2003 M. Kenseth Even after the divorce, Elliotts have been good friends for the growth of their two daughters. Ken Schrader returned to the No. 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. Elliott made his third start of the 2012 season driving for Turner Motorsports in the July race at Daytona International Speedway, in the No. After that, the two started getting close and finally tied the knot in 1992. 91 team went to the new No. 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 2nd to race winner (and Elliott's boyhood hero) David Pearson. After her education, Cindy worked as a photographer and editor. After a year of struggle, Elliott finished a disappointing 11th in the championship standings, causing him and Coors to part ways with the Mellings. Elliott won the race by passing his Evernham Motorsports teammate Casey Atwood with five laps to go. Bill Elliott Wife. Chris Elliott's daughter, Abby, is a happily married woman, but her journey to motherhood did not come as a breeze. His daughter's name is Starr Elliott and Brittany Elliott. The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. ), * Season still in progress The 2003 season ultimately became Elliott's final full-time season. The 1985 Season: Winning the Winston Million, The 1987 Season: Battling Dale Earnhardt, and setting the All-Time Fastest Qualifying Records, The 1992 Season and the Hooters 500 Season Finale, The Final Years at Junior Johnson & Associates, The 2001 Season: Dodge's return to NASCAR and Elliott's first win in 7 years, The 2002 Season: Back-to-Back Wins at Pocono and Indianapolis, Camping World Superstar Racing Experience, "Chase Elliott wins first Cup Series title, joins father Bill as NASCAR champion", "It's official: Chase Elliott to replace Jeff Gordon in No. Rusty dominated the race, starting on the pole, leading 166 of the 325 laps, and winning the race. 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. April 28, 2023, at 2:25 p.m. Georgia Governor Signs Bill to Create Cold Case Unit. As a result, Elliott's speed records will likely never be broken. With Tony Pollard on the franchise tag , Robinson would be the Cowboys . 46 Red Line Oil-sponsored Chevrolet for Whitney Motorsports at Talladega but J. J. Yeley would finish the race. The superwoman believes in balancing organization and time management for a balanced family. The supportive parents love watching Chase racing around and growing. Chase Elliott with his girlfriend Ashley Anderson posted a pictured captions Thanks for putting up with him with Honey emoji. In 2000, Elliott sold his team to Ray Evernham and began driving the No. Kulwicki picked up the five point bonus for leading one single lap more than Elliott, and by finishing 2nd was able to maintain and keep his 10 point cushion on Elliott to win the 1992 Winston Cup Championship. 1973 B. Parsons Their marriage produced two daughters, Starr & Brittany Elliott. 1976 C. Yarborough 2016 J. Johnson He changed his number from 24 to his father's number, 9. This was his first win since the Southern 500 in 1994, 7 years and 226 races. Two years later, he married Cindy and became a stepmother to his daughters from Bill's previous relationship. At the end of the season, Elliott was voted the National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year for 1985.[12]. 1993 D. Earnhardt She has a young daughter, Kennedy, and has blissful married life. Elliott won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a record 16 times (1984-1988, 19912000, 2002). He was named after two of his relatives and is the youngest of three boys. It was the team's first-ever win. Then we will see how things go." 23 Chevrolet Camaro at Road America in the Xfinity Series on August 25. 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. A few weeks later after the 2003 season ended, Elliott announced that he was relinquishing the No. Even though he struggled the entire six years as a driver/owner and did not win a single race, Elliott's fans still voted him as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver. His accolades include the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and garnering 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). After Davey Allison crashed out late in the race, the championship came down to Elliott and Kulwicki who ran 1-2 together throughout the later stages of the race. Bill's racing efforts have now turned to his son, Chase Elliott. Details about her are not known but this section will be updated when we find any new information regarding the American race car drivers first wife. Chase's uncle Ernie Elliott worked as crew chief alongside Bill. Who is Bill Elliott's wife? Elliott was a popular racer back in his days ( Source : His best finish was 12th at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This would give him the nicknames "Million Dollar Bill" and "Awesome Bill From Dawsonville". Both Bill and Cindy are very keenly invested in their son's racing career and are always backing him up. 37.[17][18]. She graduated from Harvester Christian Academy, Douglasville, Georgia, in 2010. As of 2022, he ranks 19th on NASCAR's all-time wins list. 97 Toyota in the 2012 Daytona 500,[26] but failed to qualify for the race. 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. He also collected four poles and finished 3rd in the final points standings for the second year in a row. Elliott has also been honored by the state legislature with a stretch of roadway (the entirety of Georgia State Route 183) in his native Dawson County renamed Elliott Family Parkway. Elliott married Helen Josephine Meyers in February 1927. 