Tim Sauter Slips and Slides to 24th

Tim Sauter Slips and Slides to 24th

Busch teams left with many questions about tire compound switch.

June 30th, Daytona International Speedway.  Tim Sauter ended up right  
where he started on Saturday evening at the Daytona International  
Speedway. The driver of the Lester Buildings #36 started and finished  
24th in the 250-mile event held under the lights. What happened  
during the 250 miles left Sauter less than happy. “I don’t know why  
they messed with the tires here this weekend. We were just fine with  
this aero package and the tires here in February,” Sauter said after  
the race. “I don’t think I’ve ever driven a car that was so much on  
the edge, it just slid around all night. I think we were fortunate to  
come home 24th.”

Tim qualified for the event with a lap of 49.82 seconds placing him  
24th on the starting grid. From the drop of the green it was evident  
that Sauter would not be able to keep up with the leaders, as he was  
forced to back off in he corners. “I could hold it wide-open for  
about three laps, after that it was so unpredictable I wasn’t sure  
where I was going. Daytona has plenty of bumps in the corners, with  
this package they upset the car so much I couldn’t believe it. If I  
was inside another car and hit those bumps, I had no idea which way  
the car was going to slide.”

During the first round of green flag pit stops Tim was able to move  
as high as 19th in the running order, but as the stops cycled out Tim  
was left running in 30th position one lap down to the leaders. Only  
24 cars were on the lead lap after the pit stops were completed at  
the mid-point of the race.

Tim was fortunate to miss one of the night’s biggest wrecks on lap 61  
when Reed Sorenson got together with Kevin Lepage and a multi-car  
melee ensued on the front stretch. Tim was able to guide the Lester  
Buildings #36 down pit road to avoid the wreck that resulted in a red  
flag to repair a portion of the wall. Another large wreck occurred on  
lap 70 that took out several competitors.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. dominated the Winn Dixie 250 and led the final 88  
laps of the event. He was never seriously challenged by any  
competitor, at the finish eight of the top ten spots were filled with  
Cup regulars and only eighteen cars finished on the lead lap. “How  
about that #8 car? He sure put a beating on all of us. I don’t know  
what they had going on, but Jr. sure made a lot of good cars look bad  
tonight,” Sauter said.

The next race for Tim Sauter and the McGill Motorsports team is  
Saturday, July 8th at the Chicagoland Speedway. The Saturday  
afternoon race marks the start of the second half of the NASCAR Busch  
Series schedule.

Affordable primary sponsorship is available on the McGill Motorsports  
Chevy Monte Carlo SS for five of the remaining races on the 2006 NBS  
schedule. Interested parties should contact John McGill at  
440-914-4206, or visit mcgillmotorsports.com to learn more.



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