Birthdate: April 30, 1975 Hometown: Emporia, Va. Resides: Emporia, Va. Marital Status: Single Children: None Hobbies: Golf, deer hunting, basketball, water sports, video games

Elliott Sadler No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Team: Evernham Motorsports Team Owner: Ray Evernham Crew Chief: Josh Browne Engine Builder: Evernham Engines Career Starts: 285 Career Wins: 3 Career Poles: 7 Best Points Finish: 9th (2004) First Full Season: 1999 First Start: May 24, 1998 (Charlotte) First Win: March 25, 2001 (Bristol) First Pole: March 14, 2003 (Darlington) Shop Address: 320 Aviation Drive Statesville, NC 28677

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Finished a career-best ninth in the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series standings 1999 Raybestos Rookie of the Year runner-up Five-time NASCAR Busch Series winner 1995 South Boston Speedway track champion

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 22nd in series points. … Finished with one top five, seven top 10s and one pole. … Moved from Robert Yates Racing to Evernham Motorsports prior to race No. 23, the Aug. 20 event at Michigan International Speedway.… Season-high finish of fourth came in the season-opening Daytona 500.

2005 Finished 13th in series points. … Captured the pole position four times: Bristol (spring), Indianapolis, and in the fall at Talladega and Charlotte. … Best finish was a second at Bristol in the spring after starting on the pole. … Had 12 top-10 finishes. … Finished second in the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge.

2004 Finished ninth in series points. … Inaugural Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup participant. … Posted careerbest results in many categories, including wins (two), top-five finishes (eight), top-10 finishes (14) and winnings ($6,241,034). … Began 2004 season with second-fastest qualifying time for the Daytona 500, marking his third top- 10 start in 11 races at Daytona. … Won the second of two 125-lap qualifying races at Daytona.… Posted two wins, at Texas in April and California in Sept. … Failed to finish only one race in 2004, the lowest DNF total of any driver who competed in all 36 races. … Led 254 laps in 36 events.

2003 Finished 22nd in series points. … Won his career-first pole at Darlington in his fifth race for new race team Robert Yates Racing. … Started on the outside pole at Texas and led race-high 91 laps before a cut tire resulted in an accident. … Scored five top-10 finishes in first nine races and was 10th in series points, but dropped to 20th after three consecutive finishes of 33rd or worse beginning at Richmond in May.… Won pole at Talladega in September and led 23 laps, but an accident with seven laps to go resulted in a 30th-place finish. … Began season with Raymond Fox as crew chief; Todd Parrott replaced Fox in August. ... Finished with a career-best nine top-10 finishes, including two in the top five.

2002 Finished 23rd in series points, in last season with Wood Brothers operation. … Started with a few strong runs, grabbing the runner-up spots in the season-opener Daytona 500 and the spring race at Darlington. … Earned careerbest starting spots when he started on the outside row at Texas. … Also had the second-fastest qualifying time for the Coca-Cola 600. … Announced in August he was leaving the team to drive for Robert Yates Racing in the No. 38 Ford.

2001 Finished 20th in series points. … Took the Wood Brothers back to Victory Lane for the first time since 1993 with a victory at Bristol in March. Win came in Sadler’s 75th series start. … Also finished third behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip in Pepsi 400 at Daytona for his only other top-10 finish.

2000 Finished 29th in series points. … Scored one top-10 finish. … The low point came at Talladega in April when Sadler failed to qualify. …Best finish was seventh in the night race at Bristol. … Best start was sixth at Darlington in March. … Crew chief Mike Beam left team with four races remaining.

1999 Finished 24th in series points. … Finished runner-up to Tony Stewart in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings. … Had one top-10 finish, but finished all but two races.

1998 Made series debut in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. … Drove two races for car owner Gary Bechtel and Diamond Ridge Motorsports. … Also started fourth and finished 20th in the Motegi Coca-Cola 500 exhibition race in Japan for the Wood Brothers.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Had five wins, five poles and 12 top-five finishes in 76 career NASCAR Busch Series starts before moving to the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series fulltime in 1999. … Won two NASCAR Busch Series races and finished eighth in 1998. … In his rookie season in 1997, he won the pole for the season-opening event at Daytona. … Won his first NASCAR Busch Series race at Nazareth in his 13th start. … Finished his rookie year with four poles, three wins and fifth place in the final standings. … Ran limited NASCAR Busch Series schedules in 1996 and 1995. … Crowned track champion at South Boston Speedway in 1995, winning 13 races, including six in a row. … Moved to the NASCAR Weekly Series at the age of 18. … Ran first full season in 1993. … Began racing at age seven in go-karts and won more than 200 races. … Won several karting titles, including the 1983-84 Virginia State Karting Championship.

NOTEWORTHY
Sadler is a hunting guide and raises Walker hunting dogs in the winter months. … His father, Herman, raced Late Model stocks in Virginia. … He’s a big fan of the University of North Carolina’s Tar Heels. … Sadler made his Country Music Television debut in 2002 in the country music video for the song, “Ol’ Red,” released by recording artist Blake Shelton. … Received athletic scholarship (basketball) to James Madison University to play for Lefty Driessell; suffered a knee injury that “allowed him to pursue a sit-down job.” … Recipient of the 2003 Outstanding young Virginian Award. … Sadler raised $86,400 for the Autism Society of America and the Victory Junction Gang Camp in May 2004 with his Race for Hope event. ... Elliott and his brother, Hermie, have been recognized by the Autism Society of America for their dedication and hard work.