1980 D. Earnhardt 9 went to victory lane. 91 Evernham Dodge in several events. The 1984 season also brought Elliott his first season of winning NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award, and would begin a stretch of five consecutive years, from 1984 to 1988, where he would win that award. He still managed to climb through the field and lead the most laps of the race, leading 140 of the 393 laps, en route to capturing his 44th and final NASCAR race win over future seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. 11 Budweiser-sponsored Ford. At Michigan, Elliott gave the team a much-needed 11th-place finish and was kept in the car until the fall Richmond race. In July 1996, the partnership between Elliott and Hardy was dissolved, the team being renamed Bill Elliott Racing. 1997 J. Gordon Elliott failed to win a race during this time, though he did manage two top-ten finishes in the championship standings, with 8th-place finishes in 1995 and 1997. After the disappointing finish in the World 600, Elliott rebounded with a 6th place finish at Riverside. She has a fiancee Robert Shane Bryant and they both live in Alburquerque. 2010 J. Johnson Chase Elliott is the only son of Bill Elliott with his wife, Cindy Elliott. 1964 R. Petty Bill Elliott and his daughter enjoy some time together prior to the Winston Western 500 at California Speedway, November 17, 1985 in Riverside,. After this incident, NASCAR mandated the use of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega. Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. 27 of Jimmy Spencer) beginning in 1995. Chase Elliott's siblings are Starr Elliott And Brittany Ann Elliot. The mark at Talladega is the fastest qualifying speed for any NASCAR race ever done in the history of racing with the current usage of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega since 1988. By 4 pick on Ezekiel Elliott in 2016 and then gave him a six-year, $90 million extension in 2019. They include: Elliott has been honored by the State of Georgia and the city of Dawsonville, Georgia in Dawson County with a number of roads renamed in honor of him and his family, as well as a date named in his honor. 9 Chevrolet. He also has one son William Clyde II who is also known as Chase, and he is also a NASCAR driver. The 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion, Chase Elliott currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in the No. 1965 N. Jarrett Elliott followed that up with a 4th at Charlotte, a 9th at Martinsville, and a 4th at Atlanta. 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. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) PURCHASE A . She married Robert Shane Bryant, son of Mindi, and Robby Bryant of McAlester. This was the only major of the four, that Elliott would not win in 1985 (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. Mini Bio (1) Born Gordon Nance in 1904 on a farm in Pattonsburg, Missouri -- a small town about 60 miles northeast of Kansas City -- the future "Wild Bill Elliott" grew up around horses. In 2009, Elliott ran 12 races in the No. 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. Melling would extend his contract and give the team enough sponsorship to run a 12 race schedule in 1981. 2020 C. Elliott Elliott publicly stated his comeback to NASCAR on August 4, 2018, driving the No. The championship would be determined between the two, by whoever picked up the five extra bonus points for leading the most laps in the race. Apart from Chase, Cindy also is a mother to two stepdaughters, Starr Elliot and Brittany Elliot. Over his career, Bill had 44 wins,. Feb. 29 . Bill Elliot and wife Cindy Elliot have been married for 30 years since 1992. Elliott went winless for the first time in 10 years during the 1993 season and finished 8th in the standings. The late George Elliott began the racing in the Elliotts family with fast fords. Elliott gained full sponsorship from Coors in 1984 to the tune of $400,000 and won three races the Michigan 400 at Michigan, the Miller High Life 500 at Charlotte, and the American 500 at Rockingham. 1998 J. Gordon, 1999 D. Jarrett Elliott also drove the No. William Clyde Elliott II, commonly known as Chase Elliot, is a racer himself just like his legendary father. In the year 2005, the Georgia State Legislature declared October 8 as Bill Elliott Day in the state of Georgia. Elliott had a strong car, leading 84 of the first 155 laps, but mechanical failures relegated him to an 18th place finish. 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). The 1985 season was the best season of Bill Elliott's career. Bill Elliott prior to the Winston Western 500 at California Speedway, November 17, 1985 in Riverside, California. Chase and Bill Elliott have become the third father-son pair to win the NASCAR Cup title, following Lee, Richard Petty, Ned, and Dale Jarrett in that select group. This was his 828th and final start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. 