Bill Elliott Racing

{{Short description|Former American stock car racing team}}

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{{Infobox former NASCAR team

| name = Bill Elliott Racing

| logo =

| owners = Bill Elliott, Charles Hardy, Dan Marino

| series = Winston Cup, Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series

| wins = 0

| drivers_champ = 0

| numbers = 9, 13, 89, 94, 98

| manufacturer = Ford

| drivers = Bill Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Jerry Nadeau

| sponsors = McDonald's

| base = Mooresville, North Carolina

| opened = 1995

| closed = 2000

}}

Bill Elliott Racing (formerly known as Charles Hardy Racing, Elliott-Hardy Racing, and Elliott-Marino Racing) was a NASCAR Winston Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series team. It was owned and operated by 1988 NASCAR champion Bill Elliott from 1995 until 2000, when it was sold to Evernham Motorsports. The team's primary car was the No. 94 McDonald's Ford Winston Cup car driven by its owner, but also fielded various other cars.

Winston Cup

=Car No. 13 history=

Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up with Dan Marino and renaming the team to Elliott-Marino Racing to field the No. 13 FirstPlus Financial Ford. Rookie Jerry Nadeau raced the car for the first half of the year, before he was released and replaced by Wally Dallenbach Jr., Dennis Setzer, Tom Hubert and Ted Musgrave.

In February 1999, the partnership between Elliott and Marino was dissolved and the No. 13 closed as a result. The No. 13 came back for the Daytona 500 with Dick Trickle, but didn't qualify.

==Car No. 13 results==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

rowspan=5| 1998

! Jerry Nadeau

! rowspan=6| 13

! rowspan=6| Ford

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
28

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| LVS
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
37

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TEX
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
40

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
43

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
27

| colspan=17|

! rowspan=5| 38th

! rowspan=5| 2326

Dennis Setzer

| colspan=11|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV
DNQ

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
29

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
38

| colspan=7|

Wally Dallenbach Jr.

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IND
40

| colspan=15|

Tom Hubert

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
36

| colspan=14|

Ted Musgrave

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
26

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
34

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO
5

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
19

| colspan=1|

1999

! Dick Trickle

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| BRI

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| TAL

| CAR

| PHO

| HOM

| ATL

! N/A

! -

=Car No. 89 history=

The 89 R&D car began as the No. 91 with Ron Barfield Jr. for the 1996 Brickyard 400. Barfield Jr. returned to the team, now the No. 92, for the 1997 Brickyard 400. A year later, the team was renumbered to the No. 89; driven by Dennis Setzer, it competed at the DieHard 500.

==Car No. 89 results==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

1996

! rowspan=2| Ron Barfield Jr.

! 91

! rowspan=3| Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| SON

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| TAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND
DNQ

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| CLT

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=2|

! N/A

! -

1997

! 92

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| TEX

| BRI

| MAR

| SON

| TAL

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| CAL

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND
22

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| TAL

| CAR

| PHO

| ATL

| colspan=1|

! 54th

! 97

1998

! Dennis Setzer

! 89

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
19

| CAL

| CLT

| DOV

| RCH

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| NHA

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| TAL

| DAY

| PHO

| CAR

| ATL

! 56th

! 106

=Car No. 94 history=

Image:BillElliott1997Pocono.jpg

The team was originally owned by Charles Hardy and ran part-time with various drivers under the Charles Hardy Racing name with sponsorship from Buss Fuses. Kenny Wallace made the first start for the No. 44 at Talladega Superspeedway, finishing in the ninth position. Jimmy Hensley and Bobby Hillin Jr. ran the car later in the season, but neither finished in the top-ten. Wanting to own his own team, Elliott partnered with Hardy for the 1995 season to form Elliott-Hardy Racing. The new team premiered at the 1995 Daytona 500 as the No. 94 Ford with McDonald's sponsoring. Elliott's first year as an owner/driver was marked with eleven top-tens, two poles, and an eighth-place finish in the points. After a horrific crash in 1996 at Talladega Superspeedway, Elliott missed several races to recover from his injuries and was replaced by Dorsey Schroeder, Todd Bodine, Tommy Kendall, and Bobby Hillin Jr. In July 1996, the partnership between Elliott and Hardy was dissolved, the team being renamed Bill Elliott Racing.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Mr4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q9gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3182,1925555&dq=elliott-hardy+racing&hl=en|title=Elliott, Hardy split|date=July 21, 1996|work=Gadsden Times|page=D4|accessdate=2013-09-17|location=Gadsden, AL}}

Returning full-time in 1997, Elliott had fourteen top tens and another eighth-place finish in points. His team also expanded to a multi-car operation that year when Ron Barfield drove the No. 92 New Holland Ford to a twenty-second-place finish at the Brickyard 400. Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up with Dan Marino the team being renamed Elliott-Marino Racing. The year was marked with sadness when Elliott had to miss the fall Dover race to attend the funeral of his father. In his place was Matt Kenseth, who finished sixth in his debut Cup race.

