Legend of ‘Awesome Bill’ Started from Meager Beginnings

Bill Elliott scored six wins on his way to becoming the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion.  Photo - Getty Images

Bill Elliott scored six wins on his way to becoming the 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. Photo – Getty Images

Elliott’s NASCAR Hall of Fame Career a Story of Perseverance 

Note: This release is part of an advance series before the 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Jan. 30, broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio. Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly and Rex White are the five 2015 inductees.

When Bill Elliott climbed into his Ford on a late-winter afternoon in 1976, little did fans at North Carolina Motor Speedway know they were witnessing the birth of a NASCAR Hall of Fame career.  Continue reading