Season Preview:
Elliott Sadler
Past
In 2001, Elliott won his first cup race ever at Bristol in the Food City 500. In 2004, Elliott qualfied for the first Chase for the Nextel Cup, won at Texas and California and finished the year in 9th in pts.
In 2005, Elliott failed to win a race or make the chase. He ended the year 13th in pts.
Restrictor Plates
Elliott is generally good at the plate tracks except he had 2 finishes outside of the top 20 due to wrecks so he'll need to escape those TBOs.
Short Tracks
Elliott had two bad short track finishes (16th & 29) so he'll need to improve on those.
Road Courses
Both of Elliott's road course finishes were good so I'd leave the road course section alone and work on the other sections that aren't as good yet.
Flat Tracks
Elliott only had one good flat track finishes so he'll need to work on his flat tracks whether it be performance or staying out of trouble.
Cookie Cutters
Elliott's cookies are mixed so he'll have to work on performance & on staying out of trouble.
Overall
Elliott's problems are performance & trouble so he's got some work ahead of him espically with the performance side.
(C)Ashley M, Jan 23rd 2005
(R)The NASCAR Palace, Jan 23rd 2005
