21 Bill Elliott
POLES
0
WINS
0
RANK
43
POINTS
980
BEHIND
-5512
Bill Elliott competed in 20 races for Wood Brothers Racing in 2008. Elliott will return to part-time status in 2009.
Career Highlights
- 1988 series champion
- Two-time Daytona 500 winner
- 16-time Most Popular Driver Award winner
- 1985 Winston Million winner
Driver Details
- Ht: 73 Wt: 185
- Born: 10/8/1955
- Hometown: Dawsonville, Georgia
Related Links
| 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 11 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 980 | 1,239,365 |
Year-by-Year Sprint Cup Series Recap
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2008 Elliott made 20 starts for Wood Brothers Racing and shared the duties with Marcos Ambrose and Jon Wood. Elliott's best finish of the season was 12th in the season-finale at Homestead.
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2007 Elliott shared the No. 21 car over the course of the season, stepping in for the 12th race then running the majority of the remainder of the season … Finished 42nd in the series standings with 20 starts.
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2006 Competed in 10 Cup races with four different teams … Earned a top finish of 19th in part-time effort.
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2005 Competed in nine races for Evernham Motorsports … Earned a top finish of 11th.
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2004 First season of part-time competition … Competed in a total of six races, five for Evernham Motorsports and one with his own team … Earned one top-10 finish, a ninth at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Started in the top 10 three times.
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2003 Finished ninth in series points … In his third season with Evernham Motorsports, finished in the top 10 for first time since 1997 … Won the final fall race at Rockingham, the 44th victory of his career, and nearly had another win at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway before suffering a flat tire while leading on the final lap … Earned 12 top-10 and nine top-five finishes … Announced plans to run a limited schedule in 2004 and to work with rookie Kasey Kahne.
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2002 Finished 13th in series points …Earned back-to-back poles at New Hampshire and Pocono, two of his four for the year … Won Pocono from the pole and won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Fell from the top 10 after five finishes of 30th or worse in the season's final six races … Earned six top-five and 13 top-10 finishes … Won NMPA Most Popular Driver for the 16th time … Topped $4 million in earnings.
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2001 Finished 15th in series points in first season with team owner Ray Evernham … Won his 50th career pole at the Daytona 500, finishing fifth in the race … Won at Homestead-Miami Speedway for first time in 227 starts, a streak dating back to 1994.
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2000 Finished 21st in series points … Celebrated his 25th season in NASCAR and drove final season in self-owned No. 94 Ford … Won the pole for The Winston … Made 600th career start at Talladega … Earned 17 top-10 starting spots … Missed two races, Bristol and Darlington, after sustaining an off-track injury at his home.
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1999 Finished 21st in series points … Mechanical trouble resulted in fewest top-10 finishes (2) since 1977 … Best finish was fifth at New Hampshire with only other top 10 at Talladega.
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1998 Finished 18th in series points … Began season with seven consecutive top-15 finishes, but accidents at Talladega and California slowed his effort … Earned five top-10 finishes along with seven DNFs … Missed season's second race at Dover to attend father's funeral with Matt Kenseth taking the wheel … Earned best finish of sixth at both Rockingham and Michigan … Inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
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1997 Finished eighth in series points … Earned five top-five and 14 top-10 finishes … Made 500th career start in April at Bristol … Best finish was second at Michigan … Won pole at Richmond in September.
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1996 Finished 30th in series points … Endured worst season of full-time career due to missing five races after breaking left thigh in an accident at Talladega … Best finish was eighth in season opening Daytona 500 … Became sole owner of his race team after purchasing other half of Elliott-Hardy Racing.
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1995 Finished eighth in series points … Partnered with Charles Hardy in ownership of No. 94 Ford … Crew chief Mike Beam helped turn team around … Won poles at Pocono and Phoenix, earning 11 top-10 finishes in final 19 races … Earned four top-five finishes.
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1994 Finished 10th in series points … Competed in final season with No. 11 of Junior Johnson … Won pole and finished third in opening Darlington race, then earned his fifth win at the site in the fall … Closed season with finishes of 33rd or worse in three of the final four events, falling from eighth to 10th in the standings.
