“Bill Elliott announced Friday he will join with NFL quarterback Dan Marino to run a second car for the 1998 season. FirstPlus Financial is sponsoring the No. 13 Ford, which will be driven by rookie Jerry Nadeau. Thirteen is the uniform number of the Miami Dolphins quarterback. Nadeau drove five races this year in the No. 1 car, never finishing higher than 30th before he was replaced by another rookie, Lance Hooper.
Marino joins the growing list of stars from other sports with ties to racing, including Joe Gibbs, Mark Rypien, Joe Montana, Joe Washington, Julius Erving, Walter Payton, Brad Daugherty and Jim Harbaugh. The second car has no impact on Elliott’s No. 94 team, which will continue to be sponsored by McDonald’s.”(NandoNet), Jerry Pitts will be the crew chief(iRace)(Pitts, good name for a crew chief)(11-14-97)
