Elliott Sadler Express Notes
No. 24AM/FM-Energy/Great Play Chevrolet
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Race Info:
Event: Ford 200
TV: SPEED, 8:00 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, 7:45 p.m. ET
Distance: 134 Laps/201 Miles
Track: 1.5-mile Oval
Fast & Fun Facts:
Elliott Sadler has spent 94.8 percent of laps completed at Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS) in the top-15. Â Veteran crew chief, Jeff Hensley will be calling the shots for Sadler in this weekend’s Ford 200 at HMS. Â Happy Anniversary… Joe & Meagan Denette will be celebrating their second wedding anniversary on Monday, November 21. To commemorate the occasion, the No. 24 Chevrolet will carry a “Happy Anniversary Joe & Megan” decal on the deck lid. Â Joe Denette and family spent a day with PEOPLE magazine on Tuesday, November 8. Joe’s story will be featured in an upcoming issue of the popular magazine. An exact publication date is yet to be determined.
Third Time’s A Charm: This will mark the third start for Sadler behind the wheel of the No.24 for Joe Denette Motorsports. The Emporia, Va. native piloted his AM FM-Energy Chevrolet to a ninth-place finish after starting from the pole and leading 53 laps at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. Most recently, Sadler was behind the wheel of the Virginia Lottery Chevrolet at Martinsville Speedway. After starting 14th, Sadler led five laps en route to a 19th-place finish.
Autism Speaks: Sadler is heavily involved in the Autism Speaks charity because his niece Halie has the disorder. In this weekend’s final NCWTS event of the season, Sadler will carry the famous Autism Awareness puzzle piece paint scheme.
Truckin’ It-Sadler’s NCWTS Stats:
Starts: 19
Wins: 1, (Pocono, 2010)
Poles: 2
Top-5: 4
Top-10: 9
Laps Led: 257
Avg. Start: 6.5
Homestead Fast Facts: Sadler has one NCWTS start at Homestead-Miami Speedway (2010) where he started fourth and finished 13th .
In the Loop: According to NASCAR’s loop data statistics…Sadler owns some impressive stats at HMS
Fifth in average running position (8.179) Seventh in driver rating, a formula combining the following categories: wins, finishes, top-15 finishes, average running position while on lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led, and lead lap finishes. Sadler’s driver rating is 94.4.  Third in fastest drivers early in a run.  Fifth in fastest drivers late in a run.  Third in fastest on restarts  Second in green flag speed.  First in quality passes with 47.
That’s a Stat: Sadler is one of only 23 drivers in NASCAR history to have recorded a win in all three of NASCAR’s elite divisions and is one of only 16 drivers in NASCAR history to have earned a pole award and win in all three of NASCAR’s elite divisions.
Previous Race Recap:In his second start of the 2011 season for Joe Denette Motorsports, Virginia native Elliott Sadler turned a track-best start into a track-best finish at Martinsville Speedway. Piloting the No. 24 Virginia Lottery Chevrolet, Sadler lead five laps en route to a 19th-place finish in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Kroger 200.
Chassis History: The No. 24 team will unload chassis No. 06 from the Joe Denette Motorsports stables for this weekend’s Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Built new for the 2011 season, this chassis became a workhorse for the rookie team over the summer. This was the same chassis Jason White piloted to a season-best finish of fifth at Kentucky and a 16th-place finish after leading the field for 43 laps at Bristol Motor Speedway in August.
Quoting Elliott Sadler:
“I’ve had a great 2011 season on and off the track. Amanda and I remodeled our house, welcomed our first daughter, Austyn, to our family and are looking forward to a quiet off season in Emporia, VA. In the meantime, we’ve come up short on visiting victory lane this season and I’ve got two more shots at it in Homestead.”
“We’ve run well enough to win on the truck side and the Nationwide side but things haven’t gone our way at the end. We’re hoping we can change that this weekend.”
“Homestead is a great track. It was the first track to really tackle the progressive banking concept and even to date it’s probably the best progressive banking in our sport. We can run pretty much anywhere we want on the race track which is something racecar drivers are a big fan of, multi-groove racing.”
“I’ve got a pretty busy weekend planned. I’ll be doing a lot of appearances around Miami on Thursday and I get to see my good friend, Blake Shelton, on Thursday night. Friday and Saturday we are on track all day and on Monday we have the banquet down in South Beach. We’re gonna do all we can to end this year out with a win, or two in Homestead.”
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