Johnny Sauter

Johnny Sauter
Sauter interacting with fans in 2014
Born	(1978-05-01) May 1, 1978 (age 38) Necedah, Wisconsin
Achievements	2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion 2001 ASA National Tour Champion
Awards	2009 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2001 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career
85 races run over 11 years
2015 position	61st
Best finish	30th (2007)
First race	2003 Tropicana 400 (Chicago)
Last race	2015 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 3 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
205 races run over 11 years
2014 position	102nd
Best finish	8th (2003, 2006)
First race	2001 Autolite / Fram 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2014 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona)
First win	2002 Tropicana Twister 300 (Chicago)
Last win	2005 SBC 250 (Milwaukee)
Wins Top tens Poles 3 49 4
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
198 races run over 13 years
Truck no., team	No. 21 (GMS Racing)
2016 position	1st
Best finish	1st (2016)
First race	2003 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Last race	2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
First win	2009 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last win	2016 Striping Technology 350 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 13 120 6
Statistics current as of November 18, 2016.

Jonathan Joseph "Johnny" Sauter (born May 1, 1978) is an American professional driver. Sauter is the son of former NASCAR driver Jim Sauter, the brother of NASCAR drivers Tim Sauter and Jay Sauter, and the uncle of Travis Sauter. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion.

After graduating high school in 1996, Sauter began competing in various amateur series throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest. By the end of 1997, Sauter had collected three wins in the Sportsman Division at Dells Raceway Park and a win in the Late Model Division at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. Sauter then joined the American Speed Association Series in 1998. By 2001, he was the ASA Series Champion.

In 2001, following Sauter's ASA Championship, Richard Childress Racing invited him to drive the No. 21 Rockwell Automation-sponsored Chevrolet in five Busch Series races. Sauter finished in the Top 15 in three of his five Busch starts, including a fifth-place finish in the AutoLite Fram 250 at Richmond, which was his first start in the series.

In 2002, Childress hired Sauter to run a full Busch Series schedule in the No. 2 AC Delco-sponsored Chevrolet. He notched five Top 10 finishes, including his first Busch Series win in the Tropicana Twister 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway, despite skipping one race. Sauter was involved in one of the biggest accidents in NASCAR history in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega, where 33 of 43 cars were involved, and 15 of them were taken out of the race. In 2003, Sauter drove for Childress Racing and the Curb Agajanian Performance Group in the Busch Series, piloting the No. 21 PayDay-sponsored Chevrolet and the No. 43 Channellock/Curb Records-sponsored Chevrolet. He captured fourteen top-10 finishes in 34 Busch Series starts, including a win at Richmond in the No. 43. Sauter finished the 2003 season 8th in the driver standings and, together with Kevin Harvick, led the No. 21 car to the owners' points championship.