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Bill Elliott Racing (formerly known asCharles Hardy Racing,Elliott-Hardy Racing, andElliott-Marino Racing) was aNASCARWinston Cup,Busch andCraftsman Truck Series team. It was owned and operated by 1988 NASCAR championBill Elliott from 1995 until 2000, when it was sold toEvernham Motorsports, although it was shortly reopened for three Cup Series races in 2004. The team's primary car was the No. 94McDonald's Ford Winston Cup car driven by its owner, but also fielded various other cars.

Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up withDan Marino and renaming the team toElliott-Marino Racing to field the No. 13FirstPlus FinancialFord. RookieJerry Nadeau raced the car for the first half of the year, before he was released and replaced byWally Dallenbach Jr.,Dennis Setzer,Tom Hubert andTed Musgrave.

In February 1999, the partnership between Elliott and Marino was dissolved and the No. 13 closed as a result. The No. 13 came back for theDaytona 500 withDick Trickle, but didn't qualify.

The 89 R&D car began as the No. 91 withRon Barfield Jr. for the 1996Brickyard 400. Barfield Jr. returned to the team, now the No. 92, for the 1997 Brickyard 400. A year later, the team was renumbered to the No. 89; driven byDennis Setzer, it competed at theDieHard 500.

The team was originally owned by Charles Hardy and ran part-time with various drivers under theCharles Hardy Racing name with sponsorship fromBuss Fuses.Kenny Wallace made the first start for the No. 44 atTalladega Superspeedway, finishing in the ninth position.Jimmy Hensley andBobby Hillin Jr. ran the car later in the season, but neither finished in the top-ten. Wanting to own his own team, Elliott partnered with Hardy for the 1995 season to formElliott-Hardy Racing. The new team premiered at the 1995Daytona 500 as the No. 94Ford withMcDonald's sponsoring. Elliott's first year as an owner/driver was marked with eleven top-tens, twopoles, and an eighth-place finish in the points. After a horrific crash in 1996 atTalladega Superspeedway, Elliott missed several races to recover from his injuries and was replaced byDorsey Schroeder,Todd Bodine,Tommy Kendall, andBobby Hillin Jr. In July 1996, the partnership between Elliott and Hardy was dissolved, the team being renamedBill Elliott Racing.^[1]

Returning full-time in 1997, Elliott had fourteen top tens and another eighth-place finish in points. His team also expanded to a multi-car operation that year whenRon Barfield drove the No. 92New HollandFord to a twenty-second-place finish at theBrickyard 400. Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up withDan Marino the team being renamedElliott-Marino Racing. The year was marked with sadness when Elliott had to miss the fallDover race to attend the funeral of his father. In his place wasMatt Kenseth, who finished sixth in his debut Cup race.

After a disappointing 1999 season which saw his multi-car operation dissolve back into No. 94, Elliott announced in early 2000 he was selling his equipment to championship-winning crew chiefRay Evernham to become part ofDodge's return toNASCAR. The team would also switch to No. 9.

Elliott made his first start as a Busch Series team owner in1988, driving both races atCharlotte in his No. 9 Ford, his best finish being a seventh. Three years later, he drove two late-season races in the No. 84, finishing in the top-ten both times. His next ownership run would come in1993, when he fielded the No. 94 in a pair of races for his nephewCasey, who had a best finish of 20th.

In1996, Elliott's protégéRon Barfield ran six races in Elliott's No. 94New Holland Ford, garnering a best finish of 11th at Charlotte. He ran times the following season and had two ninth-place runs. Elliott's last race as a Busch owner came in1998, whenJeff Fuller finished fifteenth in the No. 94Chevrolet at theJiffy Lube Miami 300.

Elliott began fielding Truck entries in1996 with the No. 94Super 8 Motels Ford for Barfield. He had three top-tens in his first four starts, but only made a limited schedule of seven starts. He ran just one race in1997, an eighth-place run atWalt Disney World Speedway. Late in the season, Elliott made one start atLas Vegas Motor Speedway withTeam ASE Racing sponsoring, but he finished 31st after suffering engine problems.

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