Johnny Sauter
Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Sauter is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 98 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Sauter won the 2016 Camping World Truck Series championship.
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 Sauter interacting with fans in 2014 | |||||||
| Born | 1 May 1978
(aged 47) Necedah, Wisconsin | ||||||
| Achievements | 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2017 Oktoberfest winner 2001 ASA National Tour Champion | ||||||
| Awards | 2009 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2001 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series statistics | |||||||
| 85 races run over 11 years | |||||||
| 2015 Sprint Cup position | 61st | ||||||
| Best Cup position | 30th (2007) | ||||||
| First race | 2003 Tropicana 400 (Chicago) | ||||||
| Last race | 2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series statistics | |||||||
| 205 races run over 11 years | |||||||
| 2014 NNS position | 102nd | ||||||
| Best NNS position | 8th (2003, 2006) | ||||||
| First race | 2001 Autolite / Fram 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
| First win | 2002 Tropicana Twister 300 (Chicago) | ||||||
| Last win | 2005 SBC 250 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics | |||||||
| 222 races run over 15 years | |||||||
| Truck #, team | No. 21 (GMS Racing) | ||||||
| 2017 NCWTS position | 2nd | ||||||
| Best NCWTS position | 1st (2016) | ||||||
| First race | 2003 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 2020 CarShield 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
| First win | 2009 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last win | 2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Racing career
Sauter gained national attention in 2001, when he won the ASA national Tour championship, when he won ten races.[1] That same year, he ran a partial NASCAR Busch Series schedule for Richard Childress Racing.[2] The following year, he ran a full season and earned his first win at Chicagoland Speedway.[3] Sauter was also involved in one of the biggest crashes in NASCAR history, a thirty-plus car accident at Talladega Superspeedway.[4] In 2003, Sauter split time between RCR and the Curb Agajanian team, driving 15 races for Curb and the other 19 for RCR.[5] He also raced in his first five Winston Cup Series races with Morgan-McClure Motorsports.[6]
In between the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Sauter signed with RCR to run the full Cup schedule and also with Brewco Motorsports to run the full Busch Series schedule.[7] He joined teammates Kevin Harvick and Robby Gordon and crew chief Kevin Hamlin at RCR.[8] Sauter ran the full Busch schedule, performing well on short tracks.[9] However, he was released after thirteen Cup races.[10]
After moving from ThorSport Racing to GMS Racing before 2016,[11] Sauter won the 2016 Truck championship.[12] During the 2017 season, he was the first driver to test a standard engine for the Truck Series.[13]
On the day of the last race of 2017, Sauter said that he would return to GMS in 2018.[14]
Personal life
Sauter is married with kids.[1] He was born and raised in Necedah, Wisconsin[15] and is a lifelong Catholic.[16]
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Sauter receiving the Busch Pole Award for the 2005 SBC 250, a race which he would later win.
Sauter practicing for the 2007 Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Sauter after winning the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staff, SPEED SPORT (2011-04-13) (in en-US). Sauter Is A Product Of Old ASA | SPEED SPORT. https://speedsport.com/nascar/sauter-is-a-product-of-old-asa/. Retrieved 2018-02-14.[dead link]
- ↑ (in en) BUSCH: Johnny Sauter gets Childress ride for 2002. https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/busch-johnny-sauter-gets-childress-ride-for-2002/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.[dead link]
- ↑ "Driver Johnny Sauter 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) Horrifying NASCAR crashes. 2015-08-28. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/horrifying-nascar-crashes/20/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) BUSCH: Curb Agajanian sign Johnny Sauter. https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/busch-curb-agajanian-sign-johnny-sauter/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.[dead link]
- ↑ "Driver Johnny Sauter 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) Sauter partners with BREWCO and RCR for 2004.. 2003-12-10. http://www.crash.net/nascar/news/88120/1/sauter-partners-with-brewco-and-rcr-for-2004. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ Press, Associated. "Sauter to drive for Childress in 2004 | chronicle.augusta.com". chronicle.augusta.com. Retrieved 2018-02-15.[dead link]
- ↑ "Driver Johnny Sauter 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) Sauter to make Cup return with RCR at RIR.. 2004-09-10. http://www.crash.net/nascar/news/88848/1/sauter-to-make-cup-return-with-rcr-at-rir. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) Johnny Sauter works to win races while helping build NASCAR truck team. http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/autoracing/johnny-sauter-works-to-win-races-while-helping-build-nascar-truck-team-b99672822z1-369360821.html/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ Opinion: Johnny Sauter silenced the critics with his first NASCAR Trucks Championship. http://autoweek.com/article/nascar-camping-world-truck/opinion-johnny-sauter-silenced-critics-his-first-nascar-trucks. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ (in en-US) NASCAR Truck: Johnny Sauter tests spec engine at Talladega Superspeedway. http://autoracingdaily.com/nascar-truck-johnny-sauter-tests-spec-engine-at-talladega-superspeedway/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en-US) Johnny Sauter returning to GMS Racing next season. 2017-11-17. http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/11/17/johnny-sauter-returning-to-gms-racing-next-season/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en) Nascar Driver Johnny Sauter. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-03-28/features/0403280265_1_prayers-god-trailer. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
- ↑ (in en-US) NASCAR Champion Boldly Thanks "Blessed Mother & Sacred Heart of Jesus" | ChurchPOP. 2016-11-20. https://churchpop.com/2016/11/20/nascar-champion-boldly-thanks-blessed-mother-sacred-heart-of-jesus/. Retrieved 2018-02-15.