SCR: Would you like to see the helmet toss become part of the pre-race show?
Sadler: Yeah, I think I can throw a helmet a right good ways, or throw it pretty hard, so I might have a chance to win something like that.
SCR: You were pretty accurate too.
Sadler: I played baseball all through my whole life and I play softball now. I thought if I didn't throw it like I was supposed to, they might kick me off the softball team.
SCR: Are you NASCAR's biggest wrestling fan?
Sadler: Oh yeah. I probably know a lot more about wrestling than some of the other guys in the garage. I do a lot of stuff backstage with them and know the guys on a personal level. I think that gives me the inside track on what's going on in wrestling.
SCR: Any similarities between NASCAR and the WWE?
Sadler: I think sometimes after some of these short-track races we ought to set up a wrestling ring and let everybody go at it instead of throwing helmets and booties and hand gestures and stuff like that. Just let the fans stay there, set up a ring in the middle of the track, and let us go at it.
SCR: Would you rather wrestle Ward Burton or Jimmy Spencer?
Sadler: I would like to try Jimmy Spencer. I like Ward. He's from Virginia. I probably could toss him around a little easier, but I would like to try Jimmy. He's a big boy, and I would like to get him in there and see what he's got.
SCR: You mentioned baseball. Did you play any other sports in high school?
Sadler: I played baseball, basketball, football, cross-country, golf, and soccer. I played all those in high school.
SCR: Did you follow racing closely while growing up?
Sadler: Yes. I had three uncles who raced. My dad raced. My brother raced. I've got five first cousins who race now. We always followed racing. I used to go to Richmond and buy tickets just like everybody else. I used to go to Rockingham, used to go to Martinsville, used to go to North Wilkesboro. There were a lot of different places we used to go to watch the races. I was a big fan long before I was able to participate in this sport.
SCR: Who was your favorite driver?
Sadler: I liked Cale Yarborough growing up, and I liked Sam Ard a ton in the Sportsman Division, what is now the Busch Series. I was a huge, huge Sam Ard fan.
SCR: What current or former driver do you try to mold yourself after?
Sadler: I have all the respect in the world for everybody who drives in NASCAR, but the guy I really like emulating the most is D.J. (Dale Jarrett). What he does off the track and the type of personality he has and what he stands for and the way he's represented this sport is second to none. If there's anybody I would try to mold myself after, it would be him.
SCR: And the whole world awaits the answer to this one: What's your favorite color M&M?
Sadler: I like the green one right now. The green one, she's looking pretty good. Back when I was growing up, if you had a green M&M you were supposed to hit a home run, so green has always been my favorite.
SCR: I hear there's a new M&M's paint scheme on tap for next year.
Sadler: They've got some pretty cool paint schemes lined up for next year. I think everybody is going to enjoy them. They've done some cool stuff with the characters on the car, and I think everybody is going to get a pretty good kick out of it.
SCR: Look for a green No. 38, I take it?
Sadler: It looks good.