Tim Sauter

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.

Tim Sauter
Sauter in 2011 (wearing his 2007 Truck Series firesuit)
Born	(1964-10-13) October 13, 1964 (age 60) Necedah, Wisconsin, U.S.
Achievements	1999 ASA National Tour Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish	65th (2002)
First race	2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (Richmond)
Last race	2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
111 races run over 7 years
Best finish	13th (2002)
First race	2000 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 9 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
28 races run over 2 years
Best finish	16th (2007)
First race	2003 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP)
Last race	2007 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of July 6, 2012.

Racing career

2016 ARCA Midwest Tour 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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
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	ATL DNQ			NA	-	[3]
2002	Marcis Auto Racing	71	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH 37	NHA	DOV 34	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR DNQ	PHO	HOM	65th	113	[4]
2003				DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA DNQ	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV DNQ	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR DNQ	HOM	NA	-	[5]

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	Xpress Motorsports	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	RCH DNQ	DOV	CLT	CAR DNQ		PHO 21	HOM 15				73rd	294	[6]
			Pontiac																														MEM 29
2001				DAY 10																																			32nd	1611	[7]
			Chevy		CAR 21	LVS 13	ATL 34	DAR 29	BRI 9	TEX 34	NSH 17	TAL 15	CAL 25	RCH 23	NHA 16	NZH 22	CLT 23	DOV 22	KEN 43	MLW	GLN	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	PHO
	AP Performance Racing	19	Chevy																																CAR 26	HOM 40
2002				DAY 26	CAR 29	LVS 17	DAR 22	BRI 16	TEX 22	NSH 10	TAL 32	CAL 7	RCH 10	NHA 12	NZH 14	CLT 19	DOV 22	NSH 32	KEN 15	MLW 9	DAY 12	CHI 34	GTY 10	PPR 23	IRP 33	MCH 20	BRI 17	DAR 19	RCH 25	DOV 8	KAN 11	CLT 13	MEM 6	ATL 32	CAR 14	PHO 26	HOM 18		13th	3644	[8]
2003	Mac Hill Motorsports	56	Chevy	DAY	CAR 27	LVS	DAR 30	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH 20	GTY	NZH	CLT 27	DOV	NSH	KEN 39	MLW 23	DAY	CHI	NHA 17	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI 21	DAR	RCH 33	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 18	ATL 26	PHO	CAR 30	HOM		46th	1028	[9]
2004				DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW 19	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP 25	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH DNQ	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 39	ATL	PHO	DAR 40	HOM		79th	283	[10]
2005				DAY DNQ	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH 34	BRI DNQ	TEX	PHO	TAL 12	DAR	RCH 18	CLT	DOV	NSH 27	KEN 20	MLW 37	DAY	CHI DNQ	NHA	PPR 25	GTY 27	IRP 40	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH DNQ	DOV 30	KAN DNQ	CLT	MEM 38	TEX	PHO		49th	942	[11]
	DCT Motorsports	36	Chevy																																			HOM 30
2006				DAY 19	CAL 25	MXC 30	LVS 41	ATL 31	BRI 21	TEX 37	NSH 36	PHO 24	TAL 21	RCH 39	DAR 37	CLT 27	DOV 28	NSH 24	KEN 28	MLW 27	DAY 24	CHI 33	NHA 26	MAR 19	GTY 22	IRP 33	GLN	MCH	BRI 34	CAL	RCH 35	DOV 28	KAN 25	CLT DNQ	MEM 31	TEX	PHO	HOM	21st	2879	[12]

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	NCTC	Pts	Ref
2003	Keller Motorsports	35	Ford	DAY	DAR	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP 23	NSH	BRI 14										77th	221	[13]
		53																		RCH 21	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM
2007	Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY 28	CAL 26	ATL 21	MAR 29	KAN 30	CLT 17	MFD 14	DOV 23	TEX 16	MCH 11	MLW 26	MEM 18	KEN 21	IRP 28	NSH 31	BRI 28	GTW 31	NHA 23	LVS 20	TAL 21	MAR 27	ATL 21	TEX 10	PHO 24	HOM 11	16th	2497	[14]

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.)

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	ABMHC	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	ATL DNQ	NA	-	[15]