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Jay Sauter
Sauter in 1996
BornJason Garrett Sauter
(1962-06-22) June 22, 1962 (age 61)
Necedah, Wisconsin, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish70th (2002)
First race2002 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 (Texas)
Last race2002 EA Sports 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
130 races run over 8 years
Best finish16th (2000)
First race2000 Alltel 200 (Rockingham)
Last race2007 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 23 1
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
90 races run over 5 years
Best finish4th (1998)
First race1996 Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last race2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington)
First win1997 Pennzoil Discount Center 200 (Loudon)
Last win1999 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 50 2
Statistics current as of July 6, 2012.

Jason Garrett Sauter (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He previously drove the No. 34 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Frank Cicci Racing in the Busch Series. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of fellow drivers Tim Sauter and Johnny Sauter. He also is an uncle to Travis Sauter (son of Tim).

Racing career

Sauter, a former American Speed Association driver, made his NASCAR debut in 1996 in the Craftsman Truck Series. Driving the No. 42 Team SABCO Chevrolet Silverado, he qualified 21st and finished eighth at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. He ran six more races for SABCO that year. His best finish was third at Bristol Motor Speedway, and was offered a ride for one of SABCO's Cup teams, but he chose to decline the offer. He ended the season driving the No. 03 RealTree Camouflage Chevy for Richard Childress Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing 22nd.

Sauter's 1997 truck

In 1997, Sauter replaced Mike Skinner in Childress' No. 3 GM Goodwrench entry in the truck series. Sauter won his first career race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He had 15 top-10 finishes that season and finished sixth in the final points standings. In 1998, Sauter picked up his second career win at Martinsville Speedway and moved up to a career-high fourth in points. The next year, he won at Louisville and Texas but dropped to fifth in points.

In 2000, Sauter moved up to the Busch Series, driving the No. 43 Quality Farm & Country Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Curb Agajanian Performance Group. He had eight top-10 finishes, was 17th in the championship points, and was fourth in the Rookie of the Year chase. In 2001, Sauter won his first career pole at Kentucky Speedway. At Memphis, Sauter had a chance to pick up his first Busch Series win; but with two laps to go, Jeff Green drove hard in to turn 3, and both cars washed up the track, allowing Randy LaJoie to slip by for the win. Despite the great run for Sauter, he was released from the team after this race. He missed the next two races at Phoenix and Rockingham before getting a ride in the No. 25 U.S. Marine Corps Chevrolet for Ed Rensi.

For 2002, Sauter returned to RCR and shared the No. 21 Rockwell Automation Chevy with Jeff Green. In 13 starts with RCR, his best finish was a fourth at Nashville Superspeedway. He concluded the season driving the No. 02 Ford Taurus for Angela's Motorsports, finishing 25th at the Ford 300. He also made his Winston Cup debut in the No. 71 for Marcis Auto Racing, finishing 37th at Texas and 43rd at Talladega Superspeedway. In 2003, he ran 10 races for Henderson Bros. Racing, finishing ninth at Nashville. In 2004, he ran nine races for the Henderson brothers, his best finish a 13th at Richmond International Raceway. He also returned to the truck series, driving four races in the No. 06 for MRD Motorsports and finishing 15th at Bristol.

After making only one start in the Busch Series in 2005, Sauter returned in 2006 with a new team, Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. He qualified for 33 of 35 races with a best finish of seventh at O'Reilly Raceway Park. After the No. 01 team merged with Davis Motorsports, Sauter joined Frank Cicci Racing in 2007, running a few races before the team suspended operations.

