NASCAR Corridor of Famer Invoice Elliott grew to become the eighth driver to be a part of the Famous person Racing Expertise, the short-track sequence being began by Ray Evernham and Tony Stewart.

The 2-time Daytona 500 winner and 1988 NASCAR Cup Collection champion was inducted into the NASCAR Corridor of Fame in 2015 and was voted NASCAR’s hottest driver 16 occasions (his son, Chase, has acquired the respect the previous two years). Elliott additionally closed his full-time Cup profession driving for Evernham’s Dodge group from 2001-03, profitable the 2002 Brickyard 400.

“I’m excited to reunite with Ray Evernham and a number of the nice legends of our sport,” Elliott, who joins Stewart and Bobby Labonte as NASCAR Corridor of Famers within the SRX, mentioned in a launch. “I look ahead to racing at a number of the most historic American racing locations and placing on an superior present for the followers. We now have a particular driver subject and will probably be enjoyable competing with a number of the biggest drivers of all time.”

The sequence, which is anticipating to have a dozen drivers, additionally has Tony Stewart, Helio Castroneves, Bobby Labonte, Paul Tracy, Tony Kanaan, Willy T. Ribbs and Mark Webber in its lineup.

SRX was co-founded by NASCAR Corridor of Famers Stewart and Evernham and was unveiled July 13.

A number of drivers have expressed curiosity within the new circuit, which is modeled on the Worldwide Race of Champions (IROC) sequence that matched drivers from varied auto racing disciplines in equally ready vehicles for an annual four-race sequence for 30 years.

With the addition of Invoice Elliott, Famous person Racing Expertise has but to disclose a schedule or tracks, but it surely’s anticipated that Stewart’s Eldora Speedway will likely be on the slate.

Invoice Elliott joins Tony Stewart/Ray Evernham SRX sequence for 2021 initially appeared on NBCSports.com