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- Steadman Marlin gets a ride at Daytona..maybe more: Sadler Racing team owner Earl Sadler will field a car for Steadman Marlin [Sterling's son] in the Feb. 18 Busch Series opener at Daytona International Speedway and hopes to enter some Nextel Cup races later in the season if funding permits. "It's a great opportunity and I'm grateful to Mr. Sadler for it," said Steadman, 25. "He's got a pretty good race car. Bobby Hamilton had a good run in it last year at Daytona, and maybe I can do the same. Racing has always been a big part of our family. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I sat out seven or eight months. I'm anxious to get back." While his father, Sterling, is a 30-year racing veteran, Steadman has struggled to get his racing career up to speed. "I've told Steadman he has to work at it," Sterling said. "Nobody's going to drop anything in his lap. He has to get out there and earn it." The Sadler-Marlin racing relationship goes back to the early 1980s, when Sterling drove in some races for the team. Could Sadler give Steadman's career a similar jump-start? "Well, things have changed a lot over the years," said Sadler, 83, who has also assisted such drivers as Davey Allison, Michael Waltrip, Jeff Green and Jeremy Mayfield with their early careers. "Every year racing gets more expensive, which makes it harder for a small operation like ours to compete. We do the best we can with what we've got, but we're limited." Sadler said how many Busch races the team enters after Daytona depends on how much sponsorship funding can be generated. Said Steadman: "We're working on some deals to bring in some funding. I feel like we've got a lot to offer sponsors." Steadman was to share a Busch Series ride with his father for FitzBradshaw Racing. That team fields Dodges, however, and when Sterling signed to race Chevrolets for MB2 Motorsports the Busch deal fell through. "It's been frustrating, but at least I have a ride for Daytona," Steadman said. "If we can come out of there with a good run maybe it will lead to some other things."(Tennessean)(1-17-2006)
- No Sadler Racing at Daytona: For the first time since it was formed in 1983, Nashville-based [#95] Sadler Racing will not have a car entered in at least one division at Daytona. Over the years Sadler's cars have competed in divisions from ARCA to Winston Cup. The team is searching for a driver to replace Steadman Marlin, who moved to North Carolina to join another Busch Series operation. Team owner Earl Sadler, 80, expects to name a driver soon and said he will have a car on the track early this season. Sadler's son, Check, oversees the team's day-to-day operation.(Tennessean)(2-6-2003)
- Sadler Racing still in biz: Nashville's Earl Sadler, whose team, Sadler Racing [#95 Team], has been fielding cars in NASCAR since 1983 and is searching for a driver to enter in a limited number of Busch and ARCA races this season.(Tennessean)(1-30-2003)
- Sader Bros Returns: The #95-Sadler Brothers race team is excited to have Steadman Marlin on board. Steadman is the son of former Sadler driver and two time Daytona 500 winner, Sterling Marlin. The team is planning to run the upcoming ARCA and BGN races at the new Nashville Superspeedway April 13 and 14.(Sadler Bros Site)(4-9-2001)
- #95 News: The Sadler Bros #95 Ford team will atempt to make the Pepsi 400 at Michigan with David Keith as the driver and some sponsorship help from www.visualbible.com, who also was on the car at Indy when Keith missed the Brickyard 400 by a spot. The #95 Ford will be powered by Robert Yates Engines. The team also plans to attepmt the Southern 500 at Darlington(Sept 3rd)(8-17-2000)
- Another Entry UPDATE oops: #95 David Keith has been added to the CUP entry list at Atlanta in the Sadler Brothers Ford(AMS PR) -- UPDATE: From the #95 team: The Sadler Brothers team did have plans to run at Atlanta, however they will not go to Atlanta or Texas as previously planned. The team plans to run the Southern 500 at Darlington, and the NAPA 500 at Atlanta in November, also the previous scheduled The Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes, The Brickyard 400 at Indy, and the Pepsi 400 at Michigan(3-8-2000)
