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Bill Elliott and Melling Racing would finally win the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1988 after winning 6 races for the 2nd straight season and scoring 22 top-ten finishes. Elliott won the title by only 24 points over Rusty Wallace, who also won 6 races. See more
Melling Racing was a Championship-winning NASCAR Winston Cup Series race team owned by Harry Melling and his son Mark Melling. Harry Melling ran the team from its inception in 1982, to mid-1999. When Harry died … See more
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In 1982 the team became Melling Racing after Harry Melling bought the team from George Elliott on … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Bill Elliott ponders what might have been during Hall …
Jan 24, 2015 · Driving for Melling, Elliott won one race in 1983, three in 1984 and then 11 in 1985, including the Daytona 500 and three of the sport's biggest …
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Jan 3, 2002 · 1986 TALLADEGA 500 - 1985 was all but monopolized by Bill Elliott, who erased a two-lap deficit under green to win the 1985 Winston 500; …
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Driving a car owned by his father, George Elliott, Elliott made his first Winston Cup Series start at Rockingham in 1976. He qualified 34th in a field of 36 cars, and finished 33rd; Elliott only lasted 32 laps that day before the oil pump failed in his Ford Torino. Elliott toiled for five years in the Winston Cup Series without corporate sponsorship, and along the way showed flashes that he could comp…
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Melling met with Ernie and Bill and agreed to pay $500 to sponsor their team in the National 500 at Charlotte, resulting in a sixth-place finish. The Elliotts kept the Melling Timing Components name on the quarter panels at Atlanta two weeks …
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Jan 14, 2015 · The lanky, red-headed Elliott lasted long enough to catch the eye of Michigan industrialist Harry Melling, whose one-race sponsorship in 1981 dramatically changed NASCAR history.
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May 4, 2017 · At 29, Bill Elliott and the No. 9 Coors Light Ford of Melling Racing had won three of the first eight races of the Winston Cup season, including the Daytona 500. As the Winston Cup Series rolled in to Talladega, Alabama, …
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Jul 19, 2024 · Harry Melling helped Bill Elliott to a NASCAR championship in the 1980s; son Mark Melling is now doing his part to help Enders rack up NHRA titles.
Bill Elliott’s 212 MPH Talladega Record May Never Be Touched as …
1 day ago · Bill Elliott’s Unmatched Speed Record at Talladega. In the annals of NASCAR history, few moments stand as vividly as Bill Elliott’s breathtaking performance at Talladega …
1985 Daytona 500 - Wikipedia
42 rows · Bill Elliott won the pole at a then-record speed of 205.114 mph. After a mediocre run in the Busch Clash, Elliott nearly lapped the field in his 125-mile qualifying race, then thoroughly …
