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Bill Elliott 1988 Championship winning Thunderbird / Vintage Nascar

500 in Riverside California. At the start of the 1984 season, the Elliott's rolled out into the garage a gleaming red car with a huge Coors logo on the hood. The car's paint scheme was simple for it's time, but it somehow manage to attract fans. Red, followed by a gold stripe separating a white bottom. The only thing was, it was an old car.

Bill Elliott Coors Light Crew Gallery Craig Bontrager

Bill Elliott made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1976 and took his first checkered flag in 1983. Elliott's 1985 season was particularly memorable. He won 11 races, including the Daytona 500, and he earned pole position in five consecutive events.

BILL ELLIOTT 9 COORS THUNDERBIRD AT DAYTONA 8X10 PHOTO 005 Vintage

Bill unleashed his T-Bird's full strength, consistently turning laps well in excess of 204 MPH. It was an incredible exhibition of man and machine, with Elliott averaging fewer than five miles.

Bill Elliott’s 1988 Ford Thunderbird NASCAR Model Cars Magazine Forum

Bill Elliott set NASCAR's all-time speed record with this car when he qualified for the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega at 212.809 miles per hour. By the 1980s, "stock cars" only looked stock. Underneath this Thunderbird sheet metal is a purpose-built steel tube frame, racing suspension and brakes, and a racing engine that no Ford dealer ever sold.

Bill Elliott 1988 Coors TBird, year of his Cup Championship Nascar

6 of 26 Getty Images 1986 The Dawsonville, Georgia, native wheeled his No. 9 to Victory Lane at his home track for the very first time. Bill Elliott would collect four more wins to make it five.

Bill Elliott 1987 Coors Melling Ford by Glenn Fetty Trading Paints

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Bill Elliott’s 198788 Ford Thunderbird Simeone Foundation Automotive

NASCAR stock-car racing took a major step toward becoming a mainstream American sport on Sept. 1, 1985, when Bill Elliott earned a $1 million bonus for winning the Southern 500 at legendary Darlington Raceway. The bonus money, posted by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and known as the Winston Million, was a publicity tool that would reward any driver.

Bill Elliott drives the Coors Thunderbird car during the Daytona 500

Bill Elliott William Clyde Elliott Sr. (born October 8, 1955), also known as " Awesome Bill from Dawsonville ", " Million Dollar Bill ", or " Wild Bill " is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competes full time in the Camping World Superstar Racing Experience.

Bill Elliott coors car with out decals Ford racing, Stock car racing

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1987 Bill Elliott COORS Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Throwback by Corey H

This is the ORIGINAL Bill Elliott Ford Coors Motorcraft Thunderbird that Bill drove in his 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship year. It is still being track.

Bill Elliott 9 Coors Ford Thunderbird At Daytona Photograph by David

2 min read Bill Elliott achieved the fastest NASCAR speed record of all time while qualifying for the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega. In his #9 Coors Ford Thunderbird, Elliott reached a top speed of 212.809 mph. Find out how this incredible NASCAR record has stood for nearly thirty-five years.

1987 BILL ELLIOTT COORS Ford Throwback by Corey H. Trading Paints

Bill Elliott to Pilot No. 39 Coors Dodge in Shootout at Daytona. CONCORD, N.C. (January 11, 2004) --- Coors Brewing Company will take a trip down memory lane during the Shootout at Daytona International Speedway when Bill Elliott makes a one-race appearance behind the wheel of a retro Coors Dodge. Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates will.

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Coors Light 9 Ford (1991) Elliott Racing Heritage

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, Elliott was fourth in the standings, 81 points behind leader Geoffrey Bodine.. The car Elliott drove to his 1985 win was.

Bill Elliott Coors 1987 Ford Thunderbird by Nicholas Doucette Trading

Chase Elliott hopes to add a new chapter next season at the wheel of the No. 9 for Hendrick Motorsports, driving the car number so closely linked to his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill.

1987 BILL ELLIOTT COORS Ford Throwback by Corey H. Trading Paints

Hall of Famer Bill Elliott drives a restored 1988 Coors Motorcraft Ford Thunderbird during the parade lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Goodyear 400. Bill Elliott prior to the Winston Western 500 at California Speedway, November 17, 1985 in Riverside, California.