Elliott Sadler Homestead-Miami Race Advance
Official Team Report
No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
Homestead-Miami Speedway--NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Driver: Elliott Sadler
Team Director: Chris Andrews
Car Director: Kirk Almquist
Engineer: Tim Malinovsky
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
MOST RECENT RACE (No. 19 Dodge Charger)
Race Start Finish Led Points Status
Phoenix 16 17 0 112 Running
2006 NEXTEL CUP TOTALS (No. 19 Dodge Charger)
Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s Led Owner Rank
0 0 0 2 59 34
Chassis: EMS 139 0
Car Info: Qualified second at Texas and ninth at Kansas earlier this year
ELLIOTT SADLER QUOTES
"The No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger team bounced back last week after a couple of disappointing finishes. A good finish this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway will provide momentum as we enter the off season and prepare for 2007. This Evernham Motorsports team has made significant progress in recent weeks. We have the equipment to be a competitive race team. We just have to get everything to mesh the setup and the communications. It will happen.
"We've got a lot of testing this winter with the COT (car of tomorrow) and getting ready for next year. We really want to hit the ground running and make sure we've got all the questions answered before we get to Daytona. That means I'm going to miss a little more hunting this year than I have in a long time.
"It's going to be very tough on all the teams next year. It's going to be very expensive on all the teams because the things that work on our regular car don't work on the COT. It's going to be a different mindset every week. The things that work on one don't work on the other, so it's going to be hard on the Team Director, hard on the driver. We've all got to learn to adapt."
STATS & FACTS
* Sadler's best finish at the Homestead-Miami Speedway is a ninth place (2002).
* Sadler's best start at Homestead-Miami came in 2004 when he qualified 15th.
* Sadler has been running at the finish in all seven of his starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
* In August, Ray Evernham named Sadler the driver of the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger. This will be Sadler's 14th start with the Evernham Motorsports team.
* Sadler's best finish in the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger came at New Hampshire when he finished sixth. He has two top-10 finishes in 12 races with EMS. The Evernham Motorsports No. 19 entry is currently 34th in NASCAR's owner point standings.
* Sadler gained ground in the season point standings after Phoenix. He is currently 22nd, 89 points out of 20th.
Elliott Sadler Career Homestead-Miami Stats
Starts Wins Poles Top 5's Top 10's Led Earnings
7 0 0 0 1 1 $501,049
ELLIOTT SADLER 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP STATISTICS:
DATE EVENT ST FIN EARNINGS LAPS POINTS
2//05 Bud Shootout 6 13 n/a 70/70 n/a
2/16/06 Gatorade Duel 3 1 n/a 64/64 n/a
2/19/06 Daytona 500 3 4 $684,076 203/203 4th
2/26/06 California 16 23 $115,083 250/251 10th
3/12/06 Las Vegas 26 14 $125,758 270/270 8th
3/20/06 Atlanta 28 29 $97,433 324/325 13th
3/26/06 Bristol 13 13 $115,733 500/500 11th
4/02/06 Martinsville 7 6 $120,808 500/500 9th
4/09/06 Texas 25 33 $113,558 286/334 12th
4/19/06 Phoenix 20 37 $89,008 247/312 14th
5/1/06 Talladega 1 16 $138,983 188/188 13th
5/06/06 Richmond 37 13 $106,808 400/400 14th
5/13/06 Darlington 6 29 $99,483 364/367 15th
5/20/06 Nextel Open 29 12 n/a 30/30 n/a
5/28/06 Charlotte 26 30 $113,958 396/400 17th
6/04/06 Dover 8 40 $100,933 296/400 20th
6/11/06 Pocono 13 20 $97,908 200/200 20th
6/18/06 Michigan 32 22 $102,458 129/129 21st
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