Elliott Sadler News

Qualifying Notes Texas:

Qualifying Notes Texas:

November 3, 2006
• Brian Vickers won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Dickies 500, lapping Texas Motor Speedway in 27.518 seconds at 196.235 mph. He broke Bill Elliott’s track-qualifying record of 27.803 seconds, 194.224 mph - set April 5, 2002. The top eight drivers bettered

Ramblings – Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Qualifying Notes:

November 3, 2006
Not only is everything bigger in Texas, it's faster too! Brian Vickers shattered the track record today and captured the Bud Pole at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday's Dickies 500 with a time of 27.518 sec (196.235 mph). It's his first pole of the season (his last came

Ford to help out RYR:

Ford to help out RYR:

October 14, 2006
Ford director of racing technology Dan Davis said Friday that his company will do everything possible to help Robert Yates Racing regain its competitive footing after two woeful seasons that included the defections of drivers Elliott Sadler and Dale Jarrett. That help

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

October 14, 2006
After an ignominious beginning (we had a 14 car job at the end of lap 1) we settled down tonight to an entertaining event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. When the checkers fell, we had a familiar face in Victory Lane as Kasey Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep tonight by

Evernham Drivers to Split Busch Car:

Evernham Drivers to Split Busch Car:

October 12, 2006
Evernham Motorsports plans to field a fourth Nextel Cup team on a limited basis in 2007 with the hope of expanding it to full time, team owner Ray Evernham said. The organization will likely field a Busch and truck series team next year, with Cup drivers Elliott Sadler

Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

October 12, 2006
• Scott Riggs won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Bank of America 500, lapping Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 28.203 seconds at 191.469 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005. • This is Riggs’ third

Talladega Qualifying Notes:

Talladega Qualifying Notes:

October 7, 2006
• David Gilliland won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the UAW-Ford 500, lapping Talladega Superspeedway in 49.950 seconds at 191.712 mph. Bill Elliott holds the track-qualifying record of 44.998 seconds, 212.809 mph, set April 30, 1987 – prior to the advent of restrictor

Rumblings – Kansas Race Notes:

Rumblings – Kansas Race Notes:

October 1, 2006
Somebody give that man a pot pie! "Everthing's up to date in Kansas City" after all (my apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein) as we ended up with the top-two finishers today running on the apron and mass confusion as to where anybody finished in the Banquet 400 at

Yates still looking for a sponsor for the #88 in 2007:

Yates still looking for a sponsor for the #88 in 2007:

October 1, 2006
With an ongoing sponsorship search that's been "tougher than expected," Robert Yates Racing co-owner Doug Yates said it's "time to go" where RYR's #88 team is concerned. Yates hopes to have something locked down within several weeks, but can't begin serious talks with

Airplus Joins Evernham for 2007:

Airplus Joins Evernham for 2007:

September 29, 2006
Airplus Footcare will team with Evernham Motorsports as an associate sponsor on the #9 Ultimate Chargers Busch Series team for the 2007 season. The car will be driven throughout the year by Evernham Motorsports drivers including Kasey Kahne, Scott Riggs and Elliott

Kahne wins pole at Kansas:

Kahne wins pole at Kansas:

September 29, 2006
#9-Kasey Kahne won the Budweiser Pole for the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway with a speed of 178.377mph for his 5th pole of 2006 and 11th of his career. The rest of the top-10 starters are #10-Scott Riggs, #48-Jimmie Johnson, #25-Brian Vickers, #18-J.J. Yeley, #07-

New ‘Team Director’ [crew chief] for Sadler:

New ‘Team Director’ [crew chief] for Sadler:

September 29, 2006
Chris Andrews, who started the year as the team director of the #19 Evernham Motorsports Dodge, is no longer being referred to as a co-team director. Andrews had been listed with Josh Browne for several weeks as "co-directors" (the Evernham word for crew chief) for

Bye-Bye Restrictor Plates?

Bye-Bye Restrictor Plates?

September 23, 2006
A NASCAR test session next month at Talladega Superspeedway for its new car [Car of Tomorrow/COT] will help series officials determine if they can use larger holes in a restrictor plate there and at Daytona. Gary Nelson, a former Cup series director who consults NASCAR

Kahne, Riggs and Yeley test at Kentucky:

Kahne, Riggs and Yeley test at Kentucky:

September 19, 2006
Chase for the Nextel Cup contender Kasey Kahne fine tuned elements of the intermediate track program for his #9 Dodge Dealers Dodge during a Kentucky Speedway test on Monday. Kahne used the valuable test time to hone his intermediate track skills that will prove helpful

New Hampshire Race Notes:

New Hampshire Race Notes:

September 17, 2006
• Kevin Harvick won the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, scoring his ninth Nextel Cup victory in his 205th career start. • Harvick has posted victories in three of the last six races, also winning at Watkins Glen and Richmond. This is his fourth