BILL ELLIOTT RUMORS & GOSSIP
Son of a NASCAR Legend
The entries continue stockpiling for what is shaping up to be one of the biggest Midwest pro late model showcases of the 2013 season. Lebanon I-44 Speedway track officials were excited to announce Tuesday that 17-year-old Chase Elliott, son of 1988 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner Bill Elliott, has committed to race in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Mercy...
Bill Elliott Q&A -- 25 Years Since Bristol Win
Although it’s been a quarter of a century, Bill Elliott remembers his first short track win at Bristol Motor Speedway like it was yesterday.
Even a little incident involving Geoffrey Bodine in the waning laps wasn’t enough to keep the Dawsonville, Ga. driver from Victory Lane at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile. That April 10th win, his first of the 1988 season, catapulted Elliott...
Bill Elliott retiring? Says last year was enough
Bill Elliott has not completed the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series since 2003. Last season Elliott, 57, ran two races. Nicknamed “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville” Elliott was a popular driver though the 80′s and 90′s.
While Elliott stopped being a weekly competitor he had no qualms about getting into a car for an underfunded team in recent years in order to guarantee them...
Chase Elliott to run Trucks races
He may be only 17, but Chase Elliott already has years of competitive racing under his belt.
Now he will be doing so in an even more intense arena. Hendrick Motorsports announced Wednesday that Elliott will run nine Camping World Truck Series races this season.
Elliott benefits from NASCAR's decision to lower the age limit to 16 this season for Truck races on tracks of 1.1...
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January 23, 2013
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Chase Elliott set to make Truck Series debut
Chase Elliott is making his assent up the NASCAR ladder.
After racing full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2012 where he picked up a win at Iowa Speedway, Elliott is jumping up to the Camping World Truck Series for nine races in 2013.
To go along with the jump to trucks, Elliott (16) will race five ARCA Racing Series presented by Menard’s events driving a car affiliated...
The 1991 Daytona 500 Had a Crazy Pit Road Procedure That Confused Everyone
When fans get ready to watch the Daytona 500 next February there will be a few new rule changes. NASCAR will have a different way to qualify the cars and we also have a brand new race car that will make it's debut in February. That certainly is a lot of change. Over the years we have had some new rule changes coming into Daytona but in 1991 there was a rule change that was really...
Walmart Gives Fans More Authentic NASCAR Merchandise, Savings on Tickets, Joins Forces with Racing Legend Bill Elliott
Walmart today announced it is expanding its Race Time 2012 program to give fans more accessibility to discounted race tickets, driver appearances and fan events at stores, a greater selection of authentic NASCAR merchandise and a special sponsorship of Bill Elliott at the Coke Zero 400.
Walmart's Race Time program, launched last year as the largest retail promotion in NASCAR...
Bill Elliott goes to July Daytona race with Walmart
NASCAR icon Bill Elliott will drive the #50 Walmart Chevrolet for the July race at Daytona. Walmart is latching on to Elliott to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The car will be provided by Turner Motorsports.
Currently the plan is for Elliott to run the car in one race. Rand Waddoups, the senior director of Entertainment Properties and Brands for Walmart, said that they hope to...
Elliott wins prestigious Snowball Derby
The next generation of racing talent took over at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Fla., Sunday in the 44th Snowball Derby.
Chase Elliott, the 16-year-old son of NASCAR champion Bill Elliott and a development driver for Hendrick Motorsports, took the victory in a hard-fought battle at the track. He held off 19-year-old Daren Vanderley by .229-second, the closest finish in the prestigious...
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December 05, 2011
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Chase Elliott wins Snowball Derby
The son of NASCAR champion Bill Elliott was victorious in the 44th annual Snowball Derby. Chase Elliott, a 16 year old driver signed to Hendrick Motorsports, was the winner of the 2011 Snowball Derby.
Key in Elliott’s win was staying out on older tires while cars in front of him took fresh ones during one of the events closing cautions. Elliott crossed the finish line 0.229 seconds...
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