Tim Sauter Heads to Windy City

McGill Motorsports team looking to improve for second half of season

The Durock 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway marks the midway point of  
the NASCAR Busch Series season. For McGill Motorsports driver Tim  
Sauter, starting the second half of the season on a positive note is  
important to the whole organization. The Lester Buildings team has  
had more than it’s fair share of bad luck and mid-pack finishes  
through the first seventeen races. Sauter, who currently sits 24th in  
NBS driver points, feels the time is right to get things headed in  
the right direction.

Sauter reflected on the first half of the season, “The season started  
out with a top-20 at Daytona, and we made it through the western  
swing until the big wreck at Las Vegas. We struggled to find speed at  
Atlanta and Texas and then got caught up in another wreck again at  
Nashville. That really put the guys in the shop behind because we had  
tore-up our two best downforce cars. We came back after that one and  
ran pretty good at Phoenix and Talladega before wrecking at Richmond  
and Darlington. After Darlington, we started to get a little better  
handle on the tire and the guys got a few cars rebuilt.”

“For the most part, the Lester Buildings car has run pretty good  
since Charlotte, but we have not taken advantage and turned good runs  
into top-20 finishes. We’ve had cars capable of running into the  
top-15 the last five races, but for one reason or another have not  
capitalized and given John and Nancy McGill the finishes we should  
have,” Tim continued. “I think we just need to keep working together  
as a team, we can’t let up and we have to create our own positive  
fortunes here in the second half of the season.”

“I think that this team can be pretty good at the next few races  
after Chicago. New Hampshire, Martinsville, Gateway and IRP are all  
good racetracks for me as a driver. The next month will be our chance  
to prove what we can do.”

The green flag will drop at 3:00 ET for the USG Durock 300 on July  
8th and will be televised live on TNT.

• This will be Tim’s 102nd start in the NBS and 107th career NASCAR  
start.

• All three Sauter brothers will attempt to make the Durock 300.

• Tim currently sits 24th in the NBS driver point standings.

• This will be the second time Tim has competed at Chicagoland in the  
NBS, best finish: July 2002 – Tropicana Twister 300 - Finished 34th,  
started 22nd. (Engine failure)

Tim’s thoughts on Chicagoland Speedway: “I think we are going to have  
a pretty good car this weekend, the same car as we ran at Nashville  
and Kentucky. We could race with those guys at both tracks, but we  
need to stay on the lead lap and we can bring home a good finish.”

• This will be the second time McGill Motorsports has competed at  
Chicagoland Speedway in the NBS, best finish: July 2004 – Twister 300  
- Driver; Travis Geisler - Finished 23rd, started 32nd.

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.