Tim Sauter Ready for Return to Richmond

Tim Sauter Ready for Return to Richmond
Lester Buildings driver ready to get back behind the wheel

Tim Sauter returns to the drivers seat this Friday evening after  
sitting out last Saturday’s Ameriquest 300 at the California Speedway  
to recover from a hard crash on August 25th at the Bristol Motor  
Speedway. The Wisconsin Busch Series driver was checked-out by NASCAR  
neurologist Dr. Jerry Petty on Tuesday and is ready to get back to  
the track.

Sauter finished 39th at the spring race in Richmond after being  
involved in two separate incidents during the event. The first one  
was contact from his brother Jay, before a flat tire caused the  
second wreck that ultimately put Tim out of the race. “Our visit to  
Richmond in the spring was a unique one,” Sauter said. “I’m ready to  
put everything behind us, because we’ve got eight more races this  
year. Right now I just want to do the best I can to get some strong  
finishes and get the McGill team back into the top-thirty in owners  
points.”

“I feel good, I’m ready to get back in the car this week. Drivers  
don’t like to sit out, but it was a good thing that I didn’t go to  
California last week, once I got home I realized how sore I was. When  
Dr. Petty examined me at Bristol he explained to me the risk of  
taking another hit so soon which made an easy decision to take the  
week off,” Sauter added. “When we met again on Tuesday (September  
5th) he told me he appreciated and respected the fact I took the week  
off that not all drivers would be willing to do that.”

This weekend’s race at the fast three-quarter mile racetrack marks  
the end of the “summer stretch” for the NBS teams who will finally  
get a week off after sixteen straight weeks of competition. There are  
47 cars pre-entered for the Emerson Radio 250. The green flag will  
drop at 7:30 ET on Friday, August 25th and will be televised live on  
TNT.

• This will be Tim’s 108th start in the NBS and 113th career NASCAR  
start.

• All three Sauter brothers will attempt to make the Emerson Radio 250.

• Tim is currently 25th in the NBS driver point standings.

• This will be the eighth time Tim has competed at Richmond in the  
NBS. Best Finish; 10th on May 4th, 2002 driving the AP Performance  
Chevy.

Tim’s thoughts on the Richmond International Raceway: “The McGill  
team is bringing a pretty good racecar to Richmond this week, it’s  
the same car we ran real well with at New Hampshire and Martinsville.  
I think we can make a little noise here on Friday night; Richmond is  
one of my favorite tracks. I’m ready to get in the car, have some  
fun, and go race.”

• This will be the seventh time McGill Motorsports has competed at  
Richmond International Raceway in the NBS. Best Finish: 14th on  
September 5th, 2003 with Steve Grissom driving.

Affordable primary sponsorship is available on the McGill Motorsports  
Chevy Monte Carlo SS for three 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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