NORTH WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 20: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #04 CarQuest Ford, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 20, 2023 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images
NORTH WILKESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - MAY 20: Johnny Sauter, driver of the #04 CarQuest Ford, waits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 20, 2023 in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Johnny Sauter uncertain of his own NASCAR plans as son races with ThorSport ties

With his 14-year-old son’s schedule already announced, Johnny Sauter, the 2016 NASCAR truck champion concedes his 2025 racing plans are up in the air.

He’s putting together a car for Penn, who turns 15 next week, and Penn will race about a dozen super late model special events with backing from ThorSport, the team for which Johnny raced in the truck series for 10-plus years.

“Whatever that means, I don’t know,” Sauter said Friday night. “But you can’t race if you don’t have stuff sitting there. So I can’t make a plan for myself personally, and the NASCAR world, I don’t have a clue what’s going on there. People call you generally two weeks before they need you, or sometimes the week-of, so right now we’re just focused on him.”

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel