BILL ELLIOTT CONSISTENTLY NAMED THEIR MOST POPULAR DRIVER BECAUSE OF HIS LIKEABLE NATURE, BROUGHT HOME AN EMOTIONAL VICTORY IN THE THIRD TO LAST RACE OF THE 2001 SEASON (HOMESTEAD MIAMI) RUNNING IN THE NEW DODGE STOCK CAR FOR NEW OWNER AND FOUR TIME CHAMPION CREW CHIEF RAY EVERNHAM. THE 2002 SEASON WILL ONLY ADD TO 1988 WINSTON CUP CHAMPION BILL ELLIOTT's CHANCES TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THE MAGIC THAT HAS HELPED HIM TO 41 CAREER VICTORIES SINCE 1976.

AND YOU CON EXPECT AWESOME BILL TO ROLL RIGHT ALONG AS HE SHOES JUST WHAT HE AND CAR OWNER RAY EVERNHAM CON DO THIS YEAR, THEIR SECOND TOGETHER. THERE IS NO DENYING THAT EVERNHAM CREATES A WINNING TEAM, GETTING MORE OUT OF DRIVER AND CAR THAN ANYONE ELSE.

ELLIOTT, THE SOFT SPOKEN GEORGIA GENTLEMEN, MAINTAINED HIS STRANGLEHOLD ON MOST POPULAR DRIVER HONORS IN 2000 BY GARNERING THE AWAED FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED 15TH CONSECUTIVE TIME.

ELLIOTT STARTED RACING SHORT TRACKS IN GEORGIA WITH BROTHERS DAN AND ERNIE. HE STARTED IN THE SPORTSMAN DIVISION IN 1970 AND MADE HIS NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES DEBUT IN 1976. HIS FIRST FULL NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES SEASON WAS 1983. 

HIS FIRST WIN CAME IN HIS 117TH START, IN THE WINSTON WESTERN 500 AT RIVERSIDE IN 1983. HIS FIRST POLE CAME IN HIS 56TH ATTEMPT. IN THE 1981 REBEL 500 AT DARLINGTON. IN 1992 ELLIOTT WON FOUR CONSECUTIVE RACES TO TIE THE MODERN ERA RECORD. HE WON A SINGLE SEASON RECORD 11 SUPERSPEEDWAY RACES IN 1985, THE SEASON HE WON THE WINSTON MILLION, FROM WHICH CAME THE NICKNAME MILLION DOLLAR BILL. 

ELLIOTT OWNS THE FASTEST RECORDED TIME IN A STOCK CAR, GOING 2121.809 MPH. IN QUALIFYING FOR THE 1987 WINSTON 500 AT TALLADEGA. ELLIOTTs GREATEST LOVES, ASIDE FROM FAMILY AND RACING ARE SNOW SKIING AND FLYING. HE HAS MULTI ENGINE RATED AND HELICOPTER RATED PILOT'S LICENSES. ELLIOTT OWNS THREE PLANS: CESSNA CONQUEST QQ, CESSNA 210 AND A CESSNA 182, 

CAR NO 9) ( TEAM DODGE DEALERS, DODGE)  (CAREER; 43 WINSTON CUP VICTORIES)

2001 RESULTS (15TH OVERALL) (9 TOP 10 FINISHES) (EARNED $3,337,670)