Johnny Sauter

**Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Sauter** is an American racecar driver. He currently drives in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 98 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. Sauter won the 2016 Camping World Truck Series championship.

## Racing career

Sauter gained national attention in 2001, when he won the ASA national Tour championship, when he won ten races. That same year, he ran a partial NASCAR Busch Series schedule for Richard Childress Racing. The following year, he ran a full season and earned his first win at Chicagoland Speedway. Sauter was also involved in one of the biggest crashes in NASCAR history, a thirty-plus car accident at Talladega Superspeedway. In 2003, Sauter split time between RCR and the Curb Agajanian team, driving 15 races for Curb and the other 19 for RCR. He also raced in his first five Winston Cup Series races with Morgan-McClure Motorsports.

In between the 2003 and 2004 seasons, Sauter signed with RCR to run the full Cup schedule and also with Brewco Motorsports to run the full Busch Series schedule. He joined teammates Kevin Harvick and Robby Gordon and crew chief Kevin Hamlin at RCR. Sauter ran the full Busch schedule, performing well on short tracks. However, he was released after thirteen Cup races.

After moving from ThorSport Racing to GMS Racing before 2016, Sauter won the 2016 Truck championship. During the 2017 season, he was the first driver to test a standard engine for the Truck Series.

On the day of the last race of 2017, Sauter said that he would return to GMS in 2018.

## Personal life

Sauter is married with kids. He was born and raised in Necedah, Wisconsin and is a lifelong Catholic.

## Infobox (nascar driver)

- **name**: Johnny Sauter
- **image**: Johnny Sauter interacting with fans at Wisconsin International Raceway 2014.jpg
- **caption**: Sauter interacting with fans in 2014
- **birth name**: Jonathan Joseph Sauter
- **birth place**: Necedah, Wisconsin, Necedah, Wisconsin
- **achievements**: 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion
2017 LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway, Oktoberfest winner
2001 American Speed Association, ASA National Tour Champion
- **awards**: 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2009 Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Rookie of the Year, Rookie of the Year
2001 American Speed Association, ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year
- **total cup races**: 85
- **years in cup**: 11
- **prev cup pos**: 61st
- **previous year**: 2015
- **best cup pos**: 30th (2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, 2007)
- **first cup race**: 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 2003 Tropicana 400 (Chicagoland Speedway, Chicago)
- **last cup race**: 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2015 2015 Daytona 500, Daytona 500 (Daytona International Speedway, Daytona)
- **cup wins**: 0
- **cup top tens**: 3
- **cup poles**: 0
- **total nationwide races**: 205
- **years in nationwide**: 11
- **prev nationwide pos**: 102nd
- **prev nationwide year**: 2014
- **best nationwide pos**: 8th (2003 NASCAR Busch Series, 2003, 2006 NASCAR Busch Series, 2006)
- **first nationwide race**: 2001 NASCAR Busch Series, 2001 Autolite / Fram 250 (Richmond International Raceway, Richmond)
- **last nationwide race**: 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2014 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona International Speedway, Daytona)
- **first nationwide win**: 2002 NASCAR Busch Series, 2002 Tropicana Twister 300 (Chicagoland Speedway, Chicago)
- **last nationwide win**: 2005 NASCAR Busch Series, 2005 SBC 250 (Milwaukee Mile, Milwaukee)
- **nationwide wins**: 3
- **nationwide top tens**: 49
- **nationwide poles**: 4
- **total truck races**: 222
- **years in truck**: 15
- **truck car team**: No. 21 (GMS Racing)
- **prev truck pos**: 2nd
- **prev truck year**: 2017
- **best truck pos**: 1st (2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2016)
- **first truck race**: 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2003 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol), O'Reilly 200 (Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol)
- **first truck win**: 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2009 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas)
- **last truck win**: 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2018 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona International Speedway, Daytona)
- **truck wins**: 18
- **truck top tens**: 140
- **truck poles**: 6
- **updated**: November 17, 2017