Bill Elliott News

Former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott has some tough words for the racing series on safety and its response to the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt. In a new memoir, ``Awesome Bill from Dawsonville: My Life in NASCAR,'' Elliott accuses NASCAR of not getting serious about long-standing safety concerns until after Earnhardt's fatal crash on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. He said that's disrespectful to the memory of ...

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) _ Bill Elliott will stand by as a possible replacement for Evernham Motorsports driver Scott Riggs this weekend at Infineon Raceway following an accident in which the NASCAR Nextel Cup driver sustained cuts to both feet while unloading a jet ski in an oyster bed. A team release said Riggs was vacationing with his family in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Monday when he was injured. The wounds ...