Elton Sawyer News

Who Wins the Beer:

Who Wins the Beer:

September 5, 2001
Who Wins the Beer:As the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series season enters the final eight races, five drivers are still eligible to win a one-year supply of Busch Beer for their team in the Busch Top-10 promotion. The driver/team with the most top-10 finishes at the end of the

BurtonGainsa BGN win

BurtonGainsa BGN win

September 1, 2001
BurtonGainsa BGN winat Darlington. #9-Jeff Burton wins the South Carolina 200 at Darlington. #98-Elton Sawyer was 2nd, #18-McLaughlin was 3rd, #02-Newman was 4th and 5th was #26-Hamilton Jr. Crazy 'incident' at the end of the race as #23-Scott Wimmer looked like he

Escape Hatch?

Escape Hatch?

August 24, 2001
Escape Hatch? #98 BGN driver, Elton Sawyer, said Thursday that his team would begin work next week on developing an escape hatch through the car's roof. A fiery crash last week (at Michigan, #15 Waltrip) showed that some safety items in Cup cars could cause problems

Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team UPDATE:

Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team UPDATE:

August 16, 2001
Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team UPDATE:Brad Akins has formed a partnership with Michael Kranefuss on the #98 Starter/Hot Tamales BGN team. Kranefuss will also bring his former general manager from the #12 Winston Cup team Marty Gaunt and his son Dan Kranefuss to work

Harvick wins at IRP:

Harvick wins at IRP:

August 5, 2001
Harvick wins at IRP:Kevin Harvick, who appeared without a shot a victory as Greg Biffle dominated early and led the first 107 laps of Saturday night's Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, instead picked up his series-leading fourth victory of the season. After

Kranefuss to Chevy or Dodge?

Kranefuss to Chevy or Dodge?

June 26, 2001
Kranefuss to Chevy or Dodge? hearing both Chevrolet and Dodge have made overtures to Michael Kranefuss concerning his Winston Cup(#84) and BGN(#'98 part owner) teams for next season. Apparently, they noticed the tremendous exposure Shawna Robinson and that team have

Testing at Watkins Glen UPDATE

Testing at Watkins Glen UPDATE

June 7, 2001
First NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division test session of 2001 in preparation for the Watkins Glen 200 on July 8 will be held on Wednesday, June 6 from 10:00am 2:30pm/et. Teams/Drivers attending the test session: #7-Randy LaJoie, #36-Hank Parker Jr., #66-Geoffrey

#98 Scheme

#98 Scheme

May 26, 2001
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill fans will have an extra reason to cheer for Elton Sawyer and the #98 Ford Taurus in Saturdays CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowes Motor Speedway. Through a unique marketing alliance with The Collegiate Licensing Company and

Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team:

Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team:

April 25, 2001
Kranefuss Buys Into BGN Team: Brad Akins has formed a partnership with Michael Kranefuss on the #98 Starter/Hot Tamales BGN team. Kranefuss will also bring his former general manager from the #12 Winston Cup team Marty Gaunt and his son Dan Kranefuss to work with him

Nazareth Test Cut Short

Nazareth Test Cut Short

April 6, 2001
Monday's scheduled practice run at Nazareth Speedway for BGN drivers #98-Elton Sawyer and #38-Christian Elder was cut short due to an accident by the rookie Elder. Elder took nine runs on cold tires before his car spun out while coming around turn four. Elder sustained

The HANS at Atlanta:

The HANS at Atlanta:

March 12, 2001
The HANS at Atlanta: On Friday, #66-Todd Bodine received the results on the head and neck safety belt system he developed with Bill Simpson. After discovering his system was 40 percent less safe than the HANS device, Bodine was fitted for his own HANS device on Sunday

Sauter Hurt:

Sauter Hurt:

March 11, 2001
On Lap 104, Marty Houston slid across the track and was hit by Tim Sauter. As Sauter came to a stop, he was slammed by Elton Sawyer. Kevin Grubb also slid into the accident. Sauter was knocked unconscious and cracked his helmet. Sawyer said his restraint system kept

Newman Slugged?

Newman Slugged?

February 26, 2001
hearing that after an incident in the BGN race at Rockingham that #38-Elton Sawyer got out of his car yesterday and tried to throw a few punches at #02-Ryan Newman, while he was still in the car. Supposedly Jeff Green, Tim Fedewa and a few others had a few choice words

Las Vegas Testing Day 4(1st for BGN):

Las Vegas Testing Day 4(1st for BGN):

February 2, 2001
#00-Todd Bodine, who was testing for Buckshot Racing, put up the best testing time of the 10 BGN teams who were testing in preparation for the Sam's Town 300 on March 3. Bodine's lap was 169.002mph was the fastest time among all BGN cars that tested this week at LVMS

Las Vegas Testing – Day 4:

Las Vegas Testing – Day 4:

February 2, 2001
Las Vegas Testing - Day 4: #10-Johnny Benson's new Valvoline colors were flying during Thursday's test session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Benson turned a lap at 173.376mph to establish the best testing time by any of the 25 Cup teams who have tested at LVMS this