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Saturday at Pocono: NASCAR Pictures

by Charlie Turner

Thanks for stopping by OnPitRow.com and the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog. The best NASCAR and IndyCar news and opinion, exclusive pictures and video. I'm Charlie Turner. Follow me on Twitter @onpitrow

July 31, 2010 9:57 pm CDT No Comments

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More exclusive NASCAR photos from the Pennsylvania 500 weekend

Saturday at Pocono Raceway is Sprint Cup qualifying day. OnPitRow photographers Glenn and Jessica Bure got some nice candid driver pictures along with action on the track.

Photo credit: Glenn Bure (pics 1-6) and Jessica Bure - OnPitRow.com

Filed under: Bobby Labonte, Brad Kesolowski, Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, NASCAR, Pocono Raceway, Tony Stewart, jimmie johnson

Tagged with: NASCAR oictures, Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

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NASCAR Pictures: Pocono Raceway Friday Practice

by Charlie Turner

July 30, 2010 3:48 pm CDT No Comments

Photos of Sprint Cup Race Cars on track at Pocono

Sunny skies at Pocono Raceway today made getting photos of NASCAR racers a good way to spend the day for On Pit Row photographer Glenn Bure Friday. Check these out.

: Kyle Busch practicing at Pocono

: Tony Stewart practicing at Pocono

: Jeff Burton at Pocono

: Kevin Harvick practicing at Pocono

: Joey Logano practicing at Pocono

: Scott Speed at Pocono

: Sam Hornish at Pocono

: Elliott Sadler going truck racing

: The #3 Truck gets ready

Photo credit: Glenn Bure - OnPitRow.com

Filed under: Craftsman Truck Series, Elliott Sadler, Jeff Burton, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, NASCAR, NASCAR photos, Pocono Raceway, Scott Speed, Tony Stewart

Tagged with: NASCAR pictures, Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500

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Infineon Raceway’s Day of the Ringers: Good and Bad

by Charlie Turner

June 21, 2010 10:02 pm CDT No Comments

Robby Gordon’s hard fought second place finish in the Toyota Save Mart 350 was a highlight of the first road course race of 2010. R Gordon is usually good at this place. He had nothing for race winner Jimmie Johnson at the end. But, other than Marco Ambrose, nobody could handle Johnson.

Ambrose’s fuel saving decision to shut his car down during a late caution came a gutser for him. When it wouldn’t re-fire, he lost seven spots. Marcos had a firm grip on his first win, and blew it. He finished sixth. Disappointed.

Red Bull’s Mattias Ekstrom showed why Audi likes him. Ekstrom was quick. He led laps. And Jeff Gordon took him out.

In fact Jeff was the other Gordon this day, incurring wrath often saved for Robby. By loose count, J Gordon ruined the days of Ekstrom, Elliott Sadler, Martin Truex Jr and Clint Bowyer.

Boris Said was a victim of the #24 too. In fact, Boris was up front repeatedly and just as often moved out, punted and squeezed off the racing surface. It was amazing to watch him recover. His eighth place result in the Air Guard/gtwgps.com Ford was a victory of talent and sense.

Photo credit: BethAnne Heisler - OnPitRow.com

Filed under: Boris Said, Clint Boyer, Elliott Sadler, Infineon Raceway, Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR, Robby Gordon, Sprint Cup Series, jimmie johnson

Tagged with: Mattias Ekstrom, Round girl Jen, Sonoma, Toyota Save Mart 350

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NASCAR Pictures from Pocono Raceway Saturday

by Charlie Turner

June 5, 2010 11:39 pm CDT No Comments

Glenn Bure is at the track for the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 weekend. Here is a selection of his NASCAR photos from Saturday’s practice at the Tricky Triangle with some bonus photos of Elliott Sadler doing Trackside Live!

