FORD F-150
CREW CHIEF:
Joe Shear JR.
OWNER:
THORSPORT RACING 13
wins as well as a Busch Series victory at Milwaukee
in 2005, Shear has also celebrated Truck Series
wins as a crew chief with youngster Cole Custer
and premier Series veteran, Kasey Kahne.
“ThorSport is a great group of guys,” Sauter said
about his new team. “They’ve made huge strides
ever since I was there last time.”
THE OFFICIAL NASCAR 2020 PREVIEW & PRESS GUIDE 247
FEATURED DRIVERS
nished ninth or bette
better every season,
including fourth or better b
during the
last ve years.
Sauter’s NGOTS r
record isn’t
perfect, but it is im
impressive. Since
moving to the Serie
Series full-time in
2009, he has won a
at least one race in
eight of nine seasons
seasons. His 17 career
victories are tops am
among active drivers
who primarily compete
compete in the Truck
Series (Kyle Busch is the
the all-time and
active leader with 56 wins)
and is tied for
seventh overall.
Crew chief, Joe Shear Jr., has been atop
atop the pit box
since taking over early in the 2016 seaso
season and his
steadying inuence has kept Sauter and
and the team up
among the most prepared and most com
competitive in the
garage each week; marked by 35 top-10
nishes in 40
races in 2016-17.
The son of former National Short Short Track Champion,C
Joe
Shear, the younger Shear is also no stranger stra
to Victory
Lane. In addition to guiding Sauter to 14
of his 17 Truck
FOLLOW ONLINE
@JOHNNYSAUTER