Career
Born in Bakersfield, California, he began racing Top Fuel in the Carolina Quest Auto Parts dragster. In his rookie season, he qualified for 18 out of 19 events. The next season he made it to his first final in Englishtown.
He switched to the Funny Carolina class in 2000 to join Foxen Canyon with Alan Johnson (the tuner) and Gary Scelzi.
In 2002, he came in mid-season when the team made a pioneering switch to a Toyota Celica funny car body. Sarver committed suicide by a gunshot on November 10, 2005.