Jay Sauter

Jay Sauter (born June 22, 1962, in Necedah, Wisconsin) is a NASCAR 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. He also made his Busch Series debut at Myrtle Beach, driving the No. 64 for Shoemaker Racing. He finished 16th. 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]
1996	Team SABCO	40	Chevy																								RCH DNQ	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL						N/A	0	^[2]
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
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	^[4]
2001	Curb/Agajanian Motorsports	43	Chevy	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	^[5]
2001	Team Rensi Motorsports	25	Chevy																																	HOM 22			19th	3084	^[5]
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	^[6]
	Richard Childress Racing	2	Chevy													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	^[7]
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	^[8]
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	^[9]
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	^[10]
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	^[11]

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					16th	1065	^[12]
1996	Richard Childress Racing	03	Chevy																								LVS 22				16th	1065	^[12]
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	^[13]
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	^[14]
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	^[15]
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	^[16]

References

↑ Brown, Jeff (July 23, 2010). "Jay Sauter wants to win in return to Speedway". La Crosse Tribune. La Crosse, WI. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
↑ "Jay Sauter – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 17, 2016.

External links

Jay Sauter driver statistics at Racing-Reference

The Sauter family of stock car racing

First generation	Jim

Second generation	Jay Tim Johnny Jim Jr.

Third generation	Michael Travis Tyler

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