Elton Everett Sawyer was born on November 5,1959 and is an American former NASCAR driver.
21 Facts About Elton Sawyer
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Elton Sawyer is married to former NASCAR driver Patty Moise, and is the older brother of Roger Sawyer, who has competed in NASCAR.
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Elton Sawyer ran a handful of races in 1983,1984, and 1985, scoring 8 top tens while running his own team.
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Elton Sawyer ran competitively, scoring many top tens, while finishing between 14th and 18th in points in all of those years.
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In 1990, Elton Sawyer ran his best career season, scoring 4 top fives and finishing 13th in the points.
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However the following year, the Dillard team faced sponsorship problems, which kept Elton Sawyer from completing the whole year.
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Elton Sawyer salvaged a 20th-place finish in the points that year.
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Elton Sawyer was not able to find a solid ride, and only competed in 4 races.
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Elton Sawyer would go on to win his first Busch Series race at Myrtle Beach Speedway.
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In 1995, Elton Sawyer continued driving in the Busch Series full-time for Sutton, but he was named to replace Loy Allen Jr.
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In that same year, Elton Sawyer competed in the Winston Select, driving the No 27 car of Junior Johnson that made it in, thanks to Jimmy Spencer winning twice the previous year.
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Elton Sawyer started the 1996 Cup season driving for David Blair Motorsports.
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Elton Sawyer then decided to jump back down to Busch, however he did not grab a solid ride until 1997, when he rejoined Sutton.
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In 1999, Elton Sawyer joined Akins Motorsports in the Busch Series.
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Elton Sawyer had one of his most competitive years, winning a race at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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Elton Sawyer scored 14 top tens, and finished 5th in points.
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Elton Sawyer raced competitively, scoring his career high of 19 top-tens in a season, while finishing 5th in points.
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Elton Sawyer did race 3 races in 2002 for the ailing Jeff Purvis at Brewco Motorsports.
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Elton Sawyer continued looking for a ride; however, he was unable to find one due to the trend of teams wanting young drivers with sponsorship money.
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On February 2,2015, NASCAR announced that Elton Sawyer would become the managing director of the Camping World Truck Series, replacing Chad Little, who was moved to a new role within the organization.
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Elton Sawyer had previously served as the director of team operations for Action Express Racing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.