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Bill Elliott Biography
Bill Elliott is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on October 8, 1955 in Dawsonville, United States. Part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
His car tangled with Dale Earnhardt‘s at The Winston in 1986.
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.
William Clyde Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, or Million Dollar Bill, is an American former 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, 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).
Has three children, Starr, Brittany, Chase, with his wife Cindy whom he married in 1992.
Name | Bill Elliott |
First Name | Bill |
Last Name | Elliott |
Occupation | Race Car Driver |
Birthday | October 8 |
Birth Year | 1955 |
Place of Birth | Dawsonville |
Home Town | |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Libra |
Full/Birth Name | |
Parents | Erving George Elliott Jr., Mildred Reece |
Siblings | Ernie Elliott, Dan Elliott |
Spouse | Cindy Elliott , Martha Elliott |
Children(s) | Chase Elliott, Starr Elliott, Brittany Elliott |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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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.
Bill Elliott Net Worth
Bill Elliott is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill Elliott's net worth $7 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He inherited his love of racing from his father, who would start a speed shop and Ford dealership.
He had a record for four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway during 1985-86.
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.
Net Worth | $7 Million |
Salary | Under Review |
Source of Income | Race Car Driver |
Cars | Not Available |
House | Living in own house. |
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 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. 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.
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Driving a car owned by his father, George Elliott, 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 $647860. 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 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). 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.
Who is Bill Elliott Dating?
According to our records, Bill Elliott married to Cindy Elliott , Martha Elliott . As of December 1, 2023, Bill Elliott’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Bill Elliott. You may help us to build the dating records for Bill Elliott!In 1985, Elliott made history by winning the first ever Winston Million: A million dollar bonus to any driver that could win three out of the four crown jewel races of NASCAR: The Daytona 500 at Daytona, the Winston 500 at Talladega, the World 600 at Charlotte, and the Southern 500 at Darlington. In a year dominated by Elliott, Bill went on to win 11 races (with 4 “season sweeps”: Atlanta, Pocono, Michigan, and Darlington) and 11 poles, with three of those 11 wins being in the Daytona 500, the Winston 500, and the Southern 500, earning Bill the “Winston Million Dollar Bonus” and earning him the nickname “Million Dollar Bill”.
Facts & Trivia
Bill Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bill Elliott celebrates birthday on October 8 of every year.
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. With the current usage of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega beginning since 1988, it is highly unlikely that these two qualifying speed records will ever be topped again.
What was Bill Elliott fastest speed?
In 1987 at Talladega Superspeedway, Bill Elliott put himself in the record books with a qualifying speed of 212.809mph. Frank Anderson and 2,350 others like this.
How much is Bill Elliott NASCAR driver worth?
Gender: | Male |
Profession: | Race car driver |
Nationality: | United States of America |
What is Bill Elliott doing now?
SRX Racing announced today Bill Elliott will return to the series for two races during the 2022 season. Elliott will join the competition at Five Flags Speedway on June 18 and Stafford Motor Speedway on July 2.
Is Bill Elliott still married?
So, how does a non-race fan end up with NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott? “Million Dollar Bill” was previously married to his high school sweetheart, Martha, though that marriage ended in 1990.
What's the fastest NASCAR ever?
The fastest speed ever reached in NASCAR’s history was recorded at 212.809 miles per hour at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The record was set in 1987 by Bill Elliot, making him NASCAR’s fastest driver. His lap is the fastest official qualifying speed in NASCAR’s history and still stands today.
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