November 18th, 2009
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 19 Best Buy Dodge Charger, and his team are heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) this week to finish out the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season. As the team heads to Homestead, Sadler takes a quick look back at some of the positives of the 2009 season and what is yet to come as the team gears up for a busy offseason before heading back to Daytona in February for Speedweeks.
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November 16th, 2009
ELLIOTT SADLER — No. 19 STANLEY DODGE CHARGER
• Started 35th and finished 28th.
• Fell a lap down on lap 43
• Suffered heavy front end damage when involved in a wreck on lap 119 following first caution.
• Came to pit road several times to fix hood and splitter damage and remained one lap down.
• Fell a second lap down on lap 206
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November 11th, 2009
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 19 Insignia Dodge Charger, and his team are attempting to finish out the final two races of the season on a good note to build momentum into the offseason. Sadler recorded his fifth top-10 of the season while leading 12 laps two weeks ago at Talladega and would like to add to two more top-10s or better in the next two races.
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November 8th, 2009
ELLIOTT SADLER — No. 19 STANLEY DODGE CHARGER
• Started 33rd and finished 22nd.
• Fell down a lap on lap 42 and 120.
• Regained a lap after taking the wave around on lap 169.
• Battled a tight-center and loose-off handling condition.
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October 19th, 2009
ELLIOTT SADLER — No. 19 STANLEY DODGE CHARGER
• Started 38th and finished 26th
• Tight in the center, loose off at the beginning of the race
• No. 19 Dodge struggled early in a race run, but better on longer runs
• Raced as high as 13th during an early green flag pit cycle
• Went a lap down around lap 100, a second lap down on lap 260
• Pitted for four tires and to clean up grass on the grill under caution on lap 313 following a spin by Greg Biffle
• Raced in honor of Stanley/Susan G. Komen for the Cure “Lady in Pink” Brandy Hickman
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October 20th, 2009
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler returns to Martinsville Speedway this weekend for a homecoming of his own. Sadler, a native of Emporia, Va., has made the 150-mile trip west down US-58 to the flat 0.526-mile Martinsville Speedway to watch races since he was a child. Now, as he works to puts the finishing touches on his 11th full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Sadler would like nothing more than to win the TUMS Fast Relief 500 and add a signature Ridgeway grandfather clock to his home.
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ELLIOTT SADLER — No. 19 STANLEY DODGE CHARGER
• Started 40th and finished 21st
• Tight in the center, loose off and struggled with forward grip at the beginning of the race
• Tried various pit strategies to gain track position
• Raced as high as seventh on lap 178 restart
• Restarted in the third position on lap 306
• Fell at lap down to leader Denny Hamlin on lap 389
• Flat tire caused the No. 19 to make contact with the No. 34 to bring out the caution on lap 443
• Narrowly missed the lucky dog during the final caution on lap 498 (awarded to Clint Bowyer)
• Highest finishing RPM entry
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October 26th, 2009
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler’s No. 19 Stanley car will race as a Ford for the first time in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. Sadler is racing the Ford Fusion in preparation for Richard Petty Motorsports switch to Ford beginning in 2010. Sadler will return to his familiar No. 19 Dodge entry for the final three races of 2009.
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November 1st, 2009
ELLIOTT SADLER — No. 19 STANLEY DODGE CHARGER
• Started 26th and finished ninth.
• It was Sadler’s fifth top-10 finish.
• Second-best finish of the 2009 season.
• Sadler drove the first Ford entry for Richard Petty Motorsports on Sunday
• Sadler led laps 43-46 and 53-57.
• It was his was his 14th consecutive race at Talladega leading at least one lap.
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November 3rd, 2009
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 19 Stanley Dodge, is spending some time in the tree stand (deer hunting) this week to relax after a busy week in Talladega. Last week, Sadler was the first Richard Petty Motorsports driver to race a Ford in preparation for the full-time manufacturer switch to Ford in 2010, helped on a Habitat for Humanity build in Birmingham, Ala., and found out he and his wife Amanda are expecting a baby boy due in March 2010. The 34-year-old Emporia, Va. native is back in a Dodge Charger this week at Texas Motor Speedway and for the remainder of the 2009 season.
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