Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott
Elliott administers the Oath of Enlistment to a U.S. Navy sailor on October 21, 2005.
Born	William Clyde Elliott (1955-10-08) October 8, 1955 (age 61) Dawsonville, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6' 1" (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Achievements	1988 Winston Cup Series Champion 1985, 1987 Daytona 500 Winner 2002 Brickyard 400 Winner 1985, 1988, 1994 Southern 500 Winner 1985 Winston 500 Winner 1986 The Winston Winner
Awards	Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 1984-1988, 1991-2000, 2002 Winston Cup Series Most Popular Driver (16 times) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Inductee (2007) NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee (2015)
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
828 races run over 37 years
2012 position	49th
Best finish	1st (1988)
First race	1976 Carolina 500 (Rockingham)
Last race	2012 Coke Zero 400 (Daytona)
First win	1983 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)
Last win	2003 Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 44 320 55
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
43 races run over 12 years
2005 position	59th
Best finish	29th (1993)
First race	1983 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win	1993 Fay's 150 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 16 2

William Clyde "Bill" Elliott (born October 8, 1955), 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 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 has since been the fastest speed for any NASCAR race ever.

Elliott won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a record 16 times. He withdrew his name from the ballot for that award after winning it in 2002. In 2005, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declared October 8 as Bill Elliott Day in the state of Georgia. He 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. Elliott has also been honored by the state legislature with a stretch of roadway in his native Dawsonville renamed Elliott Family Parkway.

William Clyde Elliott was born in Dawsonville, Georgia on October 8, 1955. According to his autobiography, many generations of Elliott's 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 (Died in 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), both worked there. His father was also a Ford person and later created a Ford dealership as there were not any around.