Elliott Sadler has found a new home for 2011. Sadler who currently drives for Richard Petty Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series completed a deal Thursday night that will allow him to compete for the Nationwide Series Championship with Kevin Harvick Inc.
KHI has scheduled a news conference for Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway to announce it’s 2011 program.
KHI was already planning to field the number 33 Chevrolet with technical assistance from Richard Childress Racing and owner Kevin Harvick as well as Clint Bowyer and Paul Menard driving the car. There was no confirmation at this time whether a second car would be fielded by KHI.
Elliott Sadler won a truck race for KHI earlier this year at Pocono.In 130 career Nationwide starts, Sadler has five wins, 19 top-five and 38 top-10 finishes and six poles. He has not run full time in the series since 1998.