Bill Elliott rocketed to stardom from humble beginnings that didn't prepare him for it, so when the era of Million Dollar Bill arrived in full force, no one was less comfortable than the driver at the center of it all. They were a family-operated race team out of the north Georgia foothills, a band of outsiders trying to break into NASCAR's top level. Together, they vaulted Elliott to quick and almost unexpected success in what is now the Sprint Cup Series, turning a virtual unknown from out-of-the-way Dawsonville, Georgia, into one of the most well-known auto racers in the world. After a career that netted 44 race victories, the 1988 premier-series championship and an aura of invincibility that earned him not one nickname but two, Elliott was a runaway selection for the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. More...