Background
Sauter is the son of former National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of fellow drivers Tim Sauter and Johnny Sauter. He also is an uncle to Travis Sauter (son of Tim).
Sauter is the son of former National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing driver Jim Sauter, and the brother of fellow drivers Tim Sauter and Johnny Sauter. He also is an uncle to Travis Sauter (son of Tim).
42 Team SABCO Chevrolet Silverado, he qualified 21st and finished eighth at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. His best finish was third at Bristol Motor Speedway, and was offered a ride for one of SABCO"s Cup teams, but he chose to decline the offer.
He previously drove the Number. 34 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Frank Cicci Racing in the Busch Series. Sauter, a former American Speed Association driver, made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing debut in 1996 in the Craftsman Truck Series.
Driving the Number.
He ran six more races for SABCO that year. He ended the season driving the Number. 03 RealTree Camouflage Chevy for Richard Childress Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, finishing 22nd.
In 1997, Sauter replaced Mike Skinner in Childress" Number.
3 General Motors Goodwrench entry in the truck series. He had 15 top-10 finishes that season and finished sixth in the final points standings.
He also made his Busch Series debut at Myrtle Beach, driving the Number. 64 for Shoemaker Racing.
He finished 16th. In 2000, Sauter moved up to the Busch Series, driving the Number.
43 Quality Farm & Country Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo for the Curb Agajanian Performance Group. He had eight top-10 finishes, was 17th in the championship points, and was fourth in the chase. Despite seven top-10s, he dropped to 19th in points and was released from CAPG at the end of the season.
Foreign 2002, Sauter returned to RCR and shared the Number.
21 Rockwell Automation Chevy with Jeff Green. In 13 starts with RCR, his best finish was a fourth at Nashville Superspeedway.
He concluded the season driving the Number. 02 Ford Taurus for Angela"s Motorsports, finishing 25th at the Ford 300.
He also made his Winston Cup debut in the Number.
71 for Marcis Auto Racing, finishing 37th at Texas and 43rd at Talladega Superspeedway. In 2003, he ran 10 races for Henderson Brothers Racing, finishing ninth at Nashville.
In 2004, he ran nine races for the Henderson brothers, his best finish a 13th at Richmond International Raceway.
He also returned to the truck series, driving four races in the Number. 06 for MRD Motorsports and finishing 15th at Bristol.
After making only one start in the Busch Series in 2005, Sauter returned in 2006 with a new team, Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports. He qualified for 33 of 35 races with a best finish of seventh at O"Reilly Raceway Park.
After the Number. 01 team merged with Davis Motorsports, Sauter joined Frank Cicci Racing in 2007, running a few races before the team suspended operations.
Sauter currently competes in local races on short tracks in Wisconsin.