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Tim Sauter

{{short description|American stock car racing driver}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{update|date=January 2012}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Tim Sauter

|image = Tim Sauter August 2011 State Park Speedway.jpg

|caption = Sauter in 2011 (wearing his 2007 Truck Series firesuit)

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|13}}

|birth_place = Necedah, Wisconsin, U.S.

|achievements = 1999 ASA National Tour Champion

|Total_Cup_Races = 2

|Years_In_Cup = 1

|Best_Cup_Pos = 65th (2002)

|First_Cup_Race = 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (Richmond)

|Last_Cup_Race = 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 (Dover)

|Cup_Wins = 0

|Cup_Top_Tens = 0

|Cup_Poles = 0

|Total_Busch_Races = 111

|Years_In_Busch = 7

|Best_Busch_Pos = 13th (2002)

|First_Busch_Race = 2000 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)

|Last_Busch_Race = 2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)

|Busch_Wins = 0

|Busch_Top_Tens = 9

|Busch_Poles = 0

|Total_Truck_Races = 28

|Years_In_Truck = 2

|Best_Truck_Pos = 16th (2007)

|First_Truck_Race = 2003 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP)

|Last_Truck_Race = 2007 Ford 200 (Homestead)

|Truck_Wins = 0

|Truck_Top_Tens = 1

|Truck_Poles = 0

|updated = July 6, 2012

}}

Timothy Saibot Sauter (born October 13, 1964) is an American race car driver. He has competed in the American Speed Association, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the Busch Series, and the Winston Cup Series. He is the son of Jim Sauter, and the brother of NASCAR drivers Jay and Johnny Sauter.

Racing career

File:Tim Sauter 2016 ARCA Midwest Tour.jpg car]]

Sauter made his NASCAR debut in 2000, at Memphis. Driving the No. 61 Stoops Freightliner car for Xpress Motorsports, he finished 29th. He ran an additional two races that season with a best finish of fifteenth at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He joined the team for a full-time run in 2001, and posted two top-ten finishes before the team suddenly closed up due to a lack of funding. He ended the season driving for the No. 19 AP Performance Racing team. He returned to the 19 team full-time in 2002 and posted seven top-ten finishes. He also ran a pair of Cup races for Dave Marcis, his best finish 34th at Dover International Speedway. A lack of sponsorship forced AP to close its doors at the end of season.

In 2003, he joined Mac Hill Motorsports for a part-time schedule of twelve races. His best finish came at New Hampshire International Speedway, where he finished seventeenth. He also drove in the Truck Series for three races, finishing fourteenth at Bristol Motor Speedway. He continued to drive part-time in 2004, driving the No. 56 Mac Hill car in four races. On August 4, 2005 the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the Northern League signed Sauter to a one-day contract. Though he struck out, he completed his baseball debut beating the Kansas City T-Bones.[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:8cqjSFmuQgUJ:www.lesterracing.com/Brewers%2520Announcement.pdf+Tim+Sauter+plays+for+the+RailCats&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjHINJ5m5zWbSYlj59peYRjdEJWdNqgoIDU2or1u2gc3uwLIAwj-EWK7fqmX1HIbzU-OoxkO0zYSyH2fRWSeA5LoCvVOY6FtfihGjqQPn5OAQxb6tICQGSyDqP2z4CbcfH4sO0C&sig=AHIEtbR5gcA4BJfSiqF9SwIXYhdkAkR5HA Unknown]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}

In 2005, Lester Buildings became his sponsor and allowed him to run the No. 56 in twelve races. He was offered a full-time ride with McGill Motorsports in 2006, but he did not finish in the top-ten and mutually parted ways late in the season.

In 2007, he drove the No. 07 Green Light Racing truck full-time as a teammate to Chad McCumbee with Lester Buildings sponsoring. Sauter was also involved in a scary crash at Martinsville when his truck was hit several times after getting loose off turn 4. He was uninjured.

Sautner has not raced professionally since 2007.{{Cite web |title=Driver |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Tim_Sauter/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=Racing-Reference |language=en-US}}

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2000

! Xpress Motorsports

! 61

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| MCH

| POC

| SON

| DAY

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| DOV

| MAR

| CLT

| TAL

| CAR

| PHO

| HOM

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
DNQ

| colspan=2|

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2000/W|title=Tim Sauter – 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

2002

! rowspan=2| Marcis Auto Racing

! rowspan=2| 71

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| MAR

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
37

| NHA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
34

| KAN

| TAL

| CLT

| MAR

| ATL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| PHO

| HOM

! 65th

! 113

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2002/W|title=Tim Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

