Last week, on my segment, I talked about Bill Elliott's brave move from his family team at the end of 1991 to Junior Johnson's team in 92. He had a great year, winning 5 races, 4 of which were won consecutively, but lost that year's championship by 10 points. That would be his best year for about 10 years. He only earned one more cup win, giving Junior Johnson his last victory as a car owner in 1994 in the Southern 500. From 1995-2000, Elliott ventured out on his own - driving his self-owned #94 McDonalds Ford. While it first seemed to be the perfect option, it turned sour. Bill went winless from September of 94 all the way into the new millennium. This led to a series of meetings with Jeff Gordon's championship crew chief, Ray Evernham in 2000. Ray was chosen by Dodge to be the leader of a new team to bring Dodge back into the sport they once dominated, but hadn't won a race since the late 1970's.