: Elliot Sadler Trackside at Pocono

: Sadler, Hammond and Byrnes Trackside

: Elliott Sadler on the track at Pocono

: Mark Martin at speed

: Carl Edwards Pocono Raceway

: Kyle Busch Pocono Raceway 2010

: Denny Hamlin on the track at Pocono

: Casey Mears in the Red Bull Camry at Pocono

: Mark Martin on the track at Pocono

: Kevin Harvick at Pocono Raceway

: Martin Truex Jr at Pocono Raceway

Photo credit for all: Glenn Bure for OnPitRow.com

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Jeff Hammond, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR, NASCAR photos, Pocono Raceway

Tagged with: NASCAR pictures, Speed TV Gillete Fusion ProGlide 500, Steve Byrnes, Trackside Live

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NASCAR History: Car Number 38 and Elliott Sadler

by James "Beats cinemamap" Jones, Special To NASCAR commentary and pictures,2010 NASCAR schedule,NASCAR video, Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie

Sundays of my youth consisted of NASCAR racing and cold bottles of Mountain Dew. Thirty years later not much has changed for me. However, nearly everything has changed in NASCAR.

January 7, 2010 1:23 pm CST No Comments

Over the next several weeks we’ll be featuring car numbers in NASCAR history. We started with #50 and are working our way down the line. With each car number we’ll take a brief look at a couple stats related to the featured car number, but we’ll primarily spotlight either a driver, sponsor, car owner, manufacturer or other significant subject closely tied to the car number of the day.

Elliott Sadler car number 38 M&Ms sponsor My son played a role in today’s selected subject. His choice of favorite driver is of no surprise considering he’s a eleven year old boy. What boy doesn’t think back flips are cool? I’ve been subjected to his glare of doubt and disappointment when I refused his request to exit our Honda Odyssey through the window and do the Carl Edwards flip myself. I’d likely make it just enough to land flat on my back, if I was lucky! My son didn’t care though. He stuck his thumbs in his armpits, began flapping his arms and taunting me with, “Bwak, bwak, bwak.”

Since Carl Edwards is in car number 99 and wouldn’t fall into this series, my son said I should do it on one of his first favorite NASCAR drivers and sponsor- Elliott Sadler and the M&M’s number 38.
NASCAR Driver Elliott Sadler

Stats for all cars running the #38:

Number of Races: 481
Number of Wins: 7
Number of Top 5s: 30
Number of Top 10s: 86
Number of Poles: 11

Check out current NASCAR race statistics here at On Pit Row!

Spotlight Subject: Driver Elliott Sadler

Elliott Sadler could just as easily have been a professional basketball player instead of a famous stock car driver. At one time he was being recruited by at least eighteen colleges to play sports. However, the possibility of a basketball career was removed after sustaining a knee injury while playing on a basketball scholarship at James Madison University. But this was`probably just as good considering his family’s involvement in local short tracking racing in Virginia. His father, uncle and brother were racing while a young Elliott watched from the sides with his toy diecast cars in hand. By the age of 7 Elliott was strapping into go-karts where he would go on to win over 200 races. By the time he was 18 years of age, he took home a track championship which put him in the spotlight enough to secure a Busch Series ride in 1997. By the end of the 1998 Busch Series he would have 5 wins and would start 1999 with a full time ride in Sprint Cup driving the #21 Citgo Ford for the famous Wood Brother team. But Sadler’s best runs in Cup competition would come during his tenure at Robert Yates Racing in the #38 M&M’s Ford. With 130 starts in the #38 car he would average a 19th place finish via 7 poles, 2 wins, 12 top fives, and 40 top tens.

Late in the 2006 season Sadler moved over to Evernham Motorsports where his overall stats have been rather disappointing. That said, the entire Evernham Motorsports organization had been a struggling the last few seasons. Sadler remains in the ride despite multiple team owner mergers (he now drives for Richard Petty Motorsports), poor performance on track, and even lawsuits to keep his seat. With over three years in his current ride, Sadler has 0 poles, 0 wins, 3 top fives, and only 17 top tens.

