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 Bill
Elliott's racing career started
because his father wanted to keep
his sons out of trouble. George
Elliott, Bill's father, started
bringing his sons to the racetracks
of North Georgia to spend a little
quality time and to keep the boys
occupied and out of trouble. Soon
after, Bill became interested in
racing and began making the local
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Some years later Bill, all of 20
years old, took the green flag at
North Carolina Speedway for his
first Cup race. His family-run team
struggled mightily to get the
necessary funds to run in NASCAR's
elite series, but six years later,
help came.
Michigan-based businessman Harry
Melling gave Elliott's team a
financial boost. In 1983, Elliott
ran his first complete season in
Cup. On November 20 of that year,
Elliott made his first trip to
Victory Lane in Cup at Riverside
International Raceway.
Elliott first got big-league
notoriety in 1985, when he won 11
races and 11 poles. Victories in
that season's Daytona 500, the
Winston 500 at Talladega and the
Southern 500 at Darlington brought
him the first "Winston Million" and
the nickname "Million Dollar Bill."
The feat also made Elliott the first
Cup driver to appear the cover of
Sports Illustrated. Three years
later, in 1988, Elliott won the
NASCAR championship after posting
six wins, six poles, 11 top-five and
22 top-10 finishes in 29 races. In
1992, Elliott left Melling and began
a relationship with Junior Johnson
that nearly paid immediate
dividends. Elliott narrowly missed a
second NASCAR championship, losing
to Alan Kulwicki by just 10 points.
Perhaps Elliott's most noteworthy
accomplishment is his dominance of
the Most Popular Driver award.
Elliott has taken the honor a record
16 times, including 10 consecutive
awards from 1991-2000.
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