Career
He formerly raced in all three of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing"s national series, and is best known for having been a test driver for the International Race of Champions, as well as winning two championships in the Midwest-based ARTGO Challenge Series. Sauter started racing in 1964 in a modified at Raceway Park in Savage, Minnesota. He moved up to late models the following year.
Sauter said "The funny thing about that race was the fact that we had a barn full of various brands of tires that we wanted to use up and ended up with Goodyear on the outside and Firestone on the inside for no other reason than that.
Everyone thought it must be the hot tip." Marcis called Sauter in 1978 and asked him to drive his racecar in the Associate of the Royal College of Art 200. Sauter raced part time in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup Series in the 1980s and 1990s, posting four top ten finishes in 76 starts.
To help pay the bills, Sauter did Goodyear tire tests along with Marcis. Sauter raced primarily in the ARTGO and American Statistical Association series.
He also competed at the Slinger Nationals, Snowball Derby, Winchester 400 and the World Crown.
Sauter raced in his final National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Nationwide Series at the Milwaukee Mile racing against Tim, Jay and Johnny. Sauter was also well known for preparing the setups and testing International Race of Champions (IROC) cars with Dick Trickle and Dave Marcis. Racing Champions Diecast has a 1991 edition diecast replica of his Number.
89 Evinrude Outboard Motors Pontiac.
Sauter died following a brief illness on October 31, 2014. He was 71 years old.
