Elliott Sadler Tag

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Entering the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs as heavy favorites to make it to Homestead to compete for the championship, three of the four JR Motorsports drivers (Elliott Sadler, William Byron, and Justin Allgaier) have parlayed strong finishes into a decent points advantage over the other drivers in the field and Saturday night’s race at Texas was no exception. The three drivers entered the playoffs as the top three seeds and that is where they have stayed for the duration of the postseason, with each ofRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer  29 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Kansas Speedway for the Drive for the Cure 300, the 30th race of the season. After the events at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Byron leads the points standings with his JR Motorsports teammate Allgaier three-points behind in second. The last time the XfinityRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 28 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Drive for the Cure 300, the 29th race of the season. After the events at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Allgaier leads the points standings with his JR Motorsports teammate Byron three-points behind in second. The last time theRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Consistency was the magic behind Elliott Sadler’s run to become the first NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season champion. It also gave Sadler enough bonus points to weather a decent weekend in the No. 1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Camaro at Kentucky Speedway. Sadler now carries that consistency into Dover International Speedway where he has finished in the top-10 consistently throughout his career. In 19 Xfinity Series starts, he has three top-fives and 12 top-10s with a best finish of fourth in 2012. Sadler also has 24Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 27 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Dover International Speedway for the Drive Sober 200, the 28th race of the season. After the events at Kentucky Speedway, Allgaier and Cole Custer are tied for the points lead with Elliott Sadler two-points behind in third. The last time the XfinityRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 26 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Ryan Reed, Justin Allgaier twice, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Kentucky Speedway for the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, the 27th race of the season. After the reseeding for the Playoffs, Rookie of the Year contender Byron leads Allgaier by two points in the Championship Standings. The last time the Xfinity Series visited Kentucky, KyleRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor With the regular season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series drawing to a close at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday afternoon, the standings show one thing, the championship is likely to go through JR Motorsports before it is all said and done. Three of the four drivers for the team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, and Rick Hendrick, lead the re-seeded standings and the fourth team driver is also in the playoff field, leaving open the possibility that the season finale at Homestead in NovemberRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer 25 races into the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, only four of the NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars (Jeremy Clements, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Reed, and William Byron three times) have scored victories during the 2017 season. This weekend the NASCAR Xfinity Series travels to Chicagoland Speedway for the Chicagoland 300, the 26th race of the season. Sadler has clinched the Regular Season Championship despite not scoring a win. He leads with 95-points over his JR Motorsports teammate, Byron. The last time the Xfinity Series visited Chicagoland, ErikRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor With William Byron departing for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at the end of the season, JR Motorsports had a vacancy in their fourth team car for 2018 that they needed to fill. On Thursday, it was announced that Tyler Reddick would fill that vacancy after signing a multi-year deal with the team. “This is an amazing opportunity for me,” Reddick said. “Having the chance to race full-time with an organization like JR Motorsports is something I’ve worked toward my entire life. It’s aRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Not only did Elliott Sadler notch another top-five finish at Richmond Raceway, but the JR Motorsports driver clinched the NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship and 15 Playoff Points. Sadler ran inside the top-10 throughout much of the night. Sadler’s No. 1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet Camaro was competitive throughout the Virginia 529 College Savings 250. It wasn’t until the final stage of the race that Sadler finally cracked the top-five. He climbed as high as third, but had nothing for eventual race winner Brad Keselowski,Read More