This is an April 29, 1995 file photo showing NASCAR driver Bill Elliott (94) leading a pack of cars around the Talladega Superspeedway during practice for the Winston Select...

This is an April 29, 1995 file photo showing NASCAR driver Bill Elliott (94) leading a pack of cars around the Talladega Superspeedway during practice for the Winston Select...

This is an April 29, 1995 file photo showing NASCAR driver Bill Elliott (94) leading a pack of cars around the Talladega Superspeedway during practice for the Winston Select...

Bill Elliott, who drives the #9 Coors Melling Racing Enterprises Ford Thunderbird, pushes his car before the NASCAR...

CONCORD, NC - MAY 21: Bill Elliott, driver of the #21 Motorcraft Ford, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint...

Bill Elliott rests by his car during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600...

HAMPTON, GA - MARCH 18: Team owner Ray Evernham (L) talks with Bill Elliott, driver of the #91 Visteon Dodge, in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup...

Bill Elliott kisses the yard of bricks on the start-finish line after winning Brickyard 400 at the...

Pole-sitter Tony Stewart, front right, and Bill Elliott, front left, lead the field for the ninth running of the Brickyard 400 down the main...

LONG POND, PA - JUNE 06: Bill Elliott, driver of the #21 Air Force Ford, waits to drive during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint...

LONG POND, PA - JULY 27 :Rear facing camera on Bill Elliott's Evernham Motorsports Dodge Intrepid R/T during the NASCAR Winston Cup Series Pennsylvania 500on July...

...final race of the season, the Hooters 500 at Atlanta, where his second place finish behind Bill Elliott earned him the Cup championship. (Photo by RacingOne/Getty Images

Bill Elliott stands by his car before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Gatorade 150 qualifying race...

NASCAR drivers Bill Elliott, left, and Dale Jarrett joke around during the driver introductions prior to the start of the...

NASCAR drivers Kyle Petty, in car No. 45, and driver Bill Elliott, in car No. 21, collide in turn three at the Texas Motor Speedway in the Nextel...