JOHNNY SAUTER
Birth Date: August 12, 1993 Hometown:
Team: No. 16 Toyota Tundra/Roush Fenway Racing
Birth Date: May 1, 1978 Hometown:etown: Necedah, WI
Team: 13 Ford F-150 / Thorsport sport Racing
Johnny Sauter has now been n racing for 23 years. Through that, he’s
seen the peaks and the valleys.ys. The start of 2019 was a peak,
running ve top-10s in the rst st six races and sealing the
the
deal for a victory at Dover.
nounced that the
Sauter, but he
rive the No. 13
an end at Las
h engine
mately, Illmor,
nes, took
hat affected
cided that
ed into
Heading into 2019, GMS announced team had parted ways with quickly joined ThorSport to drive car. His Playoff run came to Las
Vegas when he struggled with issues and nished 29th. Ultimately,the manufacturer of the engines,took
responsibility for the issues that several drivers. NASCAR decided that
Sauter would not be reinstated into
the Playoffs.
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mpion, came off the
est four victories for
organization, qualied
ecame a repeat Series
ained success, making him a
Sauter, the 2016 Series Champion,2017 season with a career-best the Maury Gallagher-owned for the Playoffs and nearly became Series
Champion, and a run of sustained perennial contender.
41-year-old Sauter from fellow
n the 2017 Series nale at Homesteaded
second to score the title while Sauter
eam’s third-place result.
Only one spot separated the fellow
competitor Christopher Bell in Homestead-
Miami Speedway. Bell nished came up just short with his team’s e nal standings is routine for Sauter,
n his two seasons with GMS, he’s
nine consecutive years of competing
st seven with ThorSport Racing, he’s
Finishing near the front in the the native of Necedah, WI. In he’s
nished rst and second; in full-time in the Series, the rst RESS