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Elliott Sadler
does the double this weekend at California Speedway
Will pilot the No. 9
Wisk Dodge Charger in Nationwide Series race
Elliott Sadler will be a busy driver
this weekend competing in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide
Series races at California Speedway. Nationwide Series racing isn't
anything new to the Emporia, Va. native. This will be his first NNS
start since Phoenix International Raceway of last year, but first at
California Speedway.
Before moving his way into the Sprint Cup Series, Sadler won five races
in 120 Nationwide Series starts.
Elliott Sadler Quotes
On returning to the Nationwide
Series: "I have always loved
racing in this division. I got my start here, had a blast here and was
very successful in the years I drove full-time in this division. When a
lot of us other Sprint Cup drivers are in a race, it raises the
competition level for everyone in the race. We get to compete against
each other in a shorter race with a much different car than our new
Sprint Cup ones.
"I like racing against the regular Nationwide Series drivers because
they race you so hard. They have everything on the line and only race to
run to earn all their points. They don't cut you any slack out there;
and that's fine with me. I like racing hard.
On the team:
"Kirk (Almquist - Team Director) and that
team always put together a great car for us. Whether it's me, Kasey (Kahne),
Patrick (Carpentier) or Chase Miller driving the car; you know it's
going to be a contender. California is a big, flat track where you
really have to the car handling well into and out of the corners. The
motor guys are working extra to make sure they give us all the
horsepower needed because those long straightaways take a lot of power
to get down. We race late in the day, so we won't have to worry about
hot track or air temperatures; which is always good. Kasey won two races
last year with the Nationwide team, now it's my turn to get one for
them"
This week's Dodge Charger:
Chassis No. 022. New car and body; never been raced.
Nationwide Series Career
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· 120 starts, five victories, 18
top-five and 36 top-10 finishes. Earned five Pole Awards and led 23
races for a total of 673 laps.
· Victories came at Nazareth, Myrtle Beach, Gateway in 1997; and
Bristol and Rockingham in 1998.
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