2003

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| MAR

| CAL

| RCH

| CLT

| DOV

| POC

| MCH

| SON

| DAY

| CHI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NHA
DNQ

| POC

| IND

| GLN

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| NHA

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV
DNQ

| TAL

| KAN

| CLT

| MAR

| ATL

| PHO

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| HOM

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2003/W|title=Tim Sauter – 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

==Busch Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=42| 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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2000

! rowspan=4| Xpress Motorsports

! rowspan=4| 61

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| ATL

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSV

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| MYB

| GLN

| MLW

| NZH

| PPR

| GTY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| DOV

| CLT

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
15

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| 73rd

! rowspan=2| 294

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2000/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

rowspan=2| Pontiac

| colspan=29|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEM
29

| colspan=5|

rowspan=3| 2001

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY
10

| colspan=34|

! rowspan=3| 32nd

! rowspan=3| 1611

! rowspan=3| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2001/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

Chevy

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
34

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TEX
34

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSH
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NZH
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
43

| MLW

| GLN

| CHI

| GTY

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| PHO

| colspan=4|

rowspan=2| AP Performance Racing

! rowspan=2| 19

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| colspan=31|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOM
40

| colspan=2|

2002

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
17

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
22

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSH
10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
32

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAL
7

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
12

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NZH
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
15

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MLW
9

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CHI
34

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GTY
10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
33

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
25

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
13

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEM
6

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
18

|

! 13th

! 3644

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2002/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

2003

! rowspan=3| Mac Hill Motorsports

! rowspan=3| 56

! rowspan=3| Chevy

| DAY

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
27

| LVS

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
30

| BRI

| TEX

| TAL

| NSH

| CAL

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
20

| GTY

| NZH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| DOV

| NSH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KEN
39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
23

| DAY

| CHI

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
17

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
21

| DAR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
33

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
26

| PHO

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
30

| HOM

|

! 46th

! 1028

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2003/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

2004

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| TAL

| CAL

| GTY

| RCH

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW
19

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
25

| MCH

| BRI

| CAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEM
39

| ATL

| PHO

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
40

| HOM

|

! 79th

! 283

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2004/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

rowspan=2| 2005

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
DNQ

| CAL

| MXC

| LVS

| ATL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
34

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| TEX

| PHO

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
12

| DAR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
18

| CLT

| DOV

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KEN
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW
37

| DAY

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CHI
DNQ

| NHA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PPR
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GTY
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
40

| GLN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MCH
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRI
DNQ

| CAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
30

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| KAN
DNQ

| CLT

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEM
38

| TEX

| PHO

| colspan=1|

! rowspan=2|49th

! rowspan=2|942

! rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2005/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

rowspan=2| DCT Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 36

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| colspan=34|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
30

2006

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
25

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MXC
30

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVS
41

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TEX
37

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSH
36

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
39

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CLT
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KEN
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
24

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHI
33

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GTY
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
33

| GLN

| MCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
34

| CAL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
35

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KAN
25

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEM
31

| TEX

| PHO

| HOM

! 21st

! 2879

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2006/B|title=Tim Sauter – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| 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

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 2003

! rowspan=2| Keller Motorsports

! 35

! rowspan=2| Ford

| DAY

| DAR

| MMR

| MAR

| CLT

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| GTW

| MCH

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
23

| NSH

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
14

| colspan=9|

! rowspan=2| 77th

! rowspan=2| 221

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2003/C|title=Tim Sauter – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

53

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
21

| NHA

| CAL

| LVS

| SBO

| TEX

| MAR

| PHO

| HOM

2007

! Green Light Racing

! 07

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
26

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN
30

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFD
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TEX
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEM
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KEN
21

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IRP
28

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NSH
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
28

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GTW
31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LVS
20

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
21

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TEX
10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
24

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOM
11

! 16th

! 2497

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2007/C|title=Tim Sauter – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

=ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 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

! {{Tooltip|ABMHC|ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2000

! Xpress Motorsports

! 61

! Chevy

| DAY

| SLM

| AND

| CLT

| KIL

| FRS

| MCH

| POC

| TOL

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| WIN

| ISF

| KEN

| DSF

| SLM

| CLT

| TAL

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
DNQ

! NA

! -

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/sauteti01/2000/A|title=Tim Sauter – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=March 6, 2019}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|1=http://www.timsauterracing.com/}}
  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Tim_Sauter}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-sport}}

{{succession box

| before= Gary St. Amant

| title= ASA National Tour Champion

| years= 1999

| after= Gary St. Amant

}}

{{s-end}}

{{Sauter family}}

{{SS-Green Light Racing}}

{{McGill Motorsports}}

{{Marcis Auto Racing}}

{{Xpress Motorsports}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sauter, Tim}}

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