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Elliott Sadler knows the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season will be about change in both NASCAR and on his No. 19 Gillett Evernham Motorsports team.
While the sport welcomes a new series sponsor in Sprint, Sadler welcomes new primary sponsors, a new teammate, new team personnel and a renewed effort to return the 33-year-old Emporia, Va. native to victory lane and even into the sport’s post-season.
“We are approaching 2008 thinking we can make the “Chase for the Sprint Cup,” said Sadler. “Everyone is very positive on this team. With the personnel and resources, I think all of us expect to make the “Chase” in 2008. That’s our goal.”
Sadler’s No. 19 Dodge team will sport the new primary sponsorship colors of Best Buy for 15 races, Stanley Tools for 12 races and McDonalds for six races on NASCAR’s premier circuit.
In addition to new pit crew members, team director Rodney Childers begins his first full season with the No. 19 Dodge while Mark McCardle moves from directing the engine shop to his new duties as chief competition director in 2008.
Sadler and Gillett Evernham Motorsports teammate Kasey Kahne, who will drive the Budweiser Dodge in 2008, welcome Patrick Carpentier to the driver lineup as the Canadian pilots the Valvoline Dodge for a full Sprint Cup season in 2008.
Team Owner Ray Evernham remains a vital part of Sadler’s arsenal providing guidance to the driver as well as an unequaled resource at the track and back at the race shop in Statesville, N.C. Evernham sold a majority interest to sports investor George Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadians. That move allowed Evernham to focus more on the internal workings of the cars and sparked a late-season improvement in performance.
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