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BEGINNINGS Elton Sawyer began his career in the NASCAR Busch Series . He ran a handfull of races in 1983, 1984, and 1985 scoring 8 top tens, while running for his own team. From 1986 to 1989 he ran full-time seasons with Lewis Motorsports . Sawyer ran competitively, scoring many top tens, while finishing between 14th and 18th in points in all of those years. Sawyer left the Lewis organization, after not winning in his four seasons with the team, and headed to the team owned by A.G. Dillard . In 1990, Sawyer ran his best career season to date, scoring 4 top fives and finishing 13th in the points. However the following year, the Dillard team faced sponsorship problems, which kept Elton is completing the whole year. Elton savaged a 20th place finish in the points that year. The sponshorship issues that affected Sawyer in 1991, caused problems for him the next two years. Elton was not able to find a solid ride, and only competed in 4 races. RISE TO THE TOP However, lucked changed for Sawyer in 1994. Elton found a solid ride at Sutton Racing . Elton would go on to win his first Busch Series race at Myrtle Beach Speedway . Elton would only have six more top tens the remaining of the year to finish 14th in points. In 1995, Elton continued driving in the Busch Series full-time for Sutton, but he also went to compete for rookie of the year in Winston Cup for Junior Johnson . Sawyer's Cup season did not fare too well, but his Busch year was his best of date, finishing 9th in points. Elton started the 1996 Cup season driving for David Blair Motorsports . However after sponsorship problems, Sawyer was released from the team. Sawyer deceided to jump back down to Busch, however he didn't grab a solid ride until 1997, when he rejoined Sutton. Sawyer would go on to finish 8th in points. In 1998, Sawyer had a great year, finishing 5th in points, after scoring 10 top tens. In 1999, Sawyer joined Akins Motorsports in the Busch Series. Sawyer had one of his most competitive years, winning a race at New Hampshire International Speedway . He also scored 14 top tens, and finished 5th in points. 2000 was also a great year for Sawyer after he scored once again 14 top tens and finished 6th in points. DECLINE 2001 turned out to be Sawyer's last full season in NASCAR. Sawyer raced competitively, scoring his career high or 19 top tens in a season, while finishing 5th in points. However he was still released from Akins, and had to search for a ride for 2002. Unfortunately, that ride never came. Sawyer did race 3 races in 2002 for the ailing Jeff Purvis at Brewco Motorsports . However, Johnny Sauter was viewed to be a better replacement for Purvis, and Sauter received the ride in 2003. Sawyer continued looking for a ride, however he was unable to find one due to the trend of teams wanting young drivers. He retired, and is now a driving coach for Team Red Bull and Toyota . |
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