TRUCK SERIES BOUND: Elliott Sadler returns to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series following a seven year hiatus, making his last Truck Series start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway in 2003. Sadler joins Kevin Harvick Inc. co-owner Kevin Harvick to pilot the No. 2 Truck for eight races in 2010.
DAYTONA DESIRE: Sadler has made 22 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway recording his best finish of second in the season opening Daytona 500 in 2002. He also has three Nationwide Series starts at the 2.5-mile superspeedway recording one pole in 1998. Last season Sadler came ever so close to score his first career win at the speedway in the Daytona 500. This season he adds the Truck Series event to his schedule in hopes of visiting victory lane at the historic track.
LAST YEAR YOU CAME VERY CLOSE TO WINNING THE DAYTONA 500, WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR YOU TO RECORD A WIN AT DAYTONA?
“I’ve won the qualifying races a couple of times at Daytona and I’ve finished in the top five in the Daytona 500 a few times as well. I always look forward to racing there and it’ll be neat to be behind the wheel in a truck.”
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A GOOD RESTRICTOR-PLATE DRIVER? WHAT DOES A DRIVER NEED TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT DAYTONA?
“When you look back at Daytona Speedweeks the truck races have had some of the most exciting finishes. I haven’t drafted in a truck before and I’m sure it’ll be a little unique so I’ll spend practice and the first half of the race figuring out what it’ll take to be in the front when it gets near the end of the race. I’ve definitely had a lot of success on the restrictor-plate tracks and hopefully I’ll be able to have a strong run at Daytona. It’ll be interesting to see how everything plays out at the end of the race. The trucks tend to come down to the last 50 feet of the race before you know who is going to be able to pull off the win.”
CHASSIS HISTORY: The No. 2 Hunt Brothers Pizza team will take chassis No. 041 to Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Chassis No. 041 is a new truck which has undergone extensive testing but has never seen a lap of competition.
ARE YOU A FOLLOWER? Twitter users can now keep up-to-date with Kevin Harvick Inc.’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Teams by following at http://twitter.com/KHI_TruckSeries. In addition, you can follow KHI’s Nationwide Series team at http://twitter.com /KHI_NNS. Want more from KHI? Follow KHI’s co-owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick at http://twitter.com/kevinharvick and http://twitter.com/delanaharvick.
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now log on to www.kevinharvickinc.com to gain access to press kit information online. For more information, please email Jessica Stroupe at KHI: jstroupe@kevinharvickinc.com.
ABOUT HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA:
With more than 6,000 locations in 28 states, Hunt Brothers® Pizza is the nation’s largest brand of made-to-order pizza in the convenience store industry. Perfect for today’s on-the-go lifestyle, Hunt Brothers Pizza offers regular, thin crust, and breakfast pizzas with All Toppings No Extra Charge,® plus the new Hunt Brothers® Wings in Southern Style and Hot ‘n Spicy flavors. Family owned and operated for over 40 years and headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., the company provides all of the food products, marketing programs, equipment and training for convenience stores to operate their own turnkey pizza program.
For additional information, please visit www.huntbrotherspizza.com or call (800) 453-3675.
About Kevin Harvick Inc.
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.
QUICK NOTES
Race Info
February 12, 2010
Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway
Nextera Energy 250
Race length: 100 Laps/ 250 Miles
Banking/Turns: 31-degree turns;
3-degree straight-a-ways
Track layout: 2.5-mile
Shape: Tri-oval
Pre-Race Schedule
Wednesday:
Practice: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., EST
Thursday:
Practice: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., EST
Qualifying: 6:10 p.m., EST
TV: The Nextera Energy 250 can be seen on SPEED Friday at 7:30 p.m., EST
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will broadcast live at 7:30 p.m., EST
Truck Specs:
Chassis: 041
Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)
Elliott Sadler 2010
Truck Series Race Schedule
May 14 Dover International Speedway
May 21 Charlotte Motor Speedway
July 23 O’Reilly Raceway Park
July 31 Pocono Raceway
August 18 Bristol Motor Speedway
November 5 Texas Motor Speedway
November 19 Homestead-Miami Speedway