Jay Sauter News

Atlanta Testing Tuesday:

Atlanta Testing Tuesday:

October 1, 2002
#2-Jay Sauter was the fastest of the BGN cars testing for the Oct. 25-27 NAPA 500 weekend.. Speeds: #2-Johnny Sauter, 180.645 #21-Jeff Green, 180.413 #1-Jimmy Spencer, 180.117 #99-Michael Waltrip, 178.608 #66-Casey Mears, 177.749 (AMS PR)(10-1-2002)

UPDATE 3 Hornaday back to Hendrick? Rockwell to leave RCR, to Gibbs:

UPDATE 3 Hornaday back to Hendrick? Rockwell to leave RCR, to Gibbs:

September 17, 2002
Speculation is that Ron Hornaday, current driver of the #26 Dr Pepper Chevy for Carroll Racing, will take over the #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy in the BGN with Rockwell Automation moving its sponsorship over from the #21 RCR team, sources say the deal is signed and

#21 RCR Assoc:

#21 RCR Assoc:

July 9, 2002
Richard Childress Racing says Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc., a recreational vehicle maker, has signed on as an associate sponsor with the team's #21 Chevrolet driven by Jay Sauter in the BGN. Dutchmen Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Thor Industries, manufactures Dutchmen

Nemechek on the pole at Daytona:

Nemechek on the pole at Daytona:

July 3, 2002
#87-Joe Nemechek won the pole at Daytona for the Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 with a speed of 185.793mph. 2nd is #23-Scott Wimmer in a Dodge at 185.452, 3rd is #7-Randy LaJoie at 184.691, #21-Jay Sauter will start 4th at 184.619 and #37-Kevin Lepage 5th at 184.358.

Biffle on the pole at Milwaukee:

Biffle on the pole at Milwaukee:

June 29, 2002
#60-Greg Biffle won the pole at Milwaukee with a speed of 121.770mph. #29-Jim Sauter and his three sons, #2-Johnny, #19-Tim and #21-Jay will start in the top 10 of Sunday's GNC Live Well 250. #57-Jason Keller will start second at 121.544, #19-Tim Sauter was third at

New Dad Riggs wins the pole at Kentucky:

New Dad Riggs wins the pole at Kentucky:

June 14, 2002
Scott Riggs won the pole at Kentucky Speedway with aa lap of 174.831mph. 2nd fastest was #21-Jay Sauter at 174.357, 3rd was #24-Jack Sprague at 173.868, 4th was #57-Jason Keller at 173.650 and 5th was #14-Larry Foyt at 173.533. Five drivers missed the race: #16-Chad

Sprague wins at Nashville:

Sprague wins at Nashville:

June 9, 2002
#24-Jack Sprague won the BGN race at Nashville Superspeedway and still leads the series points standings. Sprague has raced some in the Busch series since 1989 but had not won in 89 tries. #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr. was 2nd, #60-Greg Biffle finished third, followed by #

Biffle on the pole at Nashville:

Biffle on the pole at Nashville:

June 7, 2002
#60-Greg Biffle won the pole at Nashville Superspeedway with a speed of 161.288mph. 2nd was #66-Casey Mears, 3rd was #21-Jay Sauter, #25-Bobby Hamilton, Jr. was 4th and rounding out the top five was #24-Jack Sprague. For lineups, see ThatsRacin.com, or BGN Racing.(

Action and Childress extend:

Action and Childress extend:

June 3, 2002
Action and Childress extend: Action Performance Companies announced an extension to their ongoing exclusive licensing and marketing contract with Richard Childress Racing. The new agreement, which extends the exclusive license relationship until May 2012, seeks to

Jay in for Johnny:

Jay in for Johnny:

May 25, 2002
Jay Sauter will replace his younger brother, Johnny, in the #2 ACDelco Chevy in Saturday's Carquest 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The decision was made by Richard Childress Racing officials following a team meeting Saturday morning. Health concerns were cited as reasoning

Qualifying rained out at Nazareth:

Qualifying rained out at Nazareth:

May 18, 2002
Rain washed out qualifying Saturday for the BGN Sacker2 200 race, giving points leader #24-Jack Sprague the pole for Sunday's race at Nazareth Speedway. The rainout was the third in the last four BGN events, with Sprague starting his NetZero Chevy from the pole in

Sauter wins pole at Talladega:

Sauter wins pole at Talladega:

April 19, 2002
#2-Johnny Sauter won the pole for the Aarons 312 at Talladega with a speed of 188.764mph, more then a mph faster the the outside pole sitter, #59-Stacy Compton at 187.511. #87-Joe Nemechek was third, #21-Jay Sauter was 4th and #25-Bobby Hamilton Jr.was 5th. For Lineup

Sauter to run the #71 at Texas:

Sauter to run the #71 at Texas:

March 26, 2002
Sauter to run the #71 at Texas: The #71 Marcis Racing team had talked to Dick Trickle about possibly running the Texas race. Since then Richard Childress [owner of the #'s 29,30,31] contacted Dave Marcis and will be leasing the team for the Texas race weekend and putting

Jay Sauter in the #25 at HMS, Special Scheme:

Jay Sauter in the #25 at HMS, Special Scheme:

November 7, 2001
Team Rensi Motorsports will honor the 226th birthday of the United States Marine Corps at Homestead on November 10, 2001 with special paint scheme on the #25 Team Marines Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Jay Sauter will drive the #25 Chevy at Homestead. Ed Rensi, co-owner of

Sauter out of the #43 now UPDATE:

Sauter out of the #43 now UPDATE:

October 24, 2001
Sauter out of the #43 now UPDATE: FSN's Totally NASCAR reports that Jay Sauter has been released from the #43 Quality Farm and Country Stores Chevy and Ron Hornaday will finish the season in the car(10-22-2001) UPDATE: FSN's Totally NASCAR reported that Ron Hornaday