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William Clyde "Bill" Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Wild Bill, Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, or Million Dollar Bill, is a retired NASCAR driver. He won the 1988 Winston Cup Championship and has garnered 44 wins in that series, including two Daytona 500 victories in 1985 and 1987 and a record four consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway between 1985 and 1986. He holds the track record for fastest qualifying speed at Talladega at 212.809 mph and Daytona International Speedway at 210.364 mph, both of which were set in 1987; the mark at Talladega has since been the fastest speed for any NASCAR race ever. Elliott won NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award a record 16 times.〔http://billelliott.com/about/accomplishments.html〕 He withdrew his name from the ballot for that award after winning it in 2002. In 2005, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue declared October 8 as Bill Elliott Day in the state of Georgia. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007〔 〕 and into the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Elliott has also been honored by the state legislature with a stretch of roadway in his native Dawsonville renamed Elliott Family Parkway. ==Personal== William Clyde Elliott was born in Dawsonville, Georgia on October 8, 1955. According to his autobiography, many generations of Elliotts resided there. He was named after two relatives and is the youngest of three boys. His father George created a lumber company and loved racing,and later created a speed shop where Bill's brothers, Ernie (born 1947) and Dan (born 1951), both worked there. His father was also a Ford person and later created a Ford dealership as there were not any around. Elliott has two daughters, Starr and Brittany, and a son, William Clyde Elliott II (nicknamed "Chase"). The 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, Chase Elliott now has a burgeoning racing career with JR Motorsports,. Brittany Elliott joined the Air Force in Security Forces. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Elliott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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