Johnny Sauter, driver of the No. 98 Nextant Aerospace/Curb Records Toyota Tundra, has made eight road-course starts across NASCAR’s top three divisions since 2005 including, two starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2007, four starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2005 and 2006, and two starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP) in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. While the ThorSport Racing driver has been quoted as “loving road course racing,” he classifies himself as being “ok” at making the left and right turns. In fact, Sauter scored a track-best start of 11th and a track-best finish of eighth in 2014, and is one of only seven drivers to compete in both NCWTS races at the 2.459-mile road course.
Sounding Off – Johnny Sauter:
“For whatever reason, handling is a pretty big deal at Canadian Tire (Motorsports Park). Platform control – left and right turns – because the track is so fast. You want to be sure you can keep momentum up, and if it’s not turning, you can’t keep your momentum up. Pretty fun race track. A lot of fun when you leave Turn 5B, I believe it is, and go up that long straightaway. Your grabbing gears and going up the hill as fast as you can, and then you come up over the top of the hill and you have no clue what’s up there. I obviously do now, after racing there the last two years, but you don’t really know how hard you can drive it in. It’s a good atmosphere. I love road course racing, I would say I’m ok at it, but it’s a different kind of challenge. Canadian Tire is a good place.”
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