Elliott had fourteen top tens and another eighth-place finish in points. His team also expanded to a multi-car operation that year when Ron Barfield drove the No. 92 New Holland Ford to a twenty-second-place finish at the Brickyard 400. Elliott's operation went multi-car full-time in 1998, teaming up with Dan Marino the team being renamed Elliott-Marino Racing. The year was marked with sadness when Elliott had to miss the fall Dover race to attend the funeral of his father. In his place was Matt Kenseth, who finished sixth in his debut Cup race. After a disappointing 1999 season which saw his multi-car operation dissolve back into No. 94, Elliott announced in early 2000 he was selling his equipment to championship-winning crew chief Ray Evernham to become part of Dodge's return to NASCAR. The team would also switch to No. 9. Drivers Kenny Wallace (1994 for Charles Hardy) Bobby Hillin Jr. (1994 for Charles Hardy & 1996; night race at Bristol only) Bill Elliott (1995–2000) Harry Gant (1996; The Winston only) Tommy Kendall (1996; Sonoma only) Todd Bodine (1996; injury replacement for Elliott) Dorsey Schroeder (1996; Watkins Glen only) Ron Barfield (1997; Brickyard 400 only) Jerry Nadeau (1998) Wally Dallenbach Jr. (1998; replaced Nadeau mid-season) Dennis Setzer (1998; replaced Dallenbach mid-season) Tom Hubert (1998; Watkins Glen only) Matt Kenseth (1998; Interim driver; made Winston Cup debut at Dover in September.) Ted Musgrave (1998; finished the season) David Green (2000; raced at Bristol & Darlington in the summer) Busch Series Elliott made his first start as a Busch Series team owner in 1988, driving both races at Charlotte in his No. 9 Ford, his best finish being a seventh. Three years later, he drove two late-season races in the No. 84, finishing in the top-ten both times. His next ownership run would come in 1993, when he fielded the No. 94 in a pair of races for his nephew Casey, who had a best finish of 20th. In 1996, Elliott's protégé Ron Barfield ran six races in Elliott's No. 94 New Holland Ford, garnering a best finish of 11th at Charlotte. He ran times the following season and had two ninth-place runs. Elliott's last race as a Busch owner came in 1998, when Jeff Fuller finished fifteenth in the No. 94 Chevrolet at the Jiffy Lube Miami 300. Craftsman Truck Series Elliott began fielding Truck entries in 1996 with the No. 94