Elton Sawyer News

Elton 300:

Elton 300:

April 6, 1999
Elton Sawyer will make his 300th BGN start of his 16-year career at the Moore's Snacks 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway in the #98 LYSOL Racing Ford. Sawyer will join legends Tommy Houston(417) and Dale Jarrett (323) as the only men to start 300 NASCAR Busch Series races

Sawyer New Crew Chief:

Sawyer New Crew Chief:

January 30, 1999
Akins/Sutton Motorsports has hired Rick Viers to serve as crew chief for Elton Sawyer's #98 Lysol Ford Taurus for the 1999 Busch Series season. Viers will be replacing Wes Ward, who had been Sawyer's crew chief since the 1998 AC Delco 200 at Rockingham(SpeedNet)(1-

Lewis to test for Akins-Sutton:

Lewis to test for Akins-Sutton:

January 18, 1999
Ashton Lewis was hired as a data acquistion driver for the Akins-Sutton Motorsports teams. The team fileds cars for Elton Sawyer in the #98 Lysol Ford/Chevy and Glenn Allen Jr in the #38 Barbasol Ford/Chevy. Lewis will also make several starts in a third car(NSSN)(

Elton Sawyer Article:

Elton Sawyer Article:

January 15, 1999
Local NASCAR racer Sawyer looks to future by Al Pearce(1-15-1999)

Akin’s-Sutton to Chevy?

Akin’s-Sutton to Chevy?

December 11, 1998
Yep, but just at Daytona, see the TNN/www.country.com story at - Elton Sawyer & Glenn Allen Jr. Team Up - They'll Use Chevys At Daytona; Fords Afterwards (12-11-98)

Another Rudd:

Another Rudd:

December 6, 1998
Al Rudd Sr., father of Ricky Rudd, has bought his grandson(and Ricky's nephew) Jason Rudd a BGN car. The car was bought from Elton Sawyer(#38) and is currently garaged at Ricky's shop in Mooresville, NC. Jason, 19, has been competeing in LMS for the last couple of

Old now but now a number UPDATE:

Old now but now a number UPDATE:

November 16, 1998
Akins-Sutton Motorsports will field a two-car operation next season in the BGN. Glenn Allen Jr. will drive the team's #98 Fords and Elton Sawyer will drive the #38 Ford.(That's Racin'), but NASCAR Online has Allen in the #38 and Sawyer in the #98 Lysol Ford. Allen

Changes at Akins/Sutton Motorsports

Changes at Akins/Sutton Motorsports

November 6, 1998
The Barbasol Racing Team, operated by Akins/Sutton Motorsports, made several personnel moves today that will affect both of its 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division teams. Dean Johnson has been hired as the crew chief of the No. 38 Barbasol Ford for the

Sawyer fuel test at Charlotte

Sawyer fuel test at Charlotte

August 26, 1998
UPDATE: The #38 Barbasol Racing team and driver Elton Sawyer are scheduled to participate in a Unocal fuel test at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Monday, August 17th. The team will be testing the affects of unleaded fuel on the 9:1 engine.(GoRacing)(8-15-98) – The test

August 18, 1998

August 18, 1998

August 18, 1998
Elton Sawyer is supposed to run a special paint scheme at Bristol in the #38 Barbasol Ford. It's supposed to celebrate Barbasol's anniversary(not sure which one. (08-18-1998)

Brad Akins hurt on pit road

Brad Akins hurt on pit road

July 21, 1998
Brad Akins, co-owner of Elton Sawyer's #38 BGN Barbasol Taurus received 18 stitches, a broken foot, a severed muscle and tendon damage when he was struck by another car on pit road during the Kenwood 300 at California Speedway Sunday. A true

Brickyard testing speeds

Brickyard testing speeds

July 17, 1998
Thursday Speeds from the Brickyard testing via SpeedNet: 1) Ernie Irvan 176.074mph; 2) Joe Nemechek 175.967; 3)Mark Martin 175.247; 4) Elton Sawyer 174.852; 5) Ricky Rudd 174.530; 6) Dale Jarrett 174.290; 7) Robert Pressley 174.169; 8) Brett Bodine 173.990; 9) Dale

Indy testing speeds

Indy testing speeds

July 16, 1998
Got some speeds from Indy from the Indianapolis Star newspaper(but not website): 1) Rusty Wallace 177.504mph; 2) Jeremy Mayfield 176.724; 3) Jeff Gordon 176.370; 4) Ernie Irvan 176.308; 5) Dale Jarrett 176.118; 6) Mark Martin 175.884; 7) Ricky Rudd 175.541; 8) Robert

Nemechek and Sawyer test the #51

Nemechek and Sawyer test the #51

July 16, 1998
Now this is interesting: I hear that Joe Nemechek and Elton Sawyer tested a #51 Ford in the AM testing. This may be the car Eddie Cheever is rumored to run in for SABCO with Old Spice or Rachel's Potato Chips(his IRL sponsor)as the sponsor. Also Casey Atwood was in

Second team for Akins-Sutton?

Second team for Akins-Sutton?

July 5, 1998
As announced before, Akins-Sutton, who own the #38 BGN Ford driven by Elton Sawyer(great run in Milwaukee), are planning on starting a 2nd BGN team in 1999. Rumors have Jeff Green being considered as the driver for that team. Guess that depends on what happens with