Sauter currently competes in local races on short tracks in Wisconsin.[1]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NWCC Pts Ref
1996 Team SABCO 40 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR
DNQ 		N/A 0 [2]
Chevy RCH
DNQ 		DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL
2002 Marcis Auto Racing 71 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX
37 		MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
43 		CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM 70th 86 [3]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
1996 Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW
QL† 		NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR HOM NA - [4]
2000 Curb/Agajanian Motorsports 43 Chevy DAY
4 		CAR
14 		LVS
DNQ 		ATL
39 		DAR
22 		BRI
31 		TEX
19 		NSV
6 		TAL
27 		CAL
10 		RCH
36 		NHA
16 		CLT
35 		DOV
30 		SBO
40 		MYB
10 		GLN
8 		MLW
27 		NZH
10 		PPR
27 		GTY
18 		IRP
32 		MCH
32 		BRI
6 		DAR
22 		RCH
25 		DOV
30 		CLT
25 		CAR
20 		MEM
9 		PHO
43 		HOM
13 		16th 3037 [5]
2001 DAY
25 		CAR
11 		LVS
10 		ATL
13 		DAR
36 		BRI
22 		TEX
3 		NSH
39 		TAL
7 		CAL
28 		RCH
10 		NHA
32 		NZH
15 		CLT
34 		DOV
23 		KEN
9 		MLW
33 		GLN
12 		CHI
38 		GTY
25 		PPR
17 		IRP
14 		MCH
15 		BRI
10 		DAR
30 		RCH
39 		DOV
18 		KAN
14 		CLT
28 		MEM
4 		PHO CAR 19th 3084 [6]
Team Rensi Motorsports 25 Chevy HOM
22
2002 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH
15 		TAL
30 		CAL RCH NHA
30 		NZH
7 		NSH
4 		KEN
21 		MLW
13 		DAY
37 		CHI GTY
13 		PPR
17 		IRP
36 		MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
8 		ATL CAR 36th 1525 [7]
2 CLT
9 		DOV
Angela's Motorsports 02 Ford PHO
DNQ 		HOM
25
2003 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		CAR LVS DAR BRI
36 		TEX TAL NSH
24 		CAL RCH
40 		GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH
9 		KEN
40 		MLW
17 		DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI
40 		DAR RCH
26 		DOV KAN CLT MEM
13 		ATL PHO CAR
28 		HOM 49th 818 [8]
2004 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI
39 		TEX NSH
36 		TAL CAL GTY RCH
13 		NZH CLT DOV NSH
16 		KEN
40 		MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI
31 		CAL RCH
DNQ 		DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 63rd 453 [9]
2005 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI
DNQ 		TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI
40 		CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 139th 43 [10]
2006 Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		CAL
41 		MXC
24 		LVS
34 		ATL
29 		BRI
23 		TEX
40 		NSH
18 		PHO
DNQ 		TAL
15 		RCH
17 		DAR
40 		CLT
39 		DOV
20 		NSH
13 		KEN
29 		MLW
11 		DAY
36 		CHI
27 		NHA
19 		MAR
10 		GTY
11 		IRP
7 		GLN
26 		MCH
26 		BRI
43 		CAL
10 		RCH
17 		DOV
31 		KAN
29 		CLT
40 		MEM
26 		TEX
39 		PHO
17 		HOM
30 		21st 2879 [11]
2007 Frank Cicci Racing 34 Chevy DAY CAL
28 		MXC LVS
21 		ATL
DNQ 		BRI
15 		NSH
28 		TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 83rd 376 [12]
† - Qualified for Dick Trickle

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NCTC Pts Ref
1996 Team SABCO 42 Chevy HOM
8 		PHO
11 		POR EVG TUS CNS
9 		HPT
5 		BRI
3 		NZH MLW
25 		LVL I70 IRP
6 		FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO 26th 1065 [13]
Richard Childress Racing 03 Chevy LVS
22
1997 3 WDW
4 		TUS
3 		HOM
19 		PHO
11 		POR
10 		EVG
30 		I70
31 		NHA
1 		TEX
11 		BRI
3 		NZH
9 		MLW
2 		LVL
31 		CNS
4 		HPT
16 		IRP
31 		FLM
6 		NSV
13 		GLN
12 		RCH
3 		MAR
7 		SON
3 		MMR
4 		CAL
25 		PHO
7 		LVS
4 		6th 3467 [14]
1998 WDW
7 		HOM
3 		PHO
6 		POR
8 		EVG
16 		I70
16 		GLN
2 		TEX
16 		BRI
12 		MLW
14 		NZH
3 		CAL
24 		PPR
22 		IRP
10 		NHA
11 		FLM
13 		NSV
15 		HPT
7 		LVL
20 		RCH
17 		MEM
2 		GTY
3 		MAR
1 		SON
8 		MMR
8 		PHO
12 		LVS
4 		4th 3672 [15]
1999 HOM
21 		PHO
8 		EVG
19 		MMR
11 		MAR
11 		MEM
3 		PPR
9 		I70
14 		BRI
7 		TEX
2 		PIR
8 		GLN
6 		MLW
9 		NSV
12 		NZH
4 		MCH
2 		NHA
11 		IRP
6 		GTY
18 		HPT
3 		RCH
36 		LVS
5 		LVL
1 		TEX
1 		CAL
10 		5th 3543 [16]
2004 MRD Motorsports 06 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN
31 		GTW MCH IRP NSH
21 		BRI
15 		RCH
DNQ 		NHA LVS CAL TEX
DNQ 		MAR PHO DAR
26 		HOM 48th 373 [17]

References

  1. ^ Brown, Jeff (July 23, 2010). "Jay Sauter wants to win in return to Speedway". La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, WI. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  2. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  3. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  7. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  11. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  12. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  13. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  14. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  15. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  16. ^ "Jay Sauter – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  17. ^ "Jay Sauter – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

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