Despite On-Track NASCAR Successes, There Were Tensions in Dawsonville
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- From the outside looking in during the 1987 and '88 Winston Cup seasons, things were awesome down in Dawsonville, Georgia in the Melling Racing shops.
Bill Elliott won the 1987 Daytona 500.
He set a NASCAR qualifying record at Talladega that will never be topped.
In 1988, the team made it to the top of the mountain and won the Winston Cup championship.
Still, according to Dan Elliott, there was a tug-of-war taking place between separate factions of the organization back at the shop This is his story.
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I could listen to this man talk for hours thank you
Bill Elliott Clinched 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship Thanks For Uploading Rick And Steve
Great job as always Rick! I remember in 1987 Bill Jr. telling the boys “Not to stink up his shows”
Outstanding interview with Dan, I was always a Cale fan but then came along the Elliott’s… Still was a Cale fan but Bill became my favorite 👍👍
Cale in that t bird was awesome but I was elliott fan but if it was a ford I wanted them to win
Love to see a movie about the Elliot’s rise to the top.
Was a huge Bill Elliott fan but as a person Dan was my favorite
Great interview as usual didn't know Dan was so philosophical
I learned how crooked. NASCAR and the Frances politics were ....something the older drivers and teams already knew
It's weird how people want to go back to that era like there were no problems
@@RAEckart22 They were ripped off , too. RJ Reynold's propped it up big time.
It may have been, “unfair” and or “biased” but the participants were more human and definitely, colorful !
Awesome interview. In Bills book he talks a about the Chassis and engine shop deal. The Firecracker win mellowed some out
Always enjoy these stories.
Great interview with Dan. I hope y’all can do one with Buddy Parrott and/or Rusty Wallace.
We interviewed both for the full-length, audio-only version of the podcast before starting our TH-cam channel. You can find both at bit.ly/3Y8nkh7
I sat on the back stretch at Degs that day. After Elliot went 2 laps down he would come around BY HIMSELF with no drafting help & it looked like he was on a long Sunday drive. If Im not mistaken he won with a 10 second lead on the 2nd place car Yarbrough
Enjoyed this and all of Dans storys...i had pleasure to go to there Dawsonville Shop in 1987,,,,great visit..people,
1988 rules
The biggest problem that I saw with the Elliott team was that they weren't ready to handle the success they had. They also had their own way of doing things that many were just ready to pounce on. Bill mellowed a bit through the years but Ernie and Dan kept everything as much as possible away from prying eyes. It's not hard to see the Bill Elliott snippiness in his son Chase, when things don't go as planned.
Geniuses for good old country to boys
They should've let that race slide but i understand why they didn't
Talladega that bird was flying i seen it good ole butt whooping ernie had that motor built but the elliotts show country boys can built raccars
I saw a interview with Bob Glidden, he said he did head work for them on the 85 car. If you who Bob was, he knew how to make the Cleveland's run like a bat out of hell.
Like the 85 500 forcing them to ridiculously over tape up the headlight door Boooooo
That was an absurd ruling by NASCAR! Thankfully it came early in the race and Bill was able to overcome it!