Basics

Name: Elliott William Barnes Sadler
Birthdate: April 30, 1975
Hometown: Emporia, Virginia

Team: Gillett Evernham
Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
Sponsors: Best Buy, McDonalds, Stanley Tools
Car: #19 Dodge Charger

Biography

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. His accomplishments include over 200 total wins, the 1983-84 Virginia State Karting Championship, and the North Carolina Gold Cup in 1991-92. He was runner-up in 1989 for the World Karting Association national title.

When he turned 18, he moved to the Winston Racing Series and ran full-time beginning in 1993. That same year, he achieved his first victory, and in 1995 was crowned track champion at South Boston Speedway, where he achieved 13 wins that year, including a 6-race winning streak.

Sadler attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and was a walk-on on the basketball team until he injured his knee, effectively ending his basketball career.

Sadler made his Nationwide Series debut in 1995 at South Boston. He qualified fifteenth in the #46 DeWalt Tools Chevy, and finished eighth. Sadler moved up to the Cup Series full-time in 1999, driving the #21 Citgo Ford Taurus for Wood Brothers Racing. His best finish that year was a tenth at Texas Motor Speedway, and he finished 24th in points, runner-up to Tony Stewart for Rookie of the Year honors. After seven top-tens and a drop to 23rd in points in 2002, Sadler left for Robert Yates Racing (RYR) to drive the #38 M&M's Ford. In his first season of competition with Yates, Sadler won the pole at Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway, and finished 22nd in points. The following season, Sadler won at Texas Motor Speedway and California Speedway and finished a career high ninth in the championship standings. Sadler left RYR midway through 2006 for Gillett Evernham Motorsports where he contines to race today.

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