Johnny Sauter News

Testing at Texas UPDATE 2 rained out:

Testing at Texas UPDATE 2 rained out:

March 20, 2002
Testing at Texas UPDATE 2 rained out: testing at Texas Motor Speedway continues today for the Samsung/RadioShack 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race and O'Reilly 300 NASCAR Busch Series races (April 6-7th). Three remaining scheduled test sessions, which are closed to the public

Testing at Darlington – a few speeds:

Testing at Darlington – a few speeds:

March 6, 2002
Testing at Darlington - a few speeds: Prepping for his return to Winston Cup racing, Steve Park tested a pair of #1 Pennzoil Chevy's at the Darlington Raceway Tuesday. Park's supersub Kenny Wallace was not at the track. Park said the doctors told him it would be at

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

March 3, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 149 of 200 laps and beating runner-up #99-Michael Waltrip to the finish line by 8.428 seconds. #2-Johnny Sauter finished third - his career-best. Unsponsored #71-Kevin Lepage was fourth and #

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

January 22, 2002
The NASCAR Busch Series teams that finished in the odd-numbered spots in the owners points standings will test at Daytona on Jan. 21-22 in preparation for the Feb. 16 EAS/GNC Live Well 300 with Jan. 23 serving as a rain date. On Jan. 24-25, the even-numbered Busch

#3 to Test UPDATE:

#3 to Test UPDATE:

January 15, 2002
Richard Childress Racing plans to test the BGN car with the #3 at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday and Tuesday. The #3 Chevy will be driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in two races this season, the Feb. 16 BGN race at Daytona and the May 25 race at Charlotte. RCR will build

Testing at Las Vegas:

Testing at Las Vegas:

January 7, 2002
Testing at Las Vegas: 49 drivers are scheduled to attend Las Vegas Motor Speedway's annual "Test in the West" Jan. 28-31. Cup champ #24-Jeff Gordon will be among 32 Cup drivers and 17 BGN drivers slated to test over the four-day period in preparation for the March

#98 Almost Done UPDATE closed up Sawyer Looking:

#98 Almost Done UPDATE closed up Sawyer Looking:

November 29, 2001
Things weren't going well in the sponsorship search for Elton Sawyer's #98 Michael Kranefuss-owned BGN team, and now the situation has gotten much worse. Less than a week after Sawyer finished second at Homestead, General Manager Marty Gaunt resigned immediately after

Johnny Sauter full time in the #2:

Johnny Sauter full time in the #2:

November 16, 2001
Johnny Sauter will compete in the entire 2002 BGN schedule in Richard Childress Racing's (RCR) #2 ACDelco Chevy instead of splitting driving chores with 2001 champion Kevin Harvick. The original plan was to bring the 23-year-old Wisconsin native up slowly. He was tapped

RCR Announcements at Atlanta UPDATE:

RCR Announcements at Atlanta UPDATE:

November 16, 2001
RCR Announcements at Atlanta UPDATE: Richard Childress Racing is scheduled to make a pair of announcements next weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway concerning drivers for its #31 Cup team and #2 BGN team. On Friday, Robby Gordon, who has substituted frequently in the

Tim Sauter to announce 2002 plans at Homestead UPDATE:

Tim Sauter to announce 2002 plans at Homestead UPDATE:

November 13, 2001
Tim Sauter and the #19 AP Performance team will announce their 2002 NASCAR Busch Series plans in a Press Conference to be held in the Infield Media Interview Room at Miami Homestead Speedway on Friday(11-8-2001) UPDATE: AP Performance Racing, which won the ASA championships

Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:

Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:

September 7, 2001
Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:#1-Jimmy Spencer completed a sweep of the BGN races this season at Richmond, taking a win in Friday night's wild, caution-filled Autolite/Fram 250. Spencer, who won the May race at Richmond, beat fellow Winston Cup driver #

Tim Sauter back?:

Tim Sauter back?:

August 23, 2001
Tim Sauter back?:Sources say that Tim Sauter has a two-year program all but done with AP Performance, the team for which he won the 1999 ASA championship. Johnny Sauter is currently dominating that tour for Canadian owner Alec Pinsonneault. The team would be housed

Sauters to RCR? UPDATE 3:

Sauters to RCR? UPDATE 3:

August 23, 2001
Sauters to RCR? UPDATE 3:hearing ASA driver, Johnny Sauter may run some BGN races for Richard Childress Racing towards the end of the 2001 season and is a candidate for a full time ride with RCR in either the #2 or #21 Chevy' (but hearing it'll be the #21 car). Jay

Dillner Starts Site:

Dillner Starts Site:

July 7, 2001
Dillner Starts Site: Bob Dillner, TNN Broadcaster is the brainchild of a newly released web site: www.51SportsRacing.com which brings news, commentary and driver journals from all walks of short track racing, such as ASA rookie Johnny Sauter writes "Johnny's Journal