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- Checkered Flag Presented to Harry Melling at the Daytona 500, 1985 - Harry Melling, president of Michigan-based automotive supplier Melling Tool, first became involved in NASCAR racing in 1979. Two years later, Melling bought the small team operated by driver Bill Elliott and his family. It was a prosperous union. Elliott won 11 races in the 1985 season, including the Daytona 500, and he won the Cup Series championship in 1988.
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Checkered Flag Presented to Harry Melling at the Daytona 500, 1985
Harry Melling, president of Michigan-based automotive supplier Melling Tool, first became involved in NASCAR racing in 1979. Two years later, Melling bought the small team operated by driver Bill Elliott and his family. It was a prosperous union. Elliott won 11 races in the 1985 season, including the Daytona 500, and he won the Cup Series championship in 1988.