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Elliott Sadler's out-of-control ride last September at Talladega was emblematic of his entire first season with Robert Yates Racing.
Sadler started the race from the pole position--the second pole of his five-year Cup career--but while jockeying for the lead with six laps to go, his No. 38 Ford collided with Kurt Busch's No. 97 and flipped end over end. Sadler was airlifted to a hospital and was released later that day.
He describes the experience as "the wildest" ride of his life. It also served as the catalyst to turn his life around.
"Not many times you get in wrecks like that," Sadler says. "I've seen (drivers) have wrecks that didn't look ...