Bill Elliott, driver of the #23 ISM Connect Chevrolet ... "I texted my team and said you all might want to put A.J. (Allmendinger) back in the car after what he did today (finished second).

Bill Elliott is one of the most successful and recognized drivers in NASCAR. The father of current NASCAR driver Chase Elliott, Bill, raced in the top tier of stock car racing for over 37 years ...

Elliott joins his father, Bill, (1987) in winning a Clash race ... would be the second father-son pairing to each win the Harley J. Earl Memorial trophy at the World Center of Racing.

Elliott won the exhibition Clash, an annual prelude to the Daytona 500, earlier this month. Back in 1987, Chase's dad Bill Elliott also won the Clash and then went on to win Daytona for a Clash ...