to Tyler Reddick at Daytona International Speedway for the PowerShares QQQ 300 with a margin of 0.0004 seconds. Sadler won the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Most Popular Driver, making him the driver to win the most Most Popular Driver awards in Xfinity Series history, with four Most Popular Driver wins, winning it in 2011, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Kaulig Racing On August 15, 2018, Sadler announced that he would retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 Xfinity Series season. He transitioned to a part-time schedule in NASCAR in 2019, joining Kaulig Racing for a two-race Xfinity slate in 2019 at Richmond and Las Vegas. The 2019 Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas was his final start in the NASCAR national series. Driving a No. 10 designed after his 1993 late model, Sadler finished tenth. Personal life Sadler was a six-sport athlete in high school at Brunswick Academy, participating in football, basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, and golf. He was recruited by over 20 universities to play college basketball, and ended up accepting a basketball scholarship from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. However, he injured his knee before his freshman season and needed two surgeries, eventually quitting college to focus on racing. Sadler is heavily involved in the Autism Speaks charity. He was the cover athlete on EA Sports NASCAR 07 and was also on the special edition NASCAR 09. Sadler is married to Amanda and they have two children. Motorsports career results NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Monster Energy Cup Series Daytona 500 Xfinity Series Camping World Truck Series Season still in progress. Ineligible for series championship points. References Elliott Sadler Bio Elliot Sadler going to Evernham Motorsports Evernham Motorsports confirms Elliot Sadler as driver at Michigan Silly Saga: Elliot Sadler going to Evernham External links Hermie & Elliott Sadler Foundation for Autism 1975 births NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Virginia People from Emporia, Virginia Living people Robert Yates Racing drivers Evernham Motorsports drivers Richard Childress Racing drivers Joe Gibbs Racing drivers RFK Racing drivers JR Motorsports drivers NASCAR Xfinity Series regular season champions Michael Waltrip Racing drivers