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Public Relations Contact :<br />
Sandy Woodard<br />
Melling Tool Company<br />
P.O. Box 1188<br />
2620 Saradan<br />
Jackson . MI 49204<br />
517787 .8172<br />
Nellings auto racing interests date back to the days when he was a<br />
t it wasn't until 1979 that the owner of Melling Tool Company<br />
\4achtnis ,"Ung<br />
Nam'<br />
teeing<br />
bu<br />
the ground work for his own NASCAR Grand National Team .<br />
sm ah eeinnolvgIt the efforts of several people, Melling hooked up with Benny Par<br />
.C<br />
n d sponsored him and M<br />
-races.<br />
oling c nuns in Won t ha ee races that year and another dthree theafollowing ly alr whe<br />
. g Team parsons nsored him and Bud Moore Engineering .<br />
ltal jet seined man, content to sponsor a team became disillusioned when<br />
enyrl~ dterm A of 1981 rumors began to crop up that Bud Moore wanted<br />
n one latter pa catio n atio and his Wrangler Jeans sponsor . Parsons and Melling bowed<br />
buil abl a Earnhard<br />
y<br />
t t graciousl<br />
a sport is owning<br />
wntrigoI The onlysecu 1981 . theca bilious Melling became the sole owner dofc<br />
was operated a on pecembet 1, by the Elliott family, The<br />
~g e<br />
8 n<br />
k, aiuh its team ,<br />
nnew seontetrphi of~Melling<br />
Racin g which :<br />
included three Elliott brothers, Bill . Dan<br />
tilled a~i and Ernie and it gave Bill Elliott, a young driver . his first major break after<br />
ys years on the NASCAR circuit .<br />
impro i Although Bill was still considered a new comer on the circuit in 1981, the<br />
the co 1952 season changed the mind of everyone . Bill ran 21 races in 1982 : place<br />
d en and tk a le position at th<br />
lin<br />
t li issto pittcrew proved themselves by winning e andeva eleven Me hei pit crew d to Plu g<br />
eat b yy t N o campeution sponsored by Ingersoll-Rand and received $25,000 for their<br />
'able co, accomplishment .<br />
sible ad In 1,983 Melling Racing ran all 30 races and their consistent high finishes<br />
-member, during the season, enabled Elliott to take third place in the national standings,<br />
The year was highlighted by the teams first victory in the season final e<br />
for tyn st Riverside, California . The win came only days after Harry Melling, chairnt,<br />
is, b man of the board of Melling Tool Company, announced that Adolph Coors<br />
iordinay Company would become the major sponsor of the Melling Racing Teams in<br />
irk City . 1984 '<br />
dustry' With Elliott's winning of over $641 .430 in 1983 and the added support of<br />
. Adolph Coors. Melling Tool Company is looking forward to another sucth<br />
chats<br />
e xrs - a n are ttssful year in 1984 .
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