Elliott Sadler
Elliott Sadler
Elliott William Barnes Sadleris an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports. Sadler is one of twenty-six drivers who have at least one win each of NASCAR's top three series. Sadler was born in Emporia, Virginia; he is the younger brother of former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth30 April 1975
CityEmporia, VA
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When Newman ran that lap, I know Ryan Newman, he's not out of that gas long. It's pretty neat for him to go out and lay down a fast lap and then me kind of go after it, because I know what kind of competitor he is and how hard he had to drive.
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(Finishing 11th) is very important to us, but our No. 1 goal, and it's going to start Sunday, is to get some wins,
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It's tough on everybody, not only us but the crews and the guys who are going through trying to get the cars inspected in the rain and the fans. It's just a tough day.
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It's ungodly . . . the pressure that we get as drivers,
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It's ungodly, I think, the pressure we get as drivers, not only from our sponsors but our car owners. I think the Chase last year, people recognized how much recognition the top 10 guys got by being a part of the Chase. Every sponsor wants to be a part of it, every driver, every team, but there are only so many pieces of the pie.
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Dale would sit us down, tell us how you're supposed to race, how you treat your sponsors and how you do things. We don't have that stature figure anymore for young kids to look up to. It'd be neat to have another Dale Earnhardt step up and be the voice of all the drivers in the garage, but right now we don't have that.
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That is a very tough call where they're sitting way above the track, and we're in the cars running 190. We don't know where the line is until somebody crosses it. I'm sure we're going to push that line and push that envelope come Sunday.
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I've got a great race team and we're all pulling together, ... This is what we work hard for -- we're all going to fail together or we're going to succeed together, and that's the way this 38 team is.
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I've got a great comfort level working with Kevin -- I've worked with him now for two years and he's just been behind the scenes more than anything,
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Everybody knows the story. I came here to watch races as a kid. I just want to go to victory lane here one time.
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The ball's in our court, ... All we have to do is go and try to win each race and not worry about the points, forget them, and just let them fall where they may-- We're coming to two racetracks that the 38 car usually runs good at. We're pretty optimistic. All we got to do is just go through the motions, get our cars comfortable, and we're going to let the points take care of themselves.
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The ball is in our court. We've been saving it ever since Indy to take it to California.
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It's going to take a lot to beat him. I think Jimmie is the best race car driver at this race track. He's got a beautiful line. He knows what his car needs. ... Before it's all said and done, we're going to have to outrun them.
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It's fun, isn't it? ... There's not enough pieces of pie. I love racing against Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth. We've got a lot of great names that are on the outside looking in, and a lot of great drivers that are on the inside that are really becoming the hunted, so it's gonna be fun.