Bill Elliott, driver of the McDonald’s Ford Taurus, is in position to reach $20 million in NASCAR Winston Cup career earnings at this weekend’s California 500 in Fontana, CA, if he earns $32,451. This would make Elliott the third driver (Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon) in history to surpass the $20 million mark in career earnings(McDonalds PR) — UPDATE 1: With Bill Elliott’s finishing 19th at California, he earned $48,325 to push his Cup career earnings to $20,015,874, joining Dale Earnhardt and race winner Jeff Gordon as the only drivers over the $20 million mark(Infobeat/AP)
