Jay Sauter

Jay 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).

Jay Sauter
Sauter in 1996
Born (1962-06-22) June 22, 1962
Necedah, Wisconsin, United States
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 Camping World 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.

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.
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