Hermie Sadler

His best finish was a 21st at Richmond.

Sadler also ran 10 Cup races that year, eight in his own No. 02 entry, and two races for Junie Donlavey.

Running cars purchased from Larry Hedrick Motorsports and with Virginia Lottery sponsoring, he ran three races, his best finish being a 27th at Dover.

He also made his debut in the Winston Cup Series, starting 30th and finishing 37th at the Miller 400 in the No. 26 Chevrolet owned by William Slate.

Herman Marion Sadler III (born April 24, 1969) is an American professional stock car racing driver and broadcaster, businessman and politician.

He competed in NASCAR as a driver from 1992 to 2019.

In 1992, Sadler made his debut in the NASCAR Busch Series at Orange County Speedway.

Sadler began running the Busch Series full-time in 1993.

Driving the No. 25 Shell Oil-Virginia is for Lovers-sponsored Oldsmobile for Don Beverly, Sadler picked a win at Orange County, finished tenth in points, and was named NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Rookie of the Year.

He followed that up with another win at Orange County and a fifth-place points finish the next season in 1994.

After that year ended, Sadler teamed with his father, Herman, to run the No. 1 DeWalt Tools-sponsored Chevrolet.

Although he did not win, Sadler had six Top 10 finishes and a thirteenth-place finish in the point standings.

He won the pole at the 1996 Milwaukee Mile race, but he continued to drop and finished 15th place in points.

In 1997, his ride was purchased by Diamond Ridge Motorsports, which also owned Elliott's current ride.

Sadler grabbed two more poles and had seven Top 10 finishes, finishing tenth in points.

After a nearly identical season in 1998, Sadler was pushed out of the ride, while Elliott signed with Wood Brothers Racing in the Cup Series.

In 1999, Sadler signed to drive the No. 72 MGM Brakes-sponsored Chevy for Ron Parker.

But a season-opening failure to qualify, at the NAPA Auto Parts 300, brought an end to the streak of 173 consecutive races for Sadler.

After his release from the team following the MBNA Platinum 200, Sadler spent the rest of the season with BACE Motorsports' Bayer-Alka-Seltzer-sponsored entry, and then Innovative Motorsports.

In the late 2000s and the 2010s, he scaled back his driving and worked for Speed/Fox as a broadcaster, including as a reporter on NASCAR RaceDay and as a pit reporter on their Truck Series broadcasts.

In 2000, Sadler signed to drive the No. 30 Little Trees-sponsored Chevy for Innovative, but often did not qualify for races, and was released after six events.

After a brief stint of Innovative using interim drivers, Sadler returned to the team for the balance of the season, posting a seventh-place finish at Pikes Peak International Raceway.

In 2001, Sadler and his wife Angela formed their own team, Score Motorsports, and began running a limited schedule in the Winston Cup Series.

Sadler returned to the Busch Series in 2002, running a limited schedule in his own No. 02 as well as the No. 43 for the Curb Agajanian Performance Group.

For 2003, Sadler announced he would run the No. 54 Toys R Us-sponsored Chevy in the Busch Series for Team Bristol Motorsports.

Ten races into the season, the team shut down following the Hardee's 250 due to financial difficulties.

Sadler ended that Busch Season running three races on his own with Zapf Creations sponsoring.

He also ran ten more Cup races in the No. 02 that season, with sponsors such as Dollar Tree, Go Team VA, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

As a team owner, Sadler was the last to compete in a Pontiac, which had pulled out of NASCAR after the 2003 season.

Former NBA player Bryant Stith became a co-owner of Score in 2004, and with help from fan donations, Sadler was able to run 30 Busch races, the best finish being a twelfth at Milwaukee.

During the lead-up to 2005, Sadler sold his Busch Series team and announced he was selling a large portion of his Cup team to Jeff Stec, owner of Peak Fitness, who would sponsor the new No. 66 car.

Sadler continued to struggle despite the new ownership, and resigned from the ride midseason.

He also ran 16 races in the Cup Series, and had a 23rd-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway, as well as fielding cars for Carl Long and Andy Belmont.

After leaving NASCAR altogether after 2019, he ran for political office as a Republican in his home state of Virginia for the newly redrawn 17th district in the State Senate in the 2023 election.

He lost the Republican primary election on June 20 to Emily Brewer, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.

He is the brother of Elliott Sadler, who is also a former NASCAR driver.

Sadler began racing in go-karts alongside younger brother Elliott in their hometown of Emporia.

He then began running late models in Virginia.

He started 19th but finished 25th after wrecking his No. 32 Oldsmobile.

He ran four more races that season, with a best finish of 20th, at Dover International Speedway and Hickory Motor Speedway.