Bill Elliott
William Clyde Elliott, a.k.a.
Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, (born October 8, 1955 in
Dawsonville, Georgia) is a part-time driver and former champion of the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007.
[1] He won the
1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship and has garnered 44 wins in
that series. He had two
Daytona 500 victories, and a record four consecutive wins at
Michigan International Speedway during
1985-
86. He holds the track record at both
Talladega and
Daytona International Speedway with speeds of more than 200 mph. 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. The award will be renamed for Elliott when he officially retires from the sport
[citation needed]. In 2005, Georgia Governor
Sonny Perdue declared
October 8
as Bill Elliott Day in the state of Georgia. Elliott has also been
honored by the state legislature, having a stretch of road in his
native Dawsonville renamed Elliott Family Parkway.
