Atlantic City Apology

Hey guys. I hope you're all doing well and I know you're probably getting ready for the start of the season and the Daytona 500. I'm definitely excited about the upcoming season and hope we get it off to a great start in February.

I wanted to take a second to apologize to all of the Elliott Sadler fans that came out to Atlantic City this past Saturday. This is my 10th season in Cup and I've never had to miss a public appearance due to travel complications. Well, that was the case until Saturday.

I won't go into a long story as to all of the variables that happened which led to us having to cancel the appearance. I will tell you my plane is in Wichita under going repairs from an incident that happened over the winter while it was down for maintenance. And, we had a plan B for Saturday but lost the pilot at the 11th hour. We had a plane but no one to fly it.

That normally wouldn't be a big deal. But, Saturday it was. My pilots are in Texas at flight school and none of our other "NASCAR" planes were around. DJ's was gone. Biffle's was gone and Kasey's was off to Washington State.

What it all boiled down to is I was in Emporia, VA ready to go to Atlantic City but didn't have a way. The kind folks at the show offered to send a plane to pick me up but because our runway was wet in Emporia this particular plane couldn't land.

All I can say is I apologize to the folks at the show, all of the race fans and all of the Sadler Fan Club members who made arrangements to be in attendance. We asked that they gather the names of folks in attendance and I'll make sure we get autograph cards out to you guys soon!

Elliott Sadler