STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler’s No. 19 Dodge will sport a familiar black, white and orange paint scheme at Dover’s “Monster Mile” this weekend honoring those electronic wizards with the white shirts and clip-on ties from Best Buy—the Geek Squad.
2009 NSCS Elliott Sadler - (Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Sadler’s race car looks similar to the signature car driven by the 21,000 certified Geek Squad agents around the world. Instead of solving customers’ electronic challenges, Sadler hopes to drive his No. 19 Best Buy/Geek Squad Dodge to another top-10 finish. On Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Sadler finished eighth—his fourth top-10 finish in 2009.
Sadler Quotes:
SADLER ON DOVER: “Dover is a pretty good race track for us usually. We normally qualify really well there. But, Dover can just jump up and get you sometimes. I’ve had a couple run-ins with the Monster and he’s won his fair share. Maybe this time I’ll drop off an Ipod from Best Buy at its feet with some calm music and try to put the beast to sleep for a couple days.”
SADLER ON EIGHTH-PLACE FINISH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE: “We all try to do our best each and every week. It’d been a while since the No. 19 team recorded a top-10, so it was really great to see the guys smiling after a good, solid race. We have nine more weeks to try and learn as much as we can about each other as a team and get this No. 19 Dodge headed in the right direction for the folks at Best Buy and Stanley. We want to do everything we can to build momentum the rest of this year and learn as much as we can to give us a leg up going into 2010.”
Additional Notes of Interest:
· Best Buy – Dover (1165 N. Dupont Hwy) is hosting a private shopping event exclusively for NASCAR hard card and crew members on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 from 7 – 9:30 p.m.
· Prizes given away throughout the evening include a $500 Best Buy Gift Card. The first 300 guests through the door will receive a PS3 game controller courtesy of Insignia.
· Sadler will make a return visit to the Best Buy store on Saturday from 10-11 a.m. to sign autographs for the first 300 people.
· Geek Squad is conveniently located in every one of the over 1,000 Best Buy stores around the country and home to more than 21,000 Geek Squad agents.
· Sadler is tied with Tony Stewart for the longest active non-DNF streak (50 races) of drivers that have competed in every race. Teammate Reed Sorenson now has the longest overall streak at 53 races, but did not compete last season at Infineon.
· Sadler’s last DNF occurred on June 1, 2008 at Dover. Both Sadler and Stewart were involved in the same on-track incident to start their current streaks.
· Sadler has started 12th or better in nine of the last 11 races at Dover International Speedway.
· On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Sadler and wife Amanda announced they are expecting the birth of their first child in March 2010.
· SPEED TV viewers can see Elliott Sadler co-host “Trackside Live” Friday nights for the rest of the 2009 season.
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- Richard Petty Motorsports, Press Release