Nationwide Series Title Battle Features Familiar Faces

  Battle For Points Lead Comes Down to Sadler And Stenhouse … Again It’s déjà vu all over again, only the positions have reversed. Last year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led Elliott Sadler down the homestretch in the hunt for the NASCAR Nationwide Series title. Fueled by two victories at Iowa, Stenhouse went on to capture the 2011 NNS championship by 45 points over Sadler. In 2011, Stenhouse was able to hang onto the title despite not winning a race in the final 12 events. Although Sadler did not find his way to Victory Lane in 2011, he consistently had strong finishes that placed him the runner up. In 2012, as the series heads into its 25th race of the season at Richmond International Raceway for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Sadler leads Stenhouse by 12 points. Richmond is Sadler’s home track. Last weekend, Stenhouse won his fourth race of the season when he beat Brad Keselowski to the checkers by 0.157 seconds in the NRA American Warrior 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stenhou...