# Tim Sauter

Timothy Saibot Sauter (born October 13, 1964) is an American race car driver. He has competed in the American Speed Association, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the Busch Series, and the Winston Cup Series. He is the son of Jim Sauter, and the brother of NASCAR drivers Jay and Johnny Sauter.

## Racing career

Sauter made his NASCAR debut in 2000, at Memphis. Driving the No. 61 Stoops Freightliner car for Xpress Motorsports, he finished 29th. He ran an additional two races that season with a best finish of fifteenth at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He joined the team for a full-time run in 2001, and posted two top-ten finishes before the team suddenly closed up due to a lack of funding. He ended the season driving for the No. 19 AP Performance Racing team. He returned to the 19 team full-time in 2002 and posted seven top-ten finishes. He also ran a pair of Cup races for Dave Marcis, his best finish 34th at Dover International Speedway. A lack of sponsorship forced AP to close its doors at the end of season.
In 2003, he joined Mac Hill Motorsports for a part-time schedule of twelve races. His best finish came at New Hampshire International Speedway, where he finished seventeenth. He also drove in the Truck Series for three races, finishing fourteenth at Bristol Motor Speedway. He continued to drive part-time in 2004, driving the No. 56 Mac Hill car in four races. On August 4, 2005 the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the Northern League signed Sauter to a one-day contract. Though he struck out, he completed his baseball debut beating the Kansas City T-Bones.
In 2005, Lester Buildings became his sponsor and allowed him to run the No. 56 in twelve races. He was offered a full-time ride with McGill Motorsports in 2006, but he did not finish in the top-ten and mutually parted ways late in the season.
In 2007, he drove the No. 07 Green Light Racing truck full-time as a teammate to Chad McCumbee with Lester Buildings sponsoring. Sauter was also involved in a scary crash at Martinsville when his truck was hit several times after getting loose off turn 4. He was uninjured.
Sautner has not raced professionally since 2007.

## Motorsports career results
### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Reynolds Tobacco Company, it was referred to as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (1971–2003). A similar deal was made with Nextel in 2003, and it became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series (2004–2007). Sprint acquired Nextel in 2005, and in 2008 the series was renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2008–2016).

#### Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NWCC | Pts |
| 2000 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL DNQ | | | NA | - |
| 2002 | Marcis Auto Racing | 71 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI DNQ | DAR | RCH 37 | NHA | DOV 34 | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR DNQ | PHO | HOM | 65th | 113 |
| 2003 | Marcis Auto Racing | 71 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | TAL | MAR | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA DNQ | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV DNQ | TAL | KAN | CLT | MAR | ATL | PHO | CAR DNQ | HOM | NA | - |

#### Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2000 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSV | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | CLT | DOV | SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW | NZH | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH DNQ | DOV | CLT | CAR DNQ | | PHO 21 | HOM 15 | | | | 73rd | 294 | |
| 2000 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MEM 29 | | | | | | | | | | 73rd | 294 |
| 2001 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Pontiac | DAY 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd | 1611 | |
| 2001 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Chevy | | CAR 21 | LVS 13 | ATL 34 | DAR 29 | BRI 9 | TEX 34 | NSH 17 | TAL 15 | CAL 25 | RCH 23 | NHA 16 | NZH 22 | CLT 23 | DOV 22 | KEN 43 | MLW | GLN | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | PHO | | | | | | | | 32nd | 1611 | |
| 2001 | AP Performance Racing | 19 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CAR 26 | HOM 40 | | | | 32nd | 1611 | |
| 2002 | AP Performance Racing | 19 | Chevy | DAY 26 | CAR 29 | LVS 17 | DAR 22 | BRI 16 | TEX 22 | NSH 10 | TAL 32 | CAL 7 | RCH 10 | NHA 12 | NZH 14 | CLT 19 | DOV 22 | NSH 32 | KEN 15 | MLW 9 | DAY 12 | CHI 34 | GTY 10 | PPR 23 | IRP 33 | MCH 20 | BRI 17 | DAR 19 | RCH 25 | DOV 8 | KAN 11 | CLT 13 | MEM 6 | ATL 32 | CAR 14 | PHO 26 | HOM 18 | | 13th | 3644 | |
| 2003 | Mac Hill Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | DAY | CAR 27 | LVS | DAR 30 | BRI | TEX | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH 20 | GTY | NZH | CLT 27 | DOV | NSH | KEN 39 | MLW 23 | DAY | CHI | NHA 17 | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI 21 | DAR | RCH 33 | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM 18 | ATL 26 | PHO | CAR 30 | HOM | | 46th | 1028 | |
| 2004 | Mac Hill Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW 19 | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP 25 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH DNQ | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM 39 | ATL | PHO | DAR 40 | HOM | | 79th | 283 | |
| 2005 | Mac Hill Motorsports | 56 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH 34 | BRI DNQ | TEX | PHO | TAL 12 | DAR | RCH 18 | CLT | DOV | NSH 27 | KEN 20 | MLW 37 | DAY | CHI DNQ | NHA | PPR 25 | GTY 27 | IRP 40 | GLN | MCH DNQ | BRI DNQ | CAL | RCH DNQ | DOV 30 | KAN DNQ | CLT | MEM 38 | TEX | PHO | | 49th | 942 | |
| 2005 | DCT Motorsports | 36 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 30 | 49th | 942 | |
| 2006 | DCT Motorsports | 36 | Chevy | DAY 19 | CAL 25 | MXC 30 | LVS 41 | ATL 31 | BRI 21 | TEX 37 | NSH 36 | PHO 24 | TAL 21 | RCH 39 | DAR 37 | CLT 27 | DOV 28 | NSH 24 | KEN 28 | MLW 27 | DAY 24 | CHI 33 | NHA 26 | MAR 19 | GTY 22 | IRP 33 | GLN | MCH | BRI 34 | CAL | RCH 35 | DOV 28 | KAN 25 | CLT DNQ | MEM 31 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 21st | 2879 | |

#### Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts |
| 2003 | Keller Motorsports | 35 | Ford | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP 23 | NSH | BRI 14 | | | | | | | | | | 77th | 221 |
| 2003 | Keller Motorsports | 53 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 21 | NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 77th | 221 |
| 2007 | Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY 28 | CAL 26 | ATL 21 | MAR 29 | KAN 30 | CLT 17 | MFD 14 | DOV 23 | TEX 16 | MCH 11 | MLW 26 | MEM 18 | KEN 21 | IRP 28 | NSH 31 | BRI 28 | GTW 31 | NHA 23 | LVS 20 | TAL 21 | MAR 27 | ATL 21 | TEX 10 | PHO 24 | HOM 11 | 16th | 2497 |

### ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ABMHC | Pts | Ref |
| 2000 | Xpress Motorsports | 61 | Chevy | DAY | SLM | AND | CLT | KIL | FRS | MCH | POC | TOL | KEN | BLN | POC | WIN | ISF | KEN | DSF | SLM | CLT | TAL | ATL DNQ | NA | - | |