9 Chevrolet. Going into the "second leg" of the Winston Million promotion, which was the Winston 500 at Talladega, Elliott completed one of the greatest and most memorable comebacks in NASCAR history. Once, Bill visited her studio to click some photos of him in his driver's uniform and this is when the couple first met. 94. His father was also a Ford person and later created a Ford dealership as there were none in the area. With both her husband and son being engraved into the motorsport and the limelight that comes with it, Cindy has taken the responsibility of being the director and the supervisor for the social media of both Bill and Chase. Later that season, Elliott signed to drive the No. Brittany serves in the United States Air Force. 1982 D. Waltrip Elliott would find success almost immediately in 1992. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007, and into the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He has also been honored by the state legislature with a stretch of roadway (the entirety of Georgia State Route 183) in his native Dawson County renamed Elliott Family Parkway. 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. 1 Ineligible for series points, (key) (Bold Pole position. Elliott also holds the distinction of recording a track record at Talladega Superspeedway of 6 consecutive pole positions from 1985 to 1987. In another ironic twist, Elliott winning at Homestead would be the first time since Melling Racing and Bill Elliott himself at the Pepsi 400 in 1991, that the No. 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. Chase Elliott with his mother Cindy Elliott and father Bill Elliott. Green is attending her bachelor's of communication and media at North Carolina University. 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. Elliott finished the 1994 season finishing 10th in the championship standings. She serves for the Chase Elliott Foundation, it's marketing, and its contributions to different programs. In 1990, Konami released the first officially licensed NASCAR game, Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge for MS-DOS. Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions Inc. v. 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Elliott won two poles and three races, at Michigan, Pocono, and Phoenix, and finished 6th in the championship standings. 1975 R. Petty Brittany is the daughter of Cheryl Johnson, of Ala. and Bill and Cindy Elliot, of . Bill Elliot has two daughters from his first marriage with Martha. Elliott and his wife were divorced in 1961. As of now, she is the family manager and social media director. 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. A week later, Elliott had one of the most memorable and dominant victories in the history of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy", "IodciElliott content doing business in a Dodge", ":: National Motorsports Press Association::", "Bill Elliott Injured in Talladega Crash", "Dominance underscores winning performance", "In Nascar, Two Old Hands Reach Out for Some Help", "Bill Elliott 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info", "Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1", NASCAR: Elliott: I'm done with top series after 2008 | Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Bill Elliott 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info", "NASCAR Gets Unlucky with the Weather _ Again - News Story - WSB Atlanta", "NASCAR.COM - By the Numbers: Charlotte - May 21, 2009", "Bill Elliott To Drive No. In 2008, his best starts were 5th at Bristol and 7th at Kansas. Ernie's late son Casey also has a history of victories on the racing track. And though he is retired now, he still has a wild and awesome life that is worth a million dollars. However, Cindy does not worry like other moms knowing how vicious and dangerous racing can be. Elliott officially started 5th, but had to start dead last in the back of the field due to an engine change after qualifying. October 8, the day Bill was born is named Bill Elliott day by the Georgia state legislature. The racing driver posted a picture with her captioned 'Thanks for putting up with me in May 2021. Chase Elliott's sisters, Starr Elliott, and Brittany Ann Elliott, are his older sisters. As of 2022, the 226 race winless streak is the longest drought, between wins, in NASCAR history. 36 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for MB2 Motorsports in the 2006 Daytona Speedweeks events. Chase belongs to the racing stock family, his father, Bill Elliott, was the 1988 Winston Cup Series champion. Age 67 years old #53485 Most Popular. Elliott has a net worth of $7 million. They were spotted together several times, but none confirmed their relationship. His only threat to the championship was Rusty Wallace, who entered the race winning three of the last four races and was 79 points behind Elliott. The 1985 season was still historic for Elliott. 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. Retired NASCAR driver Bill Elliott 's wife Cindy has opened up about her married life, her husband and their children's racing career. 13 while Elliott owned the No. [27] Elliott successfully qualified for the Sprint Cup race at Talladega driving the 97, but finished in 37th. Elliott did not win any races, but came extremely close on several occasions. Earnhardt was posthumously voted as NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for 2001. 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.[11]. Cindy is already a grandparent via the children of Bill's daughter. 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. After back-to-back 3rd place finishes at Watkins Glen and Michigan, Elliott overtook the points lead for the first time in the season with a 2nd place finish in the second race at Bristol.
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