Sadler says he has not signed anything: Elliott Sadler insisted again Friday that he hasn’t signed any agreement to drive for anybody next season. Sadler won’t be back in the Wood Brothers’ #21 Ford in 2003, but he continues to deny that he and Robert Yates have worked out a deal that would put Sadler in the No. 28 Fords. Ricky Rudd, driver of that car this year, said last weekend at Dover he believes such a deal is done. “I haven’t signed with anybody, I swear,” Sadler said Friday at Pocono Raceway. “I have been talking to people. I had a meeting on Wednesday, in fact.” Sadler said that after he indicated his desire to leave the Wood Brothers a month ago, he has had contact with “six or seven” teams about the future. And he has been surprised by who has been calling. “I thought I might get calls from teams of a certain caliber, but the calls have come from some really top-caliber teams,” Sadler said. “A couple of times I’ve called my father up and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this.'” Officials from Dale Earnhardt Inc. have acknowledged their interest in Sadler. Ford officials have also been working to keep the 27-year-old Virginian in their camp, which Sadler said he finds flattering. “I’ve only got one win and no poles so far, so I guess they see something in me. And that makes you feel good,” Sadler said.(ThatsRacin.com)(6-8-2002) (6-7-2002)
