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ASA: Sauter Leads Five Times To Win Glass City 300

31 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Top Three in Points Finish 1-2-3.

TOLEDO, OH.--Defending ASA ACDelco Series National Champion Tim Sauter made a pass on current National Championship points leader Gary St. Amant with just 21 laps remaining to take his third win of the season in Sundays Glass City 300 presented by Jani-King at Toledo (OH) Speedway. Sauter survived the flu and a weekend full of rain to climb back into the points hunt after a disappointing race last week at Salem (IN) Speedway.

The event was delayed for an hour by an on-again-off-again mist which hampered the entire race weekend. The event was started on 2000 owners points with track problems due to rain canceling qualifying on Saturday.

"Even though it rained all weekend, I came in here and really wanted to run hard," said the Necedah, Wis. native. "The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was really strong coming off the corners, which was the key to winning today."

Sauter had a dominating car throughout the race, picking up his sixth career win. After making the pass for the lead late in the event, Sauter came to the checkers 0.836 seconds ahead of St. Amant. Sauter, who led a total of 182 laps, moved into third pl ace in the points, ahead of Mike Miller, who crashed late in the event.

Pole-sitter St. Amant stayed with the leaders all day and used an very fast late race pit stop to catapult him into the second finishing position. With the podium finish, his seventh in the 11 races, St. Amant holds onto the points lead by 195 over Kevin Cywinski.

Cywinski, who led many of the early laps, finished third after a late pass on Mike Eddy. Cywinski was closing on the leaders, but lapped traffic didnt allow him to close the gap in the final laps. Glenn Allen Jr. and Butch Miller came home fourth and fifth respectively.

Sauter collected $17,700 of the $194,800 purse. Eleven cautions slowed the race for 83 laps, including one in the middle of the race when Dave Sensiba collided with the inside tire barriers, moving them out of place. Six drivers swapped the lead on 10 occasions.

The ASA ACDelco Series moves to the Jennerstown (PA) Speedway next week, August 6, for the Pennsylvania 300. The event is scheduled for a 1 p.m. (Eastern) start on Sunday and will be telecast telecast LIVE on TNN Sports.

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ASA GLASS CITY 300

TOLEDO, Ohio--The unofficial order of finish from Sundays $194,800 American Speed Association ACDelco Series Glass City 300 presented by Jani-King at the half-mile Toledo Speedway. Listed is finishing and starting position (in parenthesis) driver, make of car, laps completed and reason out, if any.

1)(4) Tim Sauter, Chevrolet, 300
2)(1) Gary St. Amant, Chevrolet, 300
3)(2) Kevin Cywinski, Chevrolet, 300
4)(21) Glenn Allen Jr., Pontiac, 300
5)(5) Butch Miller, Pontiac, 300
6)(19) Mike Eddy, Chevrolet, 300
7)(13) Rick Beebe, Pontiac, 300
8)(37) Scott Fraser, Chevrolet, 300
9)(8) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 300
10)(9) Robbie Pyle, Chevrolet, 300
11)(10) Ricky Johnson, Chevrolet, 300
12)(25) David Stremme, Pontiac, 299
13)(14) Jack Landis, Ford, 299
14)(23) Russ Tuttle, Pontiac, 298
15)(30) Dennis Lampman, Chevrolet, 298
16)(17) Mark Dismore, Chevrolet, 297
17)(27) David Bonnett, Chevrolet, 295
18)(7) Scott Hansen, Ford, 295
19)(26) J.C. Beattie Jr., Chevrolet, 295
20)(24) Paul Dallenbach, Ford, 293
21)(22) Tim Taylor, Chevrolet, 293
22)(28) Mark Cole, Pontiac, 287
23)(29) Buddy Gainey, Pontiac, 285
24)(3) Mike Miller, Pontiac, 283
25)(6) Mike Garvey, Chevrolet, 235
26)(11) Brandon Sperling, Chevrolet, 226, accident
27)(15) Joey Clanton, Pontiac, 225, accident
28)(18) Larry Foyt, Pontiac, 221, accident
29)(36) John Silvertorne, Chevrolet, 221, radiator
30)(34) Carroll Adamy, Chevrolet, 190
31)(33) Alec Pinsonneault, Chevrolet, 175
32)(20) Tristan Dupuis, Pontiac, 172, accident
33)(35) Craig Smith, Pontiac, 151
34)(32) Greg Williams, Chevrolet, 138, fuel system
35)(16) Dave Senisba, Pontiac, 131, accident
36)(12) Greg Stewart, Pontiac, 131, accident
37)(31) David Anspaugh, Chevrolet, 73, accident
38)(40) Mike Cope, Chevrolet, 62, front end
39)(39) Kenny Phillips, Chevrolet, 40, rear end
40)(38) Joe Nott, Chevrolet, 39, suspension

RACE STATISTICS:

Time of Race: 2 hours, 20 minutes, 59.346 seconds
Average Speed: 63.835 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.836 seconds
Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers

Lap Leaders: Cywinski, 1-11; Sauter, 12-33; Cywinski, 34-37; Sauter, 38-141; Fraser, 142-162; Sauter, 163-164; Dupuis, 165-172; Tuttle, 173-196; Sauter, 197-228; St. Amant, 229-278; Sauter, 279-300.

Cautions: 11 for 83 laps.

Unofficial ASA ACDelco Series points after 11 of 20 events: 1) St. Amant,1,937; 2) Cywinski, 1,742; 3) Sauter, 1,730; 4) M. Miller, 1,635; 5) B. Miller, 1,609; 6) Wimmer, 1,552; 7) Hansen, 1,516; 8) Garvey, 1,500; 9) Pyle, 1,464; 10) Johnson, 1,441.

Text Provided By Jeremy Troiano

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