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Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up with Dan Marino and renaming the team to Elliott-Marino Racing to field the No. 13 FirstPlus Financial Ford. Rookie Jerry Nadeau raced the car for the first half of the year, before he was released and replaced by Wally Dallenbach Jr. , Dennis Setzer , Tom Hubert and Ted Musgrave .
In 1998, Elliott teamed up with Dan Marino to form a multi-car team, the team was renamed Elliott-Marino Motorsports, adding the No. 13 and keeping the No. 94, Marino owned the No. 13 while Elliott owned the No. 94. The year was marked with sadness for Elliott when he had to miss the fall Dover race to attend the funeral of his father.
The following season, Coors became the team's new sponsor and Melling Racing responded with three wins with Elliott and another third-place points finish. 1985 was a phenomenal year for Elliott and Melling, marking a season-and-career-high 11 poles and 11 wins, with 7 of those 11 wins coming from the pole, as well as over $2 million in earnings.
The team returned as the No. 52 because of a contractual reason for the 1977 Southern 500 with Bill Elliott driving. The team didn't return again until 1979 when Hamby Racing formed an alliance with Elliott Racing using the No. 17, with Bill Elliott driving (Champion Spark Plug 400 and Southern 500 under the Elliott Racing banner and Volunteer ...
The team won a total of 18 races during the four-year period. 2000 was the last year of Elliott's tenure as an owner/driver, and when he moved to the new Evernham Motorsports team starting in 2001 (and continuing through 2003), Ford continued as his crew chief. With Evernham, Elliott and Mike Ford won four races, including the 2002 Brickyard 400.
Bill Elliott, won the championship. Rusty Wallace finished runner up in 1988. Dale Earnhardt finished third in the championship.. The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 40th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 17th modern-era Cup series.
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