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He made his debut in 2001, running his first race at Las Vegas for Akins and started the race in 32nd, and he finished 23rd.
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He raced in the Busch Series for Akins Motorsports for two years. In sixteen starts, managed two top-20s (a pair of 20ths at Bristol and Dover). Elder began running races for Akins in 2002 full-time.
A serious crash in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway ended his Busch career.
His best finish of the year was 26th at Kentucky. He also had a pole position at Bristol Motor Speedway.
During qualifying for a race at Chicagoland Speedway, Elder lost control of his car at turns three and four, causing his car to shoot up the track and hit the wall extremely hard, slamming the car"s right side past the windshield, badly wrinkling the whole side of the car. He suffered a concussion and a broken collar bone.
Track rescue workers had to cut him out of the race car and Elder was transported to a nearby hospital.
The crash ended his racing career. Elder died at his home in Cornelius, North Carolina, on Sunday, August 12, 2007, due to accidental methadone toxicity. At the time of his death, Elder was a project manager for Elder-Jones, Incorporated. in Charlotte, North Carolina.
