Preston Ashwood) and Madison Goodman (Bryan Mault); and his great grandchildren, Makayla, Maximus, Jayden, Paisleigh, Laiklyn, Calliope, Hunter, Six drivers had a mathematical shot to win the championship, with the points leader Davey Allison, Alan Kulwicki, and Bill Elliott being the primary contenders. NASCAR Hall of Fame. His first race for the team was the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, which he qualified without needing one of his six provisionals. 1 Heat 1 winner. On the ensuing restart, he would then get ganged up by the Hendrick Motorsports teammates of eventual winner Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, and Ricky Craven, ultimately finishing 4th. Bill Elliott's dedication to his sport and fans equals his brilliance, making him a legend among his teammates and fans. Elliott won the race by passing his Evernham Motorsports teammate Casey Atwood with five laps to go. He also won The 1986 Winston All-Star race, held at Atlanta. After a disappointing 1999 season which saw Elliott's multi-car operation dissolve back into No. Elliott started the 1985 season first with a dominating victory in the Daytona 500, leading 136 of the 200 laps, starting from the pole position. [20][21] Elliott won three races and $855,000 last year, down from his combined 12 victories and $2.2 million the previous two seasons. 1953 H. Thomas They were seen hanging out in 2021 but have not been spotted together these days. She has a young daughter, Kennedy, and has blissful married life. About . The American professional stock car racing driver is married to Cindy Elliot and together they have three children, two daughters, Lauren Starr, and Brittany, and one son, William Clyde II (nicknamed "Chase"). She has a fiancee Robert Shane Bryant and they both live in Alburquerque. [19] He led the race at one point until he was involved in a wreck around lap 200. 1984 T. Labonte 21 Motorcraft Ford for the Wood Brothers, including the Daytona 500. With Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight. Elliott entered two rounds of the 2022 season. As a result, Elliott's speed records will likely never be broken. [13] In both races, he used a Ford Thunderbird which contained an engine built by his brother Ernie Elliott. This amount is from his long successful career as a race car driver. 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. This was his 828th and final start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He would then go on a tear during the summer months of 1985, first winning back-to-back races, his 6th and 7th of the season, at Pocono and Michigan. [3] He withdrew his name from the ballot for that award after winning it in 2002. The first of those wins included the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono, which at the time made Elliott the winningest driver at Pocono Raceway with five career wins (Denny Hamlin and Jeff Gordon have since surpassed him at 6 wins each). Bill Elliott Wife. In 2021, Elliott was a full-time driver at the inaugural season of the Superstar Racing Experience, Tony Stewart's new stock car racing series. Elliott still finished the race in 8th place and maintained his 9th place position in the final points standings, his best points finish since finishing 8th in the 1997 standings. Starr and Brittany's mother, Martha, works in the Elliott Trophy Shop in Dawsonville. The state of Georgia actually named a street back in his hometown after his name in his honor. Melling Racing, who ran the No. Today, the tradition continues with Bill's son Chase, as the siren goes off every time Chase wins a race. The Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott's rumored girlfriend is Ashley Anderson. 1981 D. Waltrip Brittany Ann Eliott is a 2010 graduate of Harvester Christian Academy in Douglasville. He changed his number from 24 to his father's number, 9. In 2005, Elliott continued his part-time driving duties which included driving the No. The sisters are half-sister to him. 2020 C. Elliott Elliott followed that up with a 4th at Charlotte, a 9th at Martinsville, and a 4th at Atlanta. The NASCAR racer currently competes as a full-time racer for NASCAR Cup Series and drives the No. Elliott qualified for ten races that season, with a best finish of 20th in the Sunoco Presents: The American Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. 2017 M. Truex Jr. His daughter's name is Starr Elliott and Brittany Elliott. 9 Chevrolet. 1962 J. Weatherly With Tony Pollard on the franchise tag , Robinson would be the Cowboys . Bill Elliott family is very deeply intertwined with the sport of racing. 1996 T. Labonte Chase's Father Is NASCAR Legend Bill Elliott Bill raced for 37 years as a NASCAR driver, but his final two season he only raced in a combined seven races. The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. 2018 J. Logano, 2019 Ky. Busch Ernie's late son Casey also has a history of victories on the racing track. Cindy with her husband and son after her son ( Source : twitter ). 2016 J. Johnson Awesome Bill from Dawsonville currently holds the track record for the 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. Despite losing power-steering in the car, he led 336 of the 500 laps, and won the race being the only car finishing on the lead lap. [4] Elliott was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998, and has been inducted into numerous racing and motorsports Halls of Fame, including being inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and being an inaugural inductee into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in 2002. She was born in Columbus, Georgia. 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. Chase, like his father, has evolved into the most popular driver in NASCAR, helping to span the sport's various generations. However, at Talladega, Bobby Allison was spun and went airborne into the catch fence, tearing a large section away and injuring several fans. In 1990, Konami released the first officially licensed NASCAR game, Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge for MS-DOS. Bill Elliott - Biography - IMDb Elliott also won eight poles, and finished 2nd in the final point standings again, this time to Dale Earnhardt by 489 points. At Daytona, Elliott announced that 2008 would be his final season as a Sprint Cup driver. After the fall Dover race, Elliott found himself with a 154 point lead in the championship standings with six races remaining. Elliott stands at an estimated height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall. The racer was born in 1955 in Dawsonville, Georgia where many generations of Elliots are said to have lived there according to his autobiography. Bill Elliott - Wikipedia Bill was previously married to his high school sweetheart Martha; the relationship ended. 2011 T. Stewart At Daytona for that year's Daytona 500, he set the NASCAR speed record with an average speed of 210.364 miles per hour (338.548km/h). Elliott won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a record 16 times (1984-1988, 19912000, 2002). 2008 J. Johnson, 2009 J. Johnson Elliott has two daughters, Starr and Brittany, and one son, William Clyde II (nicknamed "Chase"). His other daughter Starr is settled down with her family and child in Downsville, Georgia. Since 1992, Elliott has been married to his wife Cindy Elliott. They married on December 12, 1992, in a close circle of friends and family. Cindy was previously photographer, now she is family manager and social media director. A week later, Elliott had one of the most memorable and dominant victories in the history of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However, Elliott's most lasting accomplishment that year was setting two NASCAR qualifying records, which stand to this day. Chase Elliott maintains a close relationship with his siblings, Starr and Brittany Ann Elliott.