Paul Menard to have Elliott Sadler as backup in Coca Cola 600 – NASCAR news
Kevin Harvick Inc. Nationwide Series driver Elliott Sadler will serve as a reserve driver for KHI Sprint Cup Series driver Paul Menard in the upcoming Coca Cola 600 race.
The step has been taken to prevent Paul Menard’s foot injury for which he got 20 stitches. If Menard’s injury hinders him to complete the race, then Sadler will step-in in his place.
Sadler said, “I see all you guys in here with your cool computers and you probably have the latest and greatest technology. Say I give you a story right now to break, it'll be the biggest story ever and I give one of you guys a computer and I give one of
you guys a hammer, a chisel and a stone. I want you to write the story before the other guy finishes it. If not, I don't want to hear no excuses; you should be able to do that.”
Harvick, on the other hand, talked about the measures they have taken to stay in the series’ prestigious race as he said, “Winning races, you don't necessarily forget how to do that, but you forget how many small things come with that to be able to compete
on a week-to-week basis.”
Elliott Sadler has spent more than a decade racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, but due to some circumstances, he had to step back from the top national stock car race series. Now he is running in Nationwide Series with Kevin Harvick Inc. to streamline
his stock car racing career.
He has been very promising in the series and will enter the Nationwide Series race Top Gear 300 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway as a leader of standings.
His golden era at the elite class was in 2001 when he won at Bristol with Wood Brothers. His first victory led him to race for Roberts Yates Racing and experience a bright season with two wins and getting a seat in the Sprint Cup Chase. He finished ninth
on the points table that season, which was his career best at the elite class.
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