Tim Sauter Caught in Martinsville Massacre

Tim Sauter Caught in Martinsville Massacre

October 20, 2007 – Martinsville, VA. Another Nascar Craftsman Truck  
Series race for Tim Sauter. Another solid run with a seemingly sure  
top-10 finish, then only seven laps from the checkered flag another  
disappointing ending with his Lester Buildings Silverado battered  
against the frontstretch wall.

When Mike Skinner crossed the finish line moments later, Sauter’s  
racing machine was a twisted mesh of metal sitting on a flatbed  
truck. Tim was running in 8th place with just eight laps to go when  
he tried to squeeze below Mike Bliss for the 7th position. “I got a  
little loose trying to get under the 4 truck and I think the 2 got  
into me from behind and rooted me out,” Sauter said. With Sauter  
pinned in the outside lane, contact with Travis Kvapil’s truck coming  
out of turn four spun the rear of the #07 into the outside wall.  
Sauter’s Chevy ricochet off the wall back into Kvapil’s truck, which  
was hammered by Todd Bodine before being repeatedly bounced off the  
wall by Eric Darnell, Joey Clanton and Clay Rogers. The hardest hit  
was from Clanton, who hit Sauter’s truck solidly in the passenger’s  
side at full throttle.

"I just hate it for Lester Buildings, Green Light Racing and all my  
guys. They work really hard. We don't have the biggest budget, we are  
doing our best, and we were looking for a top-10 here today. There  
just isn't no givin and takin, I guess from now on, I am going to get  
them before they get me. I think Todd Bodine got into Kvapil and  
Kvapil got into me and I mean nobody lifted,” a dejected Sauter  
explained. “The yellow flags are so inconsistent that nobody lets up.  
I got hit about eight times by eight different trucks, frankly it’s  
crazy. I am just sorry for all of my sponsors and my guys."

Prior to the lap 193 incidents Sauter had run a smart, conservative  
race saving his tires for the end and trying not to overheat his  
brakes. After starting a solid 15th, Tim was shuffled in the races  
early laps back to 21st place. During the first caution on lap 25,  
Tim brought his Silverado to the attention of the Doug Howe led Green  
Light crew for gas only and restarted 18th. By the races’ 50th  
circuit Tim had worked his way up to 16th place and moved into the  
top-15 by lap 60.

Using his short-track experience to gain track positions, Tim was up  
to 14th at the halfway point and by the 150th lap he was in 12th. A  
spin by Kvapil and Jason Leffler on lap 183 moved Sauter into the  
top-10 and then transmission troubles for Ted Musgrave lifted the  
Lester Building Chevy into 8th on lap 190. It looked like Tim was  
about to close the deal on the Green Light team’s first top-ten of  
the season when all hell broke loose on the lap 192 restart.

Sauter was credited with 27th place in the final rundown, but his  
favorite racetruck was totally destroyed. “I’m fine. The truck is  
just junk, it’s ready for the scrap heap.” Sauter explained. “I’m  
just sorry for Lester Buildings, Gene Christensen and Bobby Dotter.”

Tim Sauter and the Green Light Racing team will return to action on  
Saturday Oct 27th in the Easycare Vehicle Service 200 at the Atlanta  
Motor Speedway.

Race fans are encouraged to enter the Lester Buildings "Race Fan  
Building Sweepstakes" for a chance to win a Lester "Town & Country"  
building with an MSRP of approximately $30,000 by mailing the coupon  
from Tim’s autograph card or by completing an online form found at  
JAYSKI.com, including the site’s expanded Craftsman Truck news pages.

With manufacturing facilities in Minnesota, Illinois and Virginia,  
Lester Buildings is one of the largest manufacturers of engineered  
post-frame structures in the United States. The company provides  
building solutions for a broad range of needs – from simple farm and  
ranch buildings, hobby shops and equestrian buildings to many types  
of commercial structures. Over 140,000 Lester buildings have been  
erected throughout the U.S. from the eastern seaboard to the Rocky  
Mountains. To learn more about Lester Buildings, visit  
lesterbuildings.com.

Lester Buildings PR contact Perry A. Hintz, 262-763-1672 or  
phintz36@wi.rr.com