Life is good for Elliott Sadler.
The No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet driver sits atop the NASCAR XFINITY Series standings – 107 points above second-place William Byron. He also gets to return Darlington Raceway as the defending race winner for Saturday’s Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN).
Darlington has treated Sadler well throughout his career. In 13 starts at the South Carolina track, Sadler claims one win, five top fives, six top 10s and a 14.6 average finish. In his last four races at Darlington, he has one win and two runner-ups.
Sadler enters Saturday’s race coming off a 14th-place showing at Road America. He hasn’t won a race this season, but owns nine top-five and 17 top-10 finishes in 23 starts. The 42-year-old Virginian has a 9.0 average finish.
“This weekend’s race at Darlington is a big one for me,” Sadler said. “Not only am I returning as the race winner, but I am also running a throwback paint scheme driven by one of my all-time favorite drivers, Cale Yarborough. To win back-to-back throwback races, and to do it in the same scheme Cale won back-to-back Daytona 500s in, would be incredible for me.”
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
