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NASCAR docks Sadler, Nationwide team six points for Iowa infraction
NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR penalized the No. 2 team of Nationwide Series title contender Elliott Sadler on Tuesday, docking the Richard Childress Racing team six points in the series standings. The No. 2 Chevrolet from Richard Childress Racing was too low in post-race inspection after Sadler finished second in Sunday’s Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 at Iowa Speedway. Sadler indicated Monday on SPEED’s “Race Hub” broadcast that the illegal body height was likely due to a parts … Read entire article »
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Sadler parlays strategic call into Nationwide win at Bristol
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service BRISTOL, Tenn. – Elliott Sadler wasn’t sure about the decisive call in Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway — until crew chief Luke Lambert gave him a history lesson. Lambert’s astute call to keep Sadler on the racetrack under the final caution gave Elliott Sadler the boost he needed to win his second Nationwide Series race of the season, two weeks after he broke a 14-year drought in the series … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
Analysis: Elliott Sadler redefines “short-term deal” with MWR faux pas
By Reid Spencer (NASCAR Wire Service) In addition to winning a NASCAR Nationwide Series race this past weekend, Elliott Sadler may have set a record for the shortest tenure in a Sprint Cup car. Before the ink was dry on a deal with Michael Waltrip Racing that would have put Sadler behind the wheel of the No. 55 Toyota for five races, Sadler was backtracking — at the behest of owner Richard Childress, who fields the No. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
NASCAR Notebook: Could NASCAR racing flourish on Monday night?
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – The Daytona 500′s move to Monday night may have been happenstance, but the solid TV numbers generated by the event — particularly in the coveted 18-49 age group—should give NASCAR plenty of food for thought. For the first time in 54 years, the 500 was postponed from its scheduled day as rain drenched the track on Sunday, Feb. 26. NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway originally rescheduled the race for … Read entire article »
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Elliott Sadler holds off Keselowski for Nationwide win at Phoenix
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz. – Elliott Sadler got some well-deserved payback at Phoenix International Raceway. At the one-mile venue where a wreck in Turn 3 effectively knocked him out of the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship last November, Sadler took the lead with 25 laps left in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 and held off hard-charging Brad Keselowski for the win. The victory was Sadler’s first at PIR, the sixth of his career and his first … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
NASCAR Awards Banquet Honors Four Champions
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR’s future was front and center Monday night as four champions in two national series were crowned. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 24 and Austin Dillon, 21, officially were proclaimed champions of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, respectively, on the Americana Ballroom stage at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Both were honored with their first NASCAR national series titles. Each became champion in the season following a rookie-of-the-year performance. Dillon … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series, Truck Series
After Phoenix dissapointment, Sadler hoping for success at Homestead
Elliott Sadler and the No. 2 OneMain Financial team head to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the final race of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season. Going into the season’s end, the No. 2 team has collected 12 top-five and 23 top-10 finishes, along with 174 led laps. He also earned a career-high five pole awards. Heading into the last race of the season, Sadler sits in the second position in the Nationwide Series Driver Point standings, 41 points behind the leader. Sadler has competed at the 1.5-mile track five times in the Nationwide Series, with a best finish of fifth in 1996. The Emporia, Va., native has also turned laps at the track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 12 times, bringing home a ninth-place finish in 2002. Sadler made … Read entire article »
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Leffler Wrecks Sadler’s Championship Run while Hornish Gets First Nationwide Win
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.—Sam Hornish Jr. cruised to his first Nationwide Series victory Saturday as Elliott Sadler’s championship hopes crumbled behind him. Taking the lead after a two-tire stop on Lap 131 put him on the front row, Hornish held off teammate Brad Keselowski to win the Wypall 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Carl Edwards ran third, followed by Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who all but locked up his first … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
Sadler wants a win, but he wants a championship even more
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service A glance at Elliott Sadler’s cumulative statistics in the NASCAR Nationwide Series this season reveals some gaudy numbers: 11 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes to go with four pole positions. And he’s second in the points standings heading to the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. But there’s also a number that Sadler doesn’t particularly care for: The zero under the win column. “Yeah, it bothers me, because … Read entire article »
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