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(Bill) Elliott May Confirm Retirement Today
WXIA-TV/DT Atlanta ^
| 10.23.03
Posted on 10/23/2003 9:20:15 AM PDT by mhking
NASCAR great Bill Elliott's scheduled appearance at Atlanta's SciTrek venue Thursday morning comes amid rumors of his retirement from the racing circuit.
Elliott, honored as NASCAR's "Most Popular Driver" 16 times, is expected to reveal details regarding his future plans involving a project outside of racing.
Just days ago, Elliott announced he would retire from full-time competition at the end of the current season. He is expected to run five races next year at tracks Elliott decides as having been significant to his career.
This week, Elliott’s 3,685 points puts him in 10th place in NASCAR's driver standings. He finished 10th at last Sunday's Winston Cup Subway 500.
His career boasts wins at the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, the Winston Million and other major professional racing milestones.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billelliott; nascar
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:20:16 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking; NormsRevenge
Awesome Bill is a class act. God bless him in whatever he does next!
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:31:41 AM PDT
by
kayak
(The Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy is truly Vast! [JohnHuang2])
To: NormsRevenge
ping
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:43:15 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(Michael Schiavo is a bigger scumbag than Bill Clinton)
To: mhking
Gotta give Bill credit for going out while he is still running strong, unlike legends of the past. I would LOVE to see him win of the few races he runs next year.
God Bless, Mr. Elliot (Even though you made my life miserable by edging out Harry Gant in about 8 races in 1992).
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:45:09 AM PDT
by
jmc813
(Michael Schiavo is a bigger scumbag than Bill Clinton)
To: kayak
His announcement today is not supposed to be racing related. However I suspect he'll have one this weekend.
I'd love to see some of those nancy boy young guns do some of the things he did at Talladega in the pre-restrictor plate days. They'd crap their firesuits!
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:46:45 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: jmc813; mhking
Bill has always been a classy fellow. I wish him well. He has provided a lot of thrills for his fans over the years.
How many others will move on next year? DJ, Mark, Terry, Ricky.. they are all still pretty competitive.
Thanks for the ping and the post. :-)
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posted on
10/23/2003 9:53:38 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi)
To: cjshapi
I believe it was Talladega where he set the world speed record for a pushrod V8... I think it was 212 mph!
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:06:14 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Embrace clarity.)
To: Gargantua
You are correct. He also won a race there (85 Winston), coming from 2 1/2 laps down under green to win. That is unheard of these days.
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posted on
10/23/2003 10:13:22 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Gargantua
You mean stock car record. There are cars which have gone waay past that on a straight line course.
To: kayak
political office maybe
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posted on
10/23/2003 12:54:39 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Ice cream does not have bones)
To: kayak
Million Dollar Bill was always my favorite at NASCAR.
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posted on
10/23/2003 2:46:53 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
To: mhking
"Million dollar Bill"-"Awesome Bill from Dawsonville" Ya don't get nicknames like that being mediocre. God Speed, Mr. Elliot.
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posted on
10/23/2003 2:53:38 PM PDT
by
F.J. Mitchell
(The war on drugs is a tax-payer financed affirmative action program for drug dealers.)
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