Elliott Sadler News

Sadler and Diamond Ridge undecided on Indy

Sadler and Diamond Ridge undecided on Indy

July 24, 1998
Even though Elliott Sadler turned in impressive times during testing this week at Indy in his #92 Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevy, the team has decided NOT to try and qualify there. The reason being that it would conflict too much with their BGN program. (07-24-1998

Notes from the Tuesday GM tests at Indy, no speeds yet

Notes from the Tuesday GM tests at Indy, no speeds yet

July 22, 1998
Morgan Shepherd crashed in the #91 car, not serious, minor rear-end damage, but they immediately packed up and went home. Morgan even helped tote stuff to the hauler. The #41 team tested 4 cars, so don't count out the two car deal for Indy. They were talking about

Sandy Jones working Cup

Sandy Jones working Cup

July 17, 1998
Crew Chief Butch Hylton left the #92 Diamond Ridge Winston Cup team in June and took a job at Joe Gibbs Racing as a chassis specialist. Sandy Jones, Elliott Sadler's BGN crew chief has taken over the Cup duties as well.(I had Sammy Johns, which of course was incorrect

Sadler under consideration

Sadler under consideration

June 22, 1998
From the JournalNow Sadler under consideration for two Winston Cup rides: Elliott Sadler, the 22-year-old Busch tour star whose Winston Cup future has been the subject of concern, has been approached by members of at least two Cup teams. One team is a Ford operation

Interest in Elliott Sadler

Interest in Elliott Sadler

June 15, 1998
Elliott Sadler would be one of the more hotly pursued drivers for a Cup deal should he be freed from his Busch Series sponsor obligations. He competed in his first career Cup race this season and has plans to compete in four more, although his Charlotte Cup sponsor

Sadler crashes

Sadler crashes

May 20, 1998
Elliott Sadler crashed his #92 Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet during Wednesday's practice. The car is being sponsored by Ocean Pacific Apparel in a one race deal with a possibility of it expanding.(NASCAR Online)(5-20-98)

Diamond Ridge releases Green, suspends Cup operations

Diamond Ridge releases Green, suspends Cup operations

April 28, 1998
Diamond Ridge Motorsports has released Jeff Green, and suspended all Winston Cup #29 operations. The team will be preparing cars for Elliott Sadler #92, five races this year & full season for 1999. Busch teams owned by DRM are NOT effected. During an interview

Elliott Sadler’s Cup plans

Elliott Sadler’s Cup plans

April 22, 1998
In part from Marty at MRN on-line(www.mrnnet.com): Speaking of Elliott Sadler, plans are all set for his NASCAR Winston Cup run at Charlotte. The car will be number 92 and the sponsorship deal for five races is done. However, the look for a full-time NASCAR Winston

Testing at Charlotte

Testing at Charlotte

April 22, 1998
Testing at Charlotte continued Wednesday with the top 10 in speeds being: #29-Jeff Green 179.700mph; 92-Elliott Sadler 179.700(yes the same); #12-Jeremy Mayfield 178.748; #2-Rusty Wallace 178.512; #7-Geoff Bodine 178.217; #43-John Andretti 178.217; #??-Jack Sprague

Charlotte practice

Charlotte practice

April 22, 1998
Speeds from the Charlotte practice on Tuesday: 1. Elliott Sadler,#92 181.025mph; 2. Rusty Wallace,#2 180.240; 3. Jeremy Mayfield,#37 178.985; 4. John Andretti,#43 178.394; 5. Ward Burton,#22 178.335; 6. Ken Schrader,#33 177.339; 7. Jeff Green,#29 177.165; 8. Kenny

Elliott tests at Charlotte

Elliott tests at Charlotte

April 21, 1998
Elliott Sadler tested the #92 Diamond Ridge WC Chevy at Charlotte today in preparation for the Coca-Cola 600.(RPM2Nite)(4-21-98)

Diamond Ridge sponsorship

Diamond Ridge sponsorship

April 16, 1998
On the Diamond Ridge sponsorship front Bechtel says things have slowed down. "They have settled down for a while. We (Bechtel and Jimmy Johnson) have two or three meetings this week but we're not in a great hurry." Remember we reported here last week that an inked

Diamond Ridge restructuring

Diamond Ridge restructuring

March 30, 1998
Diamond Ridge will take some time off, and will NOT compete in either Texas or Martinsville WC races. DRM will do some internal reorganization. Jeff Green will remain the driver for the WC team. A 2nd team has been started to field cars (#92 Chevy) for Sadler in 5

Sadler to make first Cup attempt of the year

Sadler to make first Cup attempt of the year

March 25, 1998
Elliott Sadler will make his first (1998) WC attempt at the Coca-Cola 600 in May, followed by efforts at Indianapolis, Darlington's fall race, the second Charlotte race and the season finale in Atlanta.(TNN-www.country.com)(3-25-98)

Chassis dyno at Darlington

Chassis dyno at Darlington

March 22, 1998
I hear NASCAR had the chassis dyno at Darlington and tested two BGN cars, the #9 Track Gear Ford, driven by Jeff Burton and the #66 Phillips Chevy driven by Elliott Sadler(3-22-98)