Bill Elliott to drive the No. 23 for GMS Racing at Road America in the Xfinity Series

[Blake Hylton]

More details will be added shortly.

 

[AdoubleU24]

I approve this message

 

[Ford Racing]

Well this is awesome!

 

[KodiakRusty89]

Great news!! My dad will be thrilled to hear this!!

 

[ToyYoda]

I hope he shows up in an '85 Thunderbird.

 

[Kiante]

This is ****** incredible.

 

[Fordracing7]

Wow! Looking forward to see wild Bill

 

[gnomesayin]

**** yeah.

 

[Clutch]

http://www.espn.co.uk/jayski/nxs/20...tt-drive-road-america-xfinity-race-gms-racing

Bill Elliott to drive Road America XFINITY race for GMS Racing
11:10 AM
Statesville N.C. (August 4, 2018) - GMS Racing officials announced today that veteran driver, Bill Elliott will drive the No. 23 ISM Connect Chevrolet Camaro at Road America in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Johnsonville 180.

"When this opportunity came up from Mike (Beam), I had to jump on it," said Bill Elliott. "Chase (Elliott) has ran a handful of races for the team so I figured I would give it a shot at Road America. Beam and I have worked together in the past so it will be exciting to get back behind the wheel and bring back some old memories."

Elliott will be making his first NXS start at Road America. The Dawsonville, GA native has a total of 43 NXS starts, one win, eight top-five's, 16 top-10's and two pole awards.

"We are thrilled to welcome Bill (Elliott) to the GMS Racing family," said president of GMS Racing, Mike Beam. "Bill has many years in NASCAR and it's going to be great to watch him come back, especially in GMS equipment. Bill and I worked together back in the day and had a lot of success so hopefully we can pick up where we left off and create some more great memories."

--- GMS Racing ---

 

[Blaze]

This is AWESOME!!!

 

[kkfan91]

Awesome Bill is back!

 

[JBone88]

Million Dollar Bill

 

[jws926]

Yeah, Awesome Bill back behind the wheel, good news.

 

[Marcingak]

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville is back behind the wheel and sure to thrill.

 

[StandOnIt]

I would laugh my ass off if they rang the siren what a day that would be.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Blaze]

Damn, Bill Elliott in a rookie meeting.

 

[KTMLew01]

In before some dingleberry says something about him taking a seat that some young guy should get.

 

[BobbyFord]

What are his chances of winning?

 

[Blaze]

What are his chances of winning?

Probably pretty low, given the team and everything. But still will be pretty awesome, I hope he has some fun.

 

[Truex_rox]

Amazing, nothing short of amazing. In fact, you've got Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. making Xfinity starts this month, I believe. I know that will make you guys real happy!

 

[Michfan]

Probably pretty low, given the team and everything. But still will be pretty awesome, I hope he has some fun.

The team is plenty good enough to win. They have a W and should have won today. I think the half decade plus out of the car makes winning highly unlikely.

 

[Blaze]

The team is plenty good enough to win. They have a W and should have won today. I think the half decade plus out of the car makes winning highly unlikely.

Yeah you might be right haha. I mean I wouldn’t be mad if it happened tho.

 

[Michfan]

Not surprising after Viagra and Extenze were added to the list of banned substances this spring.

 

[aunty dive]

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[AdoubleU24]

Previously deleted in error.

Seriously?

 

[aunty dive]

Seriously?

It looks like his account.

 

[aunty dive]

 

[gnomesayin]

There's a little more effort going into that not Bob Pockrass account than most fakes. Almost got me.

It's a clever joke.

Pockrass' actual account:

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass

 

[BobbyFord]

Twitter sucks.

 

[FLRacingFan]

It's the dude usually known as Haji Moses lol.

 

[kkfan91]

It looks like his account.

Always got to look at the @

 

[StandOnIt]

has to be a blue bullet with a check mark beside his name to be genuine. post #17 is an example

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

Just saw the news, so cool! Hope Chase races do we can have Elliott vs Elliott. That race is shaping up to be a good one with Bill in it and Conor Daley as well as Katherine Legge already in.

 

[aunty dive]

I blame Michfan.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

I wanna be the guy to put the yellow stripes on the bumper.

 

[AdoubleU24]

He and Evernham have been doing a lot of road racing stuff together the last year or so. Not sure that was intentionally done in order to get to this point, but it should help from a comfort standpoint.

 

[Coors9]

If the car can do it, I bet he can !

 

[Team Penske]

What are his chances of winning?

Piss poor. Watch the end of his career while he sold his provisional to Wood Bros.

 

[Team Penske]

I guess the intent is to have another father / son team added to the list.