<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UNo. 44 waqala njengomuntu ongu-No. 9 emjahweni ka-2001 i-Daytona 500 lapho uDodge ebuyela eNASCAR. Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu njengomshayeli nomnikazi, ngo-1988 uBill Elliott owaba ngumpetha weWinston Cup Series wajoyina i-Evernham njengomshayeli futhi waphinde wathatha uNo. 9 ayeshayela noMelling Racing. U-Elliott wanqoba ipolo  <response>: I-Daytona 500 futhi yaqeda eyisihlanu. Uphawule isizini ngokunqoba kwakhe kokuqala eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eHomestead-Miami Speedway futhi waqeda endaweni ye-15 kumaphuzu. U-Elliott wayezothola ukunqoba kabili futhi aqede endaweni yeshumi nantathu ngamaphuzu ngo-2002. Wathola ukunqoba kwakhe kokugcina eNorth Carolina ekwindla ka-2003. Ngemuva kokuqeda endaweni yesishiyagalolunye kumaphuzu ngaleyo sizini, u-Elliott umemezele ukuthi ngenxa yengcindezi yohlelo oluphelele lwe-Nextel Cup, uzokwehla ekugijimeni kwakhe isikhathi esigcwele futhi uzogijima imoto yocwaningo nentuthuko yeqembu. 