Bill Elliott will be inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. The hall is dedicated to honoring Atlanta's sports heroes, and prior inductees include Hank Aaron, Evander Holyfield, Phil Niekro and Dominique Wilkins.
On Friday, Elliott will practice and qualify the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford at Dover. He will fly to Atlanta on Saturday immediately following the Sprint Cup Series final practice. After the induction ceremony he will return to Dover to compete in the Best Buy 400 on Sunday.
This year's list of inductees also includes Steve Bartkowski (Atlanta Falcons all-time passing leader), Claude Humphrey (Atlanta Falcons six-time Pro Bowler), Edwin Moses (four-time Olympic and world gold medalist), John Schuerholz (Atlanta Braves general manager from 1990 to 2007), and Louise Suggs (LPGA founder and winner of 58 LPGA tournaments).
