Elliott Sadler Quotes


Every sponsor wants to be a part of it, every driver, every team, but there are only so many pieces of the pie. If I don't make the chase, will I feel like I failed my sponsor? Yes, I will, because I've been in the top 10 all year long until the last month. We were almost counting our chickens before they were hatched around June, July, so it's going to be hard for me to look my sponsors in the face if we don't make it. - Elliott Sadler



Definitely when you think tires will be an issue, but even otherwise. It's good just to have the track time, but the crew also gets to see some things that might translate to Sunday. - Elliott Sadler



Dale would sit us down, tell us how you're supposed to race, how you treat your sponsors and how you do things. We don't have that stature figure anymore for young kids to look up to. It'd be neat to have another Dale Earnhardt step up and be the voice of all the drivers in the garage, but right now we don't have that. - Elliott Sadler



Busch racing is so fun to me because there's no points involved and I can go race and try to win, take chances. We might make it on gas, we might not. - Elliott Sadler



At the start of the race, I noticed a lot of guys were not slamming into each other. Clint [Bowyer] was pushing Dale; and I was pushing Jeff [Burton]. Everybody was just nudging a little until we got to those 'no zones.' Nobody wanted to take a chance. - Elliott Sadler