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Sadler to run Sprint Cup race in 2013 UPDATE:

Elliot Sadler is scheduled to run at least one un-named NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 2013, running the #81 Alert Energy Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. This new energy product, was recently introduced by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. The scheme is purple, orange-and-yellow.( lionelnascarcollectables.com .(3-26-2013) UPDATE: Wrigleys new Alert Energy Caffeine Gum will make its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut with Joe Gibbs Racing and driver Elliott Sadler on April 21 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Sadler will pilot the #81 Alert Energy Camry there and at Talladega Superspeedway (May 5 and Oct. 20) for a total of three races during the 2013 race season. The #81 Alert Energy Camry joins an all-star lineup of Mars, Inc. and Wrigley sponsors at Joe Gibbs Racing including Doublemint gum, M&MS and SNICKERS throughout the 2013 season. ‘Im really looking forward to representing Alert Energy in the Sprint Cup Series’ said Elliott Sadler, driver of the #81 Camry. ‘Ive been lucky to have a long history with Mars, Inc. and am very excited about working with them again in launching this new product.” Alert will be available nationwide starting in April. (JGR)