66 Facts About Elliott Sadler

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Elliott William Barnes Sadler was born on April 30,1975 and is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

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Elliott Sadler last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 10 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.

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Elliott Sadler began racing in go-karts at the age of seven, and moved up to the Late Model stock car division at the local race track.

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Elliott Sadler sold all of his racing equipment to buy a Busch Series car, and ran some races as an independent in 1995 and early 1996.

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Elliott Sadler moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 1999, driving the No 21 Ford Taurus for Wood Brothers Racing.

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Elliott Sadler returned to the Busch Series on a part-time basis, filling in for the injured Andy Santerre for Innovative Motorsports, his best finish being fifth at California Speedway.

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Elliott Sadler drove a handful of races for Lyndon Amick.

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Elliott Sadler had a wild flip at Michigan Speedway after cutting a tire in practice.

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In 2001, Elliott Sadler won his first Cup race at Bristol, making this the first win for Wood Brothers in eight years.

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Elliott Sadler had another Top 10 run and finished 20th in points.

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In 2003, his first season of competition with Robert Yates, Elliott Sadler won the pole at both Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway and finished 22nd in points.

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Elliott Sadler's car flew into the air, flipped twice, landed on his roof, spun towards the banking, and flipped six times.

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Elliott Sadler started the 2004 season with a Top 10 finish in the Daytona 500 and six races later, he won at Texas Motor Speedway for his second career win.

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Elliott Sadler stayed in the Top 10 in points all season and won at California Speedway, beating Kasey Kahne and Mark Martin.

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Elliott Sadler made the Chase and finished a career-high ninth in the championship points standings.

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Elliott Sadler had another flip-crash at Talladega on the final lap after he spun out and blew over onto his roof and landed on all 4 wheels and crossed the finish line in 22nd just in front of his brother, Hermie.

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Elliott Sadler was uninjured in that crash, and he was even able to drive his car back to the garage.

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Elliott Sadler failed to win a race again in the 2005 season; however, he did clinch four poles and finished 13th in the points standings.

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Elliott Sadler made 16 starts for Robert Yates in the Busch Series, driving the No 90 Taurus, and had three Top 5 finishes.

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In 2006, Elliott Sadler won the pole at Talladega and finished 22nd in points.

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Elliott Sadler made seven starts in the Busch Series and his best finish was second at Richmond.

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Elliott Sadler, was the cover driver for EA Sports' NASCAR 07.

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In 2007, Elliott Sadler led 62 laps, posted two Top 10 finishes and finished 25th in points.

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Elliott Sadler had the longest streak without a DNF than any other driver before failing to finish a race in 2007.

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Elliott Sadler struggled in 2008, garnering only two Top 5's, eight Top 10's, and 16 Top 20's.

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Elliott Sadler had four DNF's and 12 finishes of 30th or worse.

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Elliott Sadler led 21 laps in 2008, his fewest since the 2000 season.

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Elliott Sadler ended the year 24th in the points standings.

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Kenseth wound up finishing first while Elliott Sadler came up in fifth.

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In 2010, Elliott Sadler returned to RPM to drive the No 19 Ford with sponsorship from Stanley, Best Buy, and the United States Air Force.

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Elliott Sadler ran a part-time schedule in the Camping World Truck Series in the No 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza-sponsored Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick Incorporated.

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Elliott Sadler made a one-off start for JR Motorsports in the No 88 Chevrolet at the Dover 200 Nationwide Series event, finishing 31st after being involved in an accident during the early stages of the race.

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Elliott Sadler was taken to the medical facility where he later emerged and gave an interview to on hand media personnel.

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Elliott Sadler was proud of his team back home that had built a safe car and of the pit crew and of all of the hard work they had put into the race thus far.

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In late-2010, Elliott Sadler was at a crossroads in his career.

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Elliott Sadler admitted in an interview that he wasn't enjoying the sport any longer.

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Elliott Sadler had gone winless for 6 seasons, and was making no progress in his efforts to winning a championship.

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Elliott Sadler announced a two-year deal to drive the No 2 OneMain Financial-sponsored Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc in the Nationwide Series and will drive a selected number of races in the Camping World Truck Series.

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Elliott Sadler took the championship points lead in the Nationwide Series after the eleventh race in the 2011 season.

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Elliott Sadler ended up finishing second in points with 24 Top 10 finishes in 34 events.

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On March 3,2012, Elliott Sadler won the Nationwide Series Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix, his first win since October 31,1998 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, a span of 91 races.

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On March 17, Elliott Sadler won at Bristol, making it the first year since the mid-1990s that the first four NNS races have been won by non-Sprint Cup drivers.

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Elliott Sadler got black flagged after supposedly jumping the restart at the inaugural Indiana 250.

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Elliott Sadler ran one race with Alert Energy before it and other Caffeine gums were pulled from the market.

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Elliott Sadler attempted Talladega with Doublemint but failed to qualify due to rain and not entered in fall race with no reasons.

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At Loudon in 2013, Elliott Sadler was running in the top ten with 10 laps left in the race.

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When Elliott Sadler was running behind Smith a few laps later, Elliott Sadler retaliated, sending Smith into a crash collecting Ron Fellows.

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On October 31,2014, it was announced Elliott Sadler would join Roush Fenway Racing in the No 1 for 2015,.

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On October 30,2014, Roush Fenway Racing announced that Elliott Sadler would drive the No 1 car in the Xfinity Series in 2015.

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Elliott Sadler ultimately broke through at the Sparks Energy 300 at Talladega.

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Elliott Sadler dipped below the yellow line to avoid a spinning Joey.

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Elliott Sadler was one of three drivers starting the chase with wins.

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Elliott Sadler went on to score a runner-up finish in the championship for the third time in his career.

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In 2017, Elliott Sadler returned to the Cup Series part-time with Tommy Baldwin Racing, driving the No 7 in the Daytona 500.

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Elliott Sadler's last start in the Cup series was late in 2013.

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Elliott Sadler had a great shot to win Daytona but could not, instead pushing teammate William Byron past the overtime line as a crash took place, sealing the win for Byron.

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Elliott Sadler clinched the first NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship with a fifth-place finish in the Go Bowling 250 at Richmond Raceway.

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Elliott Sadler entered the night with a 91-point edge over JR Motorsports teammate William Byron and needed to come out of the race ahead by at least 61 points in the standings.

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Elliott Sadler was officially awarded the championship trophy and the 15 bonus points towards the NASCAR playoffs the following weekend at Chicagoland Speedway; the final race of the regular season.

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Elliott Sadler entered the playoffs as the third seed behind William Byron and Justin Allgaier and scored his 4th runner-up finish in the championship despite going winless.

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Elliott Sadler won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver, making him the driver to win the most Most Popular Driver awards in Xfinity Series history, with four Most Popular Driver wins, winning it in 2011,2016,2017, and 2018.

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Elliott Sadler transitioned to a part-time schedule in NASCAR in 2019, joining Kaulig Racing for a two-race Xfinity slate in 2019 at Richmond and Las Vegas.

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Elliott Sadler was a six-sport athlete in high school at Brunswick Academy, participating in football, basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, and golf.

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Elliott Sadler was recruited by over 20 universities to play college basketball, and ended up accepting a basketball scholarship from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Elliott Sadler was the cover athlete on EA Sports NASCAR 07 and was on the special edition NASCAR 09.

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Elliott Sadler is married to Amanda and they have two children.