- Sadler Bros News: The #95 Sadler Bros team will be announcing David Keith as their new driver. Keith will run in ten ARCA races and five Cup race in 2000. The planned Cup races are The Cracker Barrel 500 at Atlanta, The DirectTv 500 at Texas, The Coca-Cola 600 at Lowes, The Brickyard 400 at Indy, and the Pepsi 400 at Michigan. The team will run Ford Taurus' in 2000 and the crewchief will be Billy Poindexter. The team plans to test soon at Talladega and is looking for a sponsor, the can be reached by fax (615)256-4925(1-12-2000)
- Carl Long and the Sadler Racing Team UPDATE: looking for help: Carl Long has signed up with the #95 Sadler Racing team, the previous drover Bobby Hamilton, Jr just left for the #63 BGN ride. Long, who attempted the Bristol and Charlotte spring Cup races in the #85, will be driving for the Sadler Brothers in ARCA at Pocono, Talladega, Charlotte and Atlanta. They also plan to run five BGN races in 1999. While not sure of their exact BGN schedule the team is looking at Michigan, Bristol, Rockingham, Charlotte and Memphis. They also plan to attempt to make the Homestead Cup race in November and maybe another race or two. 2000 plans include a run for the Rookie of the Year in BGN and up to five Cup races. Sadler Racing has been a good stepping stone out of Nashville into the prime positions of our sport(Mayfield, Hamilton, etc), and they want to have a stable team with crew members who would like to call Nashville home. The equipment and the resources are there, but the team is looking for crew members and that elusive sponsor. The team is looking for body hangers, a shock specialist, fabricators, car chief, etc. Interested parties can contact the team via FAX at 615-256-4925 attention Ronnie Smith(Team Manager) or driver Carl Long(Sadler PR)(7-5-1999) -- UPDATE 1: The preliminary plans call for five BGN races and four ARCA races this Fall. New cars are being fabricated and a new engine program is in the works(7-8-1999)
- Who is Carl Long? UPDATE 4: on NOL's Bristol Cup race entry list, there is a Carl Long listed in the #85 Mansion Motorsports Ford, all I know is that he ran a few truck races in 1998, and made four Slim Jim series starts in 1998, otherwise no info -- UPDATE 1: I hear Long drove in the Late Model series at Orange County Speedway near Durham, NC during the past few years. He was sponsored by Romeo Guest Construction and then later by a snack
company -- UPDATE 2: more info on Carl Long - he from/born in Roxboro NC, and ran Late Model stocks at Orange County Speedway, as well as South Boston. Last year when he wasn't racing in the Slim Jim or Truck series, he ran in the late model sportsman division at Southern National Speedway in Kenly NC. In 1997 Long ran the full Slim Jim Allpro Series sponsored by Austin Snacks and won the Bristol Race(thanks many readers)(4-6-1999) -- UPDATE 4: From the driver himself, let's find out about Carl Long: "Started racing VW Beetles in 1983 at Sobo and Orange County Speedway. The rest of your info(see above) is accurate. At the end of 1997 politics took my sponsorship. I sold off my part of the All-Pro Team and went job searching. I went to work with Thee Dixon owner of Mansion Motorsports in Durham, NC(this is the #85 Ford). I took Dixon's truck to four CTS events in 1998 and ran a T-bird at both Charlotte ARCA events. Randy McDonald made attempts at two tracks in Cup. I was to attempt Bristol in August 1998 but NASCAR declined my entry, so Ken Bouchard drove. So far in 1999, I have raced at Daytona and Atlanta in ARCA. NASCAR has approved my entry for this years Bristol race. The car is an older piece with a Ford Taurus body, the engine is an old Stavola Bros that Harold Eatmon has squeezed all he can get out of it. So why even go to Bristol I am asked? To be seen, I have sent resume's, proposals and whatever to sponsors and owners. If I can qualify for this race maybe someone will take notice and I will have the opportunity to tour again. I am 31, married with one kid and one on the way. I drive the rig(tractor trailer), manage the team(two paid employees and some volunteers), make my own calls on the setup, attempt to do the PR. Thee Dixon is one of the few black owners in NASCAR. Mike Skinner has driven for him in the past"(4-7-1999)
