NASCAR WCUP: Sadler at the 'Monster Mile' could be the key
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
May 30, 2001
DOVER, DE: This week, Wood Brothers Racing will prepare Elliott Sadler the same car with which he won Bristol earlier this year. Both the banking, 24 degrees in the turns, and the concrete racing surface make Dover Downs and Bristol similar tracks, influencing the Wood Brothers' choice of Motorcraft Taurus.
Elliott Sadler, -21- Motorcraft Taurus: "Dover is one of my favorite tracks. I'd say it is in the top three. It feels like a roller coaster. I remember the first time I went. Going into turn one, my stomach was way up in my throat big time. I didn't expect that. It was pretty neat. TV doesn't do it justice. I'd never seen it in person until I showed up in a Busch car there in 1996. And then I fell in love with the place. It is unbelievable how fast it is and the demands of that racetrack. It is a place that I look forward to going to. It's a place I think we can run good at. It's a place I think we can win at. It's a cement track. I run good on cement tracks and I look forward to going there again.
DOVER IS QUITE OFTEN HOT AND HUMID. WHAT KIND OF A TOLL DOES THAT TAKE?
"Some places that you run are more physically demanding and some are more mental. I think there it is more physically demanding track so you don't really worry about the heat and what is going on mentally. You really worry about your arms and you shoulders because with the up and down at Dover it throws you around right much. You've got to be on top of your game."
Text provided by Marti Rompf
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