Thinking of the upcoming Daytona 500, Elliott has a reason to have a bit of a bounce in his step. In the last five Daytona 500 starts he has finished 11th, 4th, 6th, 6th, and 5th! In 2006, Elliott won the first Daytona 500 qualifying race giving him a 3rd place starting position in the Daytona 500 (which resulted in the 4th place finish). In 2007 he was running around the top five in the Bud Shootout at Daytona before being taken out in an accident and leaving him with a 15th place finish. In 2009, Elliott spun out during the Bud Shootout, but was able to keep the car from being damaged and went on to finish 5th in the Daytona 500. So Daytona has been good to Sadler.

If you’re playing fantasy racing, Elliott is certainly a driver who can get it done in the “Great American Race.” Restrictor-plate races are often a roll of the dice with so much of what happens out of the driver’s control. Daytona would be a perfect place to use Sadler in your lineup. Personally, I’d use him there not only because of his past record at Daytona, but also because I wonder if he will have a ride for the full 2010 season, so I’ll want to use him while I can.

Filed under: Daytona 500, Elliott Sadler, James Jones, NASCAR, NASCAR History

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Richard Petty Motorsports Further Solidifies 2010 Plans

by Chris Leone, Special To NASCAR commentary and pictures,2010 NASCAR schedule,NASCAR video, Bench Racing With Steve and Charlie

I do weekly Fantasy Pick'Em columns here at OPR, as well as the occasional opinion and analysis piece. I also provide the IZOD IndyCar Series coverage. For more on that, head to my site, OpenWheelAmerica.com. My Twitter handle is @christopherlion.

October 28, 2009 7:50 pm CDT No Comments

An Associated Press report published today suggests that Best Buy, Elliott Sadler’s sponsor on the No. 19 Richard Petty Motorsports car for the past couple of years, will move to its teammate, the No. 43 car, which A.J. Allmendinger will drive for the 2010 season.

Best Buy began its relationship with Allmendinger this season at Darlington, when they sponsored his No. 44 car as he finished 17th. Allmendinger also finished 7th at Sonoma and 23rd two weeks ago at Charlotte with Best Buy on the hood.

Best Buy sponsored Sadler in 19 races this season, including the Sprint All-Star Challenge, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. Sadler’s best finish this season was a 5th place in the Daytona 500.

The move is one of marginal elevation for the Richfield, MN-based company: Allmendinger sits one spot ahead of Sadler in points, although their records this season are virtually identical: 32 starts, no wins, a top-5 and four top-10s apiece.

The move leaves the No. 19 with one primary sponsor, Stanley Tools, which has covered 22 races over the course of this season (19 with Sadler and 3 with Allmendinger).

However, the move also strengthens Richard Petty Motorsports as a whole; instead of putting together a multi-million dollar sponsorship package for Allmendinger, they only need to patch holes for both Sadler and Allmendinger, a much easier task. RPM also has experience with this method, having utilized it all year with Allmendinger’s car and the No. 43 of Reed Sorenson.

Thus far, the biggest supporters of those two teams have been McDonald’s and Valvoline, with 10 races apiece. Hunt Brothers Pizza sponsored eight races for Allmendinger this season, with the last one this weekend at Talladega. Charter Communications covered seven races, but none since Phoenix in April. Super 8 Motels, the Air Force, and PVA.org have also sponsored RPM cars this year.

Ideally, RPM will fill its sponsorship gaps with the companies that have already appeared on its cars this year, giving them three fully sponsored and factory supported teams for next year. Pending the potential addition of Paul Menard and his family sponsorship, RPM could finally have a financially stable four-car team for the 2010 season.

Filed under: A J Allmendinger, Elliott Sadler, Richard Petty Motorsports

Tagged with: A.J. Allmendinger, Elliott Sadler, Richard Petty Motorsports

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