Ricky Elliott (born October 9. 1965) is a retired American

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, Dirt Modified, and

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racing driver. Elliott has 245 feature events wins from 15 tracks in the

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Racing career

Ricky Elliott began racing karts at an early age, winning 135

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events, including both Maryland and Delaware state championships and the national Horstman Gold Cup. He then began racing modifieds and in 1987 claimed his first feature win at the

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(DIS). Elliott won often in his home state, including the state fairgrounds, and claimed back to back track championships at both DIS and

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in 1990 and 1991, repeating at Georgetown in 1993 and 1994 He also competed regularly at New Jersey's East Windsor and

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s, and found success at major events held at North Carolina's

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dirt track and the

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in New York. In 2005 Elliott then turned his attention to the Late Model race cars, winning at many of the same tracks he conquered with his modified. He also claimed victories at Allegany County Speedway and Potomac Speedway in Maryland,

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in New Jersey, Halifax County Motor Speedway in North Carolina, and a

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win at

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in New York. Elliott capped off his career by retiring after winning the 2018 DIS track championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Ricky Living people 1965 births Racing drivers from Delaware