Bill Elliott Racing

Bill Elliott Racing

Owner(s)	Bill Elliott, Charles Hardy, Dan Marino
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	Winston Cup, Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series
Race drivers	Bill Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Jerry Nadeau
Sponsors	McDonald's
Manufacturer	Ford
Opened	1995
Closed	2000
Career
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	0

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

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	NWCC	Pts
1998	Jerry Nadeau	13	Ford	DAY 21	CAR 28	LVS DNQ	ATL 32	DAR 31	BRI 37	TEX DNQ	MAR 27	TAL 37	CAL 26	CLT 40		RCH 38	MCH 35	POC 21	SON 43	NHA 27																		38th	2326
	Dennis Setzer														DOV DNQ									MCH 35	BRI 39	NHA 24	DAR 29	RCH 29		MAR 38
	Wally Dallenbach Jr.																				POC 25	IND 40
	Tom Hubert																						GLN 36
	Ted Musgrave																												DOV 26		CLT 27	TAL 11	DAY 34	PHO 5	CAR 19	ATL 19
1999	Dick Trickle			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

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	NWCC	Pts
1996	Ron Barfield Jr.	91	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			N/A	-
1997		92		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND 22	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL		54th	97
1998	Dennis Setzer	89		DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	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

The #94 car driven by Elliott in 1997

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.

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

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	NNCC	Pts
1994	Bobby Hillin Jr.	44	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC	MCH 14	DAY	NHA	POC		IND 21	GLN	MCH 40	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT 15	CAR	PHO
	Kenny Wallace																				TAL 9
	Jimmy Hensley																																	ATL 12
1995	Bill Elliott	94		DAY 23	CAR 11	RCH 16	ATL 26	DAR 17	BRI 14	NWS 28	MAR 12	TAL 6	SON 19	CLT 39	DOV 15	POC 6	MCH 14	DAY 10	NHA 18	POC 5	TAL 5	IND 4*	GLN 11	MCH 9	BRI 23	DAR 41	RCH 14	DOV 18	MAR 6	NWS 10	CLT 20	CAR 10	PHO 14	ATL 4
1996				DAY 8	CAR 15	RCH 10	ATL 10	DAR 13	BRI 28	NWS 21	MAR 13	TAL 41						DAY 37	NHA 14	POC 21	TAL 13	IND 10		MCH 14	BRI INQ‡	DAR 9	RCH 16	DOV 28	MAR 18	NWS 21	CLT 10	CAR 32	PHO 21	ATL 20						17th	3347
	Tommy Kendall												SON 28
	Todd Bodine													CLT 36	DOV 15	POC 10	MCH 20
	Ron Barfield Jr.																MCH QL†
	Dorsey Schroeder																						GLN 13
	Bobby Hillin Jr.																								BRI 22
1997	Bill Elliott			DAY 4	CAR 22	RCH 15	ATL 38	DAR 16	TEX 11	BRI 7	MAR 37	SON 32	TAL 18	CLT 4	DOV 8	POC 32	MCH 2	CAL 32	DAY 33	NHA 6	POC 10	IND 8	GLN 7	MCH 7	BRI 16	DAR 4*	RCH 30	NHA 11	DOV 8	MAR 5	CLT 7	TAL 13	CAR 12	PHO 15	ATL 36					8th	3836
1998				DAY 10	CAR 6	LVS 9	ATL 11	DAR 15	BRI 15	TEX 13	MAR 12	TAL 39	CAL 43	CLT 14	DOV 13	RCH 25	MCH 6	POC 37	SON 12	NHA 26	POC 36	IND 12	GLN 27	MCH 40	BRI 19	NHA 37	DAR 11	RCH 40		MAR 7	CLT 11	TAL 19	DAY 15	PHO 38	CAR 12	ATL 26				16th	3455
	Matt Kenseth																												DOV 6
1999	Bill Elliott			DAY 27	CAR 15	LVS 37	ATL 15	DAR 14	TEX 21	BRI 25	MAR 30	TAL 10	CAL 19	RCH 12	CLT 14	DOV 12	MCH 41	POC 32	SON 13	DAY 23	NHA 5	POC 39	IND 23	GLN 28	MCH 19	BRI 36	DAR 11	RCH 36	NHA 19	DOV 33	MAR 20	CLT 11	TAL 20	CAR 33	PHO 35	HOM 24	ATL 22			21st	3246
2000				DAY 3	CAR 25	LVS 4	ATL 10	DAR 19	BRI 36	TEX 30	MAR 8	TAL 15	CAL 19	RCH 9	CLT 43	DOV 12	MCH 8	POC 38	SON 35	DAY 38	NHA 24	POC 32	IND 3	GLN 13	MCH 38			RCH 12	NHA 37	DOV 19	MAR 15	CLT 34	TAL 24	CAR 16	PHO 26	HOM 22	ATL 11			18th	3410
	David Green																									BRI 36	DAR 25
2004	Bill Elliott	98	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 18	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 25	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL 22	PHO	DAR	HOM	67th	109
† - 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.

External links

• Bill Elliott Owner Stats
• Charles Hardy Owner Stats