CONGRATULATION: Bill Elliott has been recognized as the greatest American race car driver of all time, receiving a prestigious award … See More

Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott‘s father, Bill Elliott, won his first and last NASCAR Cup Series Championship in 1988.

 He has a promising career and has competed in 828 races in his NASCAR Cup Series career, securing six wins, 15 top fives, and 22 top tens with six pole positions in his 37-year career.

Bill Elliott has achieved 320 top-tens, 55 poles, and 44 wins throughout his career.

He holds the record for six consecutive pole positions at NASCAR’s longest track from 1985 to 1987.

Elliott’s last race was in 2012 at the Coke Zero 400 and was in P49 in the 2012 season.

Chase and Bill Elliott are one of the father-son duos who have won the Cup Series Championship.

Bill Elliott was born on October 8, 1985, and began his NASCAR career on February 29, 1976, in the Winston Series.

His first race was at Rockingham and he qualified in P33 in the field of 36 cars.

Elliott finished in P32 before his oil pump busted out in his Ford Tornio.

He continued racing without landing a sponsor for five years.

In mid-1977, Chase Elliott’s father parted ways from Penske Racing and replaced Tornio.

This move paid off well, and he secured his first top finish at the Southern 500.

After a wait of two years, he secured his first top-five finish in the same race.

He landed a major sponsorship in 1980 from Harry Melling of the Melling Racing and never looked back.