Trivia

Fist Nascar Win: Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California

• 20th November 1983.

2005: Running only a limited schedule for Ray Evernham Motorsports, as he is semi-retired with 44 Career Winston Cup victories.

1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion

Voted NASCAR's most popular driver an amazing 16 times, including 10 straight years between 1991-2000.

Won the Winston Million in 1985 at Darlington Raceway after winning at Daytona and Talladega (3 out of 4 races)

Won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship by winning 6 races, along with 6 pole positions, 11 top-5 finishes and 22 top-10 finishes.

Lost the 1992 Winston Cup Championship to the late Alan Kulwicki by only 10 points.

Won the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 at North Carolina Speedway (Rockingham, AKA "The Rock") in 2003.

Father guided he and his brothers into racing to keep them out of trouble.

Became the first professional stock-car driver to appear on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" after he won the Winston Million in 1985.

1985: Award the "Winston Million" or $1 million dollars for winning the Daytona 500, the Southern 500, and the Winston 500 all in the same season. He won a total of 11 races and 11 pole positions that year, and as a result became the first Winston/Nextel Cup driver to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Will be driving on a limited run schedule in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (February 2004)

Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2007.

Anytime Bill Elliott (or Chase) won a NASCAR race, the city of Dawsonville, Georgia, turns on the siren.

His son Chase is currently driving in the NASCAR cup series for car owner Rick Hendrick.