A. Bill Elliott’s first sponsor in the NASCAR Cup Series was Harry Melling. Q. How much did Coors pay Bill Elliott as part of the sponsorship deal? - + A. Coors reportedly paid $400,000 to Bill ...

Bill Elliott seemed almost too good to be true when ... Melling Industries and Coors Brewing. With on-track success, though, came off-track change. He quickly became an international sportsman ...

Bill Elliott has the history ... Talladega and Daytona. Elliott and the red-and-gold No. 9 Coors Thunderbird more or less ruled the high banks in the mid-1980s, before the safety-oriented mandate ...

When Bill Elliott says fast ... turbocharged prototype sports car ran 222.971 mph. Elliott's '87 ride was a No. 9 Coors Light-sponsored stock T-Bird held to the ground by a tiny spoiler, held ...

Few, if any, stock-car drivers have captivated NASCAR fans as quickly as Bill Elliott ... And even if Elliott stays with Melling, a change in team sponsorship seems to be forthcoming. Coors ...

The Winston Million program was perfectly timed for driver Bill Elliott, whose 1985 season was one of the best in the sport’s history. When the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. arrived on the scene in ...

When Bill Elliott climbed into his Ford on a ... What wasn’t in short supply was perseverance. The lanky, red-headed Elliott lasted long enough to catch the eye of Michigan industrialist Harry ...

and Bill Elliott swapped paint and made ... Insider: a torn piece of denim from Wrangler jeans, and a crushed Coors beer can. Wrangler and Coors were Elliott's and Earnhardt's sponsors.

Bill Elliott will run three races this season for Red Bull Racing as a warmup for its 2007 debut as one of Toyota's initial teams. Elliott, NASCAR's 1988 champion, will attempt to qualify for ...