Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nọmba 44 bidoro dị ka Nọmba 9 na 2001 Daytona 500 na nloghachi Dodge na NASCAR. Mgbe ọkara afọ iri dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala na onye nwe ya, 1988 Winston Cup Series onye mmeri Bill Elliott sonyeere Evernham dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala wee weghachite nọmba 9 nke ọ na-anya na Melling Racing. Elliott meriri n'ọkwa nke mbụ maka
Daytona 500 ma mechie nke ise. O jiri mmeri mbụ ya n'ime afọ asaa na Homestead-Miami Speedway wee mechie oge nke iri na ise. Elliott ga-emeri mmeri abụọ ma mechie 13th na isi ihe na 2002. O nwetara mmeri ikpeazụ ya na North Carolina n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ 2003. Mgbe o mechara nke itoolu na isi ihe n'oge ahụ, Elliott kwupụtara na n'ihi nrụgide nke usoro Nextel Cup zuru ezu, ọ ga-apụ na njem ya oge niile ma na-agba ụgbọ ala nyocha na mmepe nke otu ahụ.