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Sadler Excited About Getting to Road America
Although Elliott Sadler is a 14-year veteran in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) driver will take on the Wisconsin road course for the first time in the No. 2 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Impala. The Bucyrus 200 at Road America will kick off the first of three road course events on the Nationwide Series schedule this season. The series will head to Watkins Glen International on August 13 and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada on August 20. ROAD COURSE VETERAN: Sadler is an experienced driver turning left…and right. In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sadler has 24 starts at road courses, 12 each at Watkins Glen and Infineon Raceway with a total of six top-10 finishes at the road courses. In the Nationwide Series, Sadler has made … Read entire article »
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Max Papis On The Road Again for Kevin Harvick Inc.
Max Papis teams up with Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) for the second time in his NASCAR career this weekend behind the wheel of the No. 33 Menards Chevrolet Impala for the Bucyrus 200 at Road America. Papis made his first start with the team at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last season in the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet. He qualified for the event in the ninth position and finished second. ROAD COURSE RACING: Road America will be the first of three road course races for the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season. The Elkhart Lake, Wis., track made its debut on the series’ schedule last season. KHI competed in the inaugural event with four-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Ron Hornaday in the No. 33 Chevrolet. The team started from the … Read entire article »
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Edwards wins Michigan Nationwide race with late surge
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich.—When Carl Edwards saw the Ford of Roush Fenway Racing teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. blow by him with 21 laps left in Saturday’s Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway, he was worried. Just as crew chief Mike Beam predicted he would, however, Edwards caught Stenhouse in the closing laps, passed his teammate on Lap 117 of 125 and pulled away to win his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season and the 33rd of his career. “Ricky drove his heart out—that guy is unbelievable,” Edwards said in victory lane. “I didn’t think I was going to be able to get him, but it was like his car got tightened up. Man, he did a good job. … I thought Ricky was setting … Read entire article »
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Fatherhood brings changing priorities for Sadler
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich.—For Elliott Sadler, life is good. Sadler and wife Amanda are expecting their second child Nov. 11. On Tuesday, they’ll find out whether it’s a girl or boy. Sadler’s 16-month-old son, Wyatt, is healthy and happy after two corrective surgeries to repair problems with his intestines and appendix shortly after he was born. On the racetrack, Sadler has shaken off a string of frustrating seasons in the Sprint Cup Series and has found his niche in Kevin Harvick’s No. 2 Nationwide Series Chevrolet. Sadler is second in the series standings, two points behind Reed Sorenson. More than anything else, Sadler says fatherhood has changed him. “It’s definitely made me a better person,” Sadler told Sporting News on Friday at Michigan International Speedway. “It’s helped me cope with things … Read entire article »
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Almirola hoping his number is next in victory lane
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Allgaier have won two of the last three races in the series. Who’s next? “I’d love for it to be my turn,” JR Motorsports driver Aric Almirola said. Almirola is fifth in the Nationwide points standings, just behind third-place Stenhouse and fourth-place Allgaier. And Almirola, coming off a season-best fourth-place finish at Chicago, was a winner at the site of this Saturday’s Alliance Truck Parts 250, Michigan International Speedway, in the Camping World Truck Series in 2010. “I show up to the racetrack thinking it’s going to be my turn,” Almirola said. “I feel like we’re getting our program better, and we’ve been working really hard at trying to make our cars better. We started off the year not … Read entire article »
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Elliott Sadler No. 2 Nationwide Series Advance: Michigan International Speedway
HEADING FOR THE IRISH HILLS: Elliott Sadler will make his seventh-career NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Michigan International Speedway as the series hits the track this weekend for the Alliance Truck Parts 250. Michigan has long been one of the Emporia, Va. native’s favorite tracks on the circuit. Sadler holds a best finish of seventh in his previous six Nationwide Series starts at the Brooklyn, Mich. facility. In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Sadler has started in 24 events and completed 4,450 laps with a career-best finish of fifth in 2004 at the 2-mile D-shaped oval. KHI LOOKING FOR A MICHIGAN WIN: Michigan is one of only 17 tracks at which a Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) car has not won in the Nationwide Series. Team co-owner Kevin Harvick earned the highest-finishing position … Read entire article »
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Justin Allgaier coasts to victory in Nationwide race
JOLIET, Ill. – The final lap of an auto race is usually a blur of speed. Saturday night’s STP 300 was something else. Justin Allgaier coasted across the finish line to win. He ran out of fuel after passing Carl Edwards on Chicagoland Speedway’s backstretch when Edwards ran out of fuel. Both were going about 50 mph when they rolled across the finish line, even as Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne was barreling toward them from behind. Bayne finished third. The outcome was almost surreal, given the ferocity of the first 199 laps. Edwards and Elliott Sadler dueled for most of the last 50 laps. First Edwards was in control, then Sadler. Then Edwards, the Sprint Cup points leader, forced the issue and retook the lead with 25 laps remaining. Did that scrap use … Read entire article »
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Bayne more than ready for return to Nationwide Series
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Danica Patrick returns to NASCAR this weekend with the running of Saturday’s STP 300 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Yet, for once, Patrick’s presence isn’t the dominant story. No, that belongs to Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, who is back after a five-race absence for a mysterious illness. He returns to the seat of Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 16 Ford—which happened to win at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend with Matt Kenseth at the wheel. “I am thankful to be able to get back into a racecar, and I am going to savor this moment forever,” Bayne said of his return. “We as racecar drivers are so blessed to be doing this for a living, and I think we take that for … Read entire article »
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Matt Kenseth powers past Edwards for Nationwide win at Charlotte
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C. — In his first Nationwide Series start of the season — and his first ever in the current-generation racecar — Matt Kenseth out-dueled Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards to win Saturday’s Top Gear 300 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Subbing for sidelined Trevor Bayne, Kenseth won the 26th Nationwide race of his career. Edwards ran second, followed by Kyle Busch, polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Reed Sorenson. Brad Keselowski, Steve Wallace, Brian Scott, Aric Almirola and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10. In his Nationwide debut, Kimi Raikkonen fought the handling of his No. 87 Toyota before a pit-road speeding penalty and damage to the front splitter relegated him to a 27th-place finish. “It feels really good to beat Carl,” Kenseth said. “He’s one … Read entire article »
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