After a disappointing 1999 season which saw his multi-car operation dissolve back into No. 94, Elliott announced in early 2000 he was selling his equipment to championship-winning crew chief Ray Evernham to become part of Dodge's return to NASCAR. The team would also switch to No. 9.

==Car No. 94 results==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=43| NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! 31

! 32

! 33

! 34

! 35

! 36

! {{Tooltip|NNCC|NASCAR Nextel Cup classification}}

! Pts

rowspan=3| 1994

! Bobby Hillin Jr.

! rowspan=3| 44

! rowspan=16| Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| NWS

| MAR

| TAL

| SON

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| DOV

| POC

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
14

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND
21

| GLN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
40

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| MAR

| NWS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
15

| CAR

| PHO

| colspan=6|

! rowspan=3|

! rowspan=3|

Kenny Wallace

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
9

| colspan=19|

Jimmy Hensley

| colspan=30|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
12

| colspan=5|

1995

! rowspan=2| Bill Elliott

! rowspan=13| 94

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
39

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
18

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
5

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IND
4*

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
41

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
18

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
20

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
14

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
4

| colspan=5|

!

!

rowspan=6| 1996

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
41

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IND
10

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
14

| style="background:#ffffff;"| BRI
INQ

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAR
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
20

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=6| 17th

! rowspan=6| 3347

Tommy Kendall

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
28

| colspan=26|

Todd Bodine

| colspan=10|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
20

| colspan=22|

Ron Barfield Jr.

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MCH
QL

| colspan=22|

Dorsey Schroeder

| colspan=19|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
13

| colspan=16|

Bobby Hillin Jr.

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| colspan=14|

1997

! rowspan=2| Bill Elliott

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
4

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
38

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
18

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
8

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
32

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
33

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| IND
8

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
4*

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
11

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
8

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
5

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
36

| colspan=4|

! 8th

! 3836

rowspan=2| 1998

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
10

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LVS
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAL
43

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IND
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
40

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
11

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
40

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
7

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
38

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| 16th

! rowspan=2| 3455

Matt Kenseth

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
6

| colspan=10|

1999

! rowspan=2| Bill Elliott

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
30

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
41

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
23

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NHA
5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IND
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN
28

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
33

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
22

| colspan=2|

! 21st

! 3246

rowspan=2| 2000

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY
3

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
25

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LVS
4

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
19

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
30

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
15

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAL
19

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
43

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MCH
8

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
38

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
32

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IND
3

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
38

| colspan=2|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
37

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
19

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
11

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 18th

! rowspan=2| 3410

David Green

| colspan=22|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
25

| colspan=12|

2004

! Bill Elliott

! 98

! Dodge

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
18

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
25

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| TAL

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
22

| PHO

| DAR

| HOM

! 67th

! 109

colspan=43| - Qualified for Todd Bodine – Qualified but replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr.

Busch Series

Elliott made his first start as a Busch Series team owner in 1988, driving both races at Charlotte in his No. 9 Ford, his best finish being a seventh. Three years later, he drove two late-season races in the No. 84, finishing in the top-ten both times. His next ownership run would come in 1993, when he fielded the No. 94 in a pair of races for his nephew Casey, who had a best finish of 20th.

In 1996, Elliott's protégé Ron Barfield ran six races in Elliott's No. 94 New Holland Ford, garnering a best finish of 11th at Charlotte. He ran times the following season and had two ninth-place runs. Elliott's last race as a Busch owner came in 1998, when Jeff Fuller finished fifteenth in the No. 94 Chevrolet at the Jiffy Lube Miami 300.

Craftsman Truck Series

Elliott began fielding Truck entries in 1996 with the No. 94 Super 8 Motels Ford for Barfield. He had three top-tens in his first four starts, but only made a limited schedule of seven starts. He ran just one race in 1997, an eighth-place run at Walt Disney World Speedway. Late in the season, Elliott made one start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Team ASE Racing sponsoring, but he finished 31st after suffering engine problems.

References

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