Born: April 24, 1969

Marital Status: Married, Angie

Children: Daughters Cora (11), Halie (9), and Naomi (5)

High School: Brunswick Academy ‘87

College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ‘91

Personal Interests: Golf, Professional Wrestling, UNC Athletics

Hermie Sadler has been going to the racetrack on the weekends since before he could walk. Born in Emporia, Va., Hermie accompanied father Herman Sadler, Jr. and grandfather Herman Sadler, Sr. to the races as a toddler to watch dirt cars owned by his dad and driven by his uncle, Bud Elliott.

Sadler began his racing career at the age of ten, when he began racing go-karts on dirt tracks throughout the Southeast. By the age of 14, Hermie, along with younger brother Elliott, were both winning races across the state and across the country.

Both of the Sadler Brothers realized great success in karting, with Hermie winning the World Karting Association National Championship in 1988, and brother Elliott winning multiple State Championships.

In 1990, while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hermie began racing Late Model Stock Cars under the guidance of Uncle Bud Elliott. In 1992, Hermie finished second in the Late Model Stock Car Championship Point standings at South Boston Speedway in Virginia.

While winning seven races that year and finishing second in the points was a great season, it was a conversation that Hermie had following a night in which he won two 100-lap feature races in the same night. That conversation was with Don Beverly, a former drag racer and owner of a trucking company in Chester, VA. It was that night that Beverly, who also fielded at NASCAR Busch Series team, offered Hermie a chance to drive his car in the NASCAR Busch Series in 1993.

Sadler won a race and NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year honors in 1993 driving for Beverly, then followed that up with a solid sophomore season that saw Sadler again visit Victory lane and earn at Top 5 Finish in the NASCAR Busch Series standings in 1994.

1995 saw Sadler break out on his own, and form his own Busch Series team with sponsorship from Dewalt. Hermie also brought on veteran crew chief Bobby King, whom he enjoyed a great deal of success driving for Beverly.

1995 and 1996 brought two more successful seasons for Sadler, and two more top ten points finishes.

In 1997, in an effort to become more competitive with the larger teams in the sport, Hermie and DeWalt agreed to join Diamond Ridge Motorsports as a teammate to Brother Elliott, driving the #29 Chevrolet.

Sadler starting the 1998 season driving for Ron Parker in the #72 MGM Brakes Chevrolet. After resigning mid season, Hermie spent the next couple of seasons with part time rides with Innovative Motorsports and BACE Motorsports.

In 2001, Sadler’s life and driving career took a major turn. Halie Dru Sadler, the second of three daughters born to Hermie and Angie, was diagnosed with Autism in early 2001. The day the diagnosis came in, Hermie knew his focus needed to be on his family, and operating his three car dealerships.

Hermie stayed away from the sport for the majority of 2001 as he and Angie worked to learn about autism, and to get Halie started in the school program they felt gave her the best chance to succeed. The Sadler’s also started a personal crusade to educate others on autism. Since 2001, The Hermie and Elliott Sadler Foundation has donated over $200,000 to different charitable organizations for the advancement of autism research.

Hermie returned to the track on a part time basis in 2002, running a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule with sponsorship from the Virginia Lottery. Hermie competed in selected Cup races until 2006. Also in 2006, Hermie began working for Fox as an analyst for some of its Busch Series telecasts.

In 2007, Hermie began working full time in front of the camera, as a full time analyst on the popular “Hot Pass” was launched on DirecTV. He also currently serves as an analyst and pit reporter for SPEED on its NASCAR coverage throughout the season. Hermie did return to the track once in 2007, running the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville.

Currently, in addition to a full time broadcasting career in NASCAR, Hermie also owns the United Wrestling Federation (uwfusa.com), which promotes live professional wrestling events in the Southeast. Hermie also makes occasional appearances as a guest commentator on TNA Wrestling’s iMPACT! which airs on Thursday nights on Spike TV.