Homestead, FL (November 16, 2008) In the last race of the 2008, Bill Elliott, behind the wheel of the no. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion, closed out the year by taking the checkered flag in 12th and along with good calls from the team, he earned his best finish of the season, respectfully, in the Wood Brothers Racing machine.

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Elliott and Poole were to start 2008-09 Winter Flurry and Georgia Winter Series at AMS; King was to run in Lonesome Pine Raceway’s season finale; both were canceled due to weather

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Wood Brother Racing Ford Championship Weekend Preview
Bill Elliott Behind the Wheel of the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion at Homestead-Miami Speedway

Harrisburg, NC (November 13, 2008)-Bill Elliott will make his 8th start at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Ford Championship Weekend behind the wheel of the no. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion.

Elliott made history in 2001 when he won the race from the pole. In 2003, he led an exciting race for 189 laps and battled Bobby Labonte going to the checkered flag, but cut a tire and finished 8th. “It’s an unfortunate thing, I don’t know if I’ve won one like that before, but I’ve sure lost them like that,” said Elliott in the post race interview.

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Harrisburg, NC (November 6, 2008)-Bill Elliott in the no. 21 Wood Brothers Little Debbie Ford Fusion is no stranger to Phoenix International Raceway. He had a victory in 1989, two pole position starts and four top five finishes. As he looks at going to PIR in a new era, he sees the challenges it brings with the COT car, but also looks at the season winding down for the 2008 season.

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Roderick, Cobb make strong runs at Nashville; Elliott, Poole go head-to-head at Anderson

Dawsonville, Ga. (November 5, 2008) – The sparks were flying at the Music City Motorplex (Nashville, Tenn.) and at Anderson Motor Speedway (Williamston, S.C.) as the Bill Elliott Driver Development team hit the track for a big weekend of short-track racing. BEDD driver Mitch Cobb set a new track record at the Music City Motorplex during CRA Super Series qualifying but fell victim to broken equipment for the second race in a row. Casey Roderick made a drive from the back to the front in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour event, which attracted some of the best ASA drivers from the Southeast and Midwest. Chase Elliott and Trey Poole went head-to-head at Anderson and were looking to finish first and second with the two strongest cars in the field before a racing incident between the BEDD teammates took both out of contention.

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Fort Worth, TX(November 2, 2008)-The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway was a race that left several teams perplexed with the surface that changed throughout the day until night event. Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers Racing no. 21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion, ran a clean race under the green flag that waved for most of the evening and finished 31st.

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Published: October 31, 2008

Following Richard Petty’s endorsement earlier in October, Bill Elliott, Cale Yarborough, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray and Jack Roush gave their vote of confidence to John McCain on Friday, October 31st..

The move may help McCain in the NASCAR belt, where it looks like North Carolina and Virginia will be extremely close races.

A news release quotes Yarborough as saying, “John McCain is a real American hero, and I am proud to endorse him for President of the United States.”

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Mitch Cobb. Takes the Pole for the pro late model series champions at “Music City” and Casey Roderick qualifies 27th in the ASA division race.

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Proceeds Benefitted Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
WOODSTOCK, Georgia (October 27, 2008) – A near capacity crowd at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA got to relive old times for a few hours in the cold last Saturday night as local hero Bill Elliott and a collection of his NASCAR racing friends ran a special celebrity race for charity at the inaugural “Bill Elliott 50 Red Dirt Dash” event.

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Elliott, Poole to run at Anderson Motor Speedway; Roderick, Cobb, King headed to Nashville

Dawsonville, Ga. (October 29, 2008) – The Bill Elliott Driver Development team will be heading in opposite directions this weekend as two drivers head to Nashville, Tenn., for the 26th annual Adam Petty Memorial All American 400 while two others will compete in the Fall Brawl 2008 at Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, S.C.

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Harrisburg,NC ( October 30,2008)-Bill Elliott in the Wood Brothers Racing no. 21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion will head to Texas for the Dickies 500 on Sunday, November 2nd with the confidence that the team has progressed in the last half of the season.

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One of NASCAR's best talks multi-car teams and new car
By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.COM
October 21, 2008
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He recently turned 53 years of age, and he's still racing.

In fact, Bill Elliott will race not only in the Sprint Cup Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend (probably for the final time in his career), but also in the Bill Elliott 50 Red Dirt Dash Late Model event at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga., which is located just north of Atlanta.

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By Rick Minter

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Monday, October 20, 2008

As Bill Elliott nears the end of his long and fruitful career in the circuit now known as NASCAR Sprint Cup, his work routine is reverting to something akin to the earliest days of his career, to a time when he spent more time with a wrench in his hand than a steering wheel.

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(Dawsonville, Ga. – October 10, 2008) In their first career national events, Bill Elliott Driver Development teammates Chase Elliott and Trey Poole made strong runs at Elko (Minn.) Speedway last weekend in the 2008 Legends Car Asphalt Nationals. Elliott, who was the youngest driver in the Semi-Pro division, practiced, qualified and raced in the top-10 all weekend, ultimately posting a sixth place finish in the main event. Poole started the 50-lap Pro feature in eighth and was comfortably inside the top-ten before spinning as he attempted to pass for position on the last lap and was relegated to a 13th place finish.

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NASCAR’s Stewart and Kahne to Join Elliott on Famous Red Clay at Dixie Speedway
Proceeds to Benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Saturday, October 25, 2008

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