Recent Years
In 2003, Sadler announced he would run the #54 Toys R Us Chevy for Team Bristol Motorsports. Unfortunately, owner Rick Goodwin had problems paying off the team's debt, and the team shut down following the Hardee's 250. Sadler ended that Busch Season running three races on his own with Zapf Creations sponsoring. He also ran ten more cup races that season, with sponsors such as Dollar Tree, Go Team VA, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling climbing on board. In 2004, former NBA player Bryant Stith became a co-owner of SCORE, and with help from fan donations, Sadler was able to run 30 races, the best finish being a twelfth at Milwaukee. He also ran 16 races in the Cup Series, and had a 23rd place finish at Talladega Superspeedway. He also fielded cars for Carl Long and Andy Belmont as well that season. As a team owner, Sadler was the last to compete in a Pontiac, which had pulled out of NASCAR after the 2003 season.
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 #66 car. Sadler continued to struggle despite the new ownership, and resigned from the ride midseason. He spent the balance of the year driving occasional races for Front Row Motorsports, and even returned to the 66 for one race in a sponsorship deal with Jerry Kilgore.
In 2006, Sadler ran seven races for MBA Racing, racing the #00 Aaron's Rent Ford as a partnership with the Michael Waltrip Racing team. Sadler is currently a race analyst on Nascar Race Day, shown on Speed, serving as the official driver of SPEED 1, a racecar set up by JR Motorsports and crew chiefed by Todd Berrier. Sadler returned to competition at Martinsville Speedway 2007, driving the #71 Chevrolet Silverado for Andy Hillenburg.
Sadler returned to the Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) for the first time in over 5 years, and raced at Richmond in the #09 car, sponsored by TNA Impact!. However, he finished 6 laps down, in 32nd position.
Hermie raced in the 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, driving for TRG Motorsports. It was his first start in 4 years in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition and the team cited his prior success at Martinsville as the best chance for TRG to remain in the Top 35 (TRG entered Martinsville just fifteen points ahead of 35th and twenty points in front of the 36th place team). Sadler finished 26th and the TRG maintained its Top 35 status.
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