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1993 Finished eighth in series points … Earned just two top-10 finishes in first 10 races … A sixth-place finish at the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte began a stretch of 20-straight top-20 finishes … Ended season with three straight top fives … Best finish was second at Richmond.
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1992 Finished second in series standings … First season driving No. 11 for Junior Johnson … Lost championship by 10 points to Alan Kulwicki, the smallest margin of victory in history … Won the season's final race at Atlanta, but led one lap fewer than Kulwicki and the bonus for leading the most laps in the race decided the championship battle … Finished as runnerup in series points for third time … Won four consecutive races (Rockingham Richmond, Atlanta and Darlington).
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1991 Finished 11th in series points … Broke an eight-year streak of top-10 finishes … Lone victory of the season came at Daytona in July … Won poles at Bristol and Atlanta.
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1990 Finished fourth in series points … Earned 12 top-five finishes … Won the pole at Talladega in the spring … Won from the pole at Dover for lone victory of the season … Earned four second-place finishes.
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1989 Finished sixth in series points … Broke a six-year streak of finishes in the top five in points … Won poles at Richmond and Charlotte … Put together a midseason run that included six top-10 finishes in seven starts with wins at Michigan and Pocono … Earned third win of season at Phoenix.
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1988 Won the series championship… Became the first Ford driver to win the title since David Pearson in 1969 … Earned six victories (Bristol, Daytona, Pocono, Darlington, both Dovers) … Finished 19th or better in all 29 races … Earned 15 top-10 finishes in final 16 races, including 11 in the top five … Earned six poles … Named American Driver of the Year … Named Professional Athlete of the Year in home state of Georgia.
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1987 Finished second in series points … Second time in three seasons to finish as runnerup in championship race … Opened the season by winning Daytona 500 from the pole … Added five more wins in the second half (Talladega, Michigan, Charlotte, Rockingham, Atlanta) for a total of six wins, second only to champion Dale Earnhardt's 11 … Led series in poles with eight.
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1986 Finished fourth in series points … Swept both races at Michigan … Won The Winston at Charlotte … Won four poles.
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1985 Finished second in series points … Earned a series-high 11 wins and 11 poles, but finished second in points to Darrell Waltrip by 101 … Won the Daytona 500 from the pole … Won the inaugural Winston Million by winning three of the four "crown jewel" races (Daytona 500, Winston 500 at Tallladega and Southern 500 at Darlington) … Darlington victory that clinched bonus earned spot on cover of "Sports Illustrated" and nickname "Million Dollar Bill" … Named American Driver of the Year, NMPA Driver of the Year, Auto Racing Digest Driver of the Year and Georgia Professional Athlete of the Year.
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1984 Finished third in series points … Won at Michigan, Charlotte and Rockingham … Named NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for the first time.
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1983 Finished third in series points in first full schedule … Earned first victory in his 117th start at Riverside.
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1982 Finished 25th in series points … Began first season driving No. 9 Ford for Harry Melling … Won one pole and finished second three times.
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1981 Finished 30th in series points … Won his first career pole at Darlington in April … Drove a Ford owned by the Elliott family in 13 races and earned seven top-10 finishes.
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1980 Finished 34th in series points … In 11 starts, earned four top-10 finishes … Best finish was sixth at Charlotte.
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1979 Finished 28th in series points … Made 14 total starts, 10 for family-owned team and four for Roger Hamby … Had one second-place finish, in the Southern 500 at Darlington, and three other top 10s.
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1978 Finished 33rd in series points … Earned five top-10 finishes in 10 starts with family-owned team … Earned a pair of sixth-place finishes at Talladega in May and Darlington in September.
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1977 Finished 35th in series points … Made 10 starts with family-owned team … Earned two top-10 finishes, at Darlington and Charlotte.
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1976 Finished 41st in series points … Made first start at Rockingham, winning $640 after finishing 33rd … Best finish was 14th at Nashville in seven starts.





