Travis Sauter
| Travis Sauter | |||||||
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| File:Travis Sauter Wisconsin International Raceway 2014 (cropped).jpg Sauter in 2014 | |||||||
| Born | August 1, 1982 Necedah, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | Four time Oktoberfest winner at LaCrosse(2009, 2011, 2012, 2014) 2012 Howie Lettow Memorial 150 winner | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2013 position | 79th | ||||||
| Best finish | 79th (2013) | ||||||
| First race | 2013 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
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| ARCA Midwest Tour career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2007 | ||||||
| Car number | 5 | ||||||
| Starts | 57 | ||||||
| Wins | 7 | ||||||
| Poles | 1 | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th in 2008 | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2004–2007 | ASALMS Sunoco National Tour | ||||||
| Statistics up to date as of November 16, 2013. | |||||||
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Travis Sauter (born August 1, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver. A regular competitor in several midwestern racing series, he is second on the all-time win list with four Oktoberfest wins at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway.[1]
Travis is the grandson of Jim Sauter, son of Tim, and nephew of Johnny and Jay.
Career
[edit | edit source]Sauter began his racing career in 2002, finishing second in the track championship at Madison International Speedway in 2006 before moving full-time to touring series events in 2007, having started running the ASA Late Model Series in 2004.[2]
Competing primarily in the ASA Midwest Tour (now ARCA Midwest Tour), Sauter has won six times in 53 starts in the series, with a best points finish of seventh in 2008; he has also won four times in Oktoberfest races at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
Owning his own race team, Sauter currently competes in selected, high-profile events throughout the Midwest.[3] In 2012, he won the inaugural Howie Lettow Memorial 150 at the Milwaukee Mile, topping a field of over 80 late models to win the event.[4]
He finished second to Kyle Busch in the Howie Lettow Memorial 150 in 2013, before making his debut in NASCAR competition at Iowa Speedway in August, driving for Joe Nemechek.[5] Sauter set the all-time track record at the 1/3 mile Dells Raceway Park on August 17, 2013, with a time of 13.108 seconds in his Super Late Model.[6]
Sauter started his 2015 season by winning the inaugural Icebreaker 100 super late model at Dells Raceway Park in a feature field of 24 drivers.[7]
Motorsports career results
[edit | edit source]NASCAR
[edit | edit source](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
[edit | edit source]| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NNSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2013 | NEMCO Motorsports | 87 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW 30 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 79th | 14 | [8] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
[edit | edit source](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2013 | Roulo Brothers Racing | 99 | Ford | DAY | MOB | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | POC | MCH | ROA | WIN | CHI | NJE | POC | BLN | ISF | MAD 16 |
DSF | IOW | SLM | KEN | KAN | 116th | 150 | [9] | |
References
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- ^ Driver Bio Archived 2013-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Travis Sauter official website. Accessed 2013-07-29.
- ^ Kallman, Dave. "Travis Sauter perseveres as economics of regional racing change". Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 7, 2013. Accessed 2013-07-29.
- ^ Madsen, Tamira. "Travis Sauter outduels star-studded field at The Milwaukee Mile". Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Journal. June 13, 2012. Accessed 2013-07-29.
- ^ Kallman, Dave. "Travis Sauter set for NASCAR debut at Iowa Speedway" Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. July 29, 2013. Accessed 2013-07-29.
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External links
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- Travis Sauter driver statistics at Racing-ReferenceLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).