Yes, Elliott has already won two NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season. But no matter what Elliott achieves this year, car-owner Earnhardt insists the driver of the No. 9 is on a two-year plan in the Nationwide Series. "We have like a two-year plan, I suppose, that he runs in the Nationwide Series, and I think you just stick with the plan regardless of the success he is having," Earnhardt said Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, quashing talk of an early promotion. This weekend Elliott is commuting between his high school graduation in Georgia and the NNS race in Iowa.
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