Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott
William Clyde "Bill" Elliott, also known as Wild Bill, Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, or Million Dollar Bill, is a retired NASCAR driver. He won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and has garnered 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987 and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986. He holds the track record for fastest qualifying speed at Talladega at 212.809 miles per hourand Daytona International Speedway at...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth8 October 1955
CityDawsonville, GA
When I stopped driving full time in 2003, my ties with Dodge ended, and now that's all Ray's deal. Once Ray said this was OK to do, I decided to do it, and we'll see where the wind blows me.
We never could get up there. This is the kind of race if you can't win there's no sense to wreck yourself or someone else. You just want to stay out of trouble and keep your nose clean.
We have two objectives for the 500 -- the first is to have a good solid run. And the second is to put the Ginn Clubs & Resorts car in position to win the race during the closing laps.
I'm just trying to help her what little I can, because it's been a little while since I've run here, but it's still all basically the same.
The lap didn't feel that fast and the car was jumping around.
Dr No is good, he's coming back good in training, in about 2:20. He's training back like a bobcat.
At lunch time this place used to be packed,
Daytona is a special place and the '500' is a special race. I haven't reached the point where I am content to watch this race on television. I would rather be part of the action - it's the big show.
Tech companies work at the speed of sound, and they want to see construction,
You never put your options away. I wouldn't say never. It would have to be the right deal.
I am kind of still on loan from Ray. But we really have no plan put together for anything yet this year, and sometimes the door opens.
She's doing a real good job. I'm very proud of her,
We need to look at what we once had.
Dale had an uncanny way of being able to work whoever he wanted to his advantage whether it was the media, the fans, other drivers or NASCAR. He knew how to work the system as well as anybody I've ever met.