Birthdate: April 30, 1975 Hometown: Emporia, Va. Resides: Emporia, Va. Marital Status: Single Children: None Hobbies: Golf, deer hunting, basketball, water sports, video games

Johnny Sauter No. 70 Yellow Transportation Chevrolet Team: Haas CNC Racing Team Owner: Gene Haas Crew Chief: Robert “Bootie” Barker Engine Builder: Hendrick Motorsports Career Starts: 32 Career Wins: 0 Career Poles: 0 Best Points Finish: 36th (2004) First Full Season: Scheduled to be 2007 First Start: July 13, 2003 (Chicago) Best Career Finish: 9th – April 23, 2005 (Phoenix) Best Career Start: 10th – March 28, 2004 (Bristol) Shop Address: 6001 Haas Way Kannapolis, NC 28081

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
32 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series starts between 2003-2006 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year runner-up 2002 NBS rookie season highlighted by first career win (Chicago) and pole (Talladega) ASA national champion; Rookie of the Year in 2001

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 65th in series points. … Only start was Coca-Cola 600 in May at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. … Started 14th and finished 24th and completed 398 of 400 laps.

2005 Finished 43rd in series points. … Made 10 starts for team owner James Finch. … Best start was 13th at Richmond-1. … Best finish career-high ninth at Phoenix-1.

2004 Finished 36th in series points. … Made 13 starts for Richard Childress Racing and three starts form James Finch. … Best start of 10th at Bristol-1 with RCR. … Best finishes of 14th at Rockingham in February and Talladega- 1, both with RCR.

2003 Finished 51st in series points. … First career start at Chicago July 13, 2003 for Larry McClure. … Qualified 20th and finished 35th. … Made four more starts with McClure in 2003. … Best start was 20th in first start at Chicago. … Best finish of 23rd came in second career start at Loudon-1.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Competed full time in NASCAR Busch Series 2002-2006. … Best finish in series points was eighth in 2003 and 2006. … NASCAR Busch Series record is 175 starts, three wins, 21 top-5s, 49 top-10s and four Busch Pole Awards. … Joined Haas CNC Racing NASCAR Busch Series team in 2006. … Primary staffing components of that team are cornerstone of 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award effort in 2007. … Also made 10 career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts 2003-2006. … Best start of third at Milwaukee, 2006. … Best finish of second at O’Reilly Raceway Park (IRP) in Clermont, Ind. in 2004.

NOTEWORTHY
Joined Haas CNC Racing NASCAR Busch Series team for 2006 season. … Enjoyed a record-setting family affair at Milwaukee in 2003 joining his father Jim and brothers Jay and Tim in the starting field. The Sauters became only the second family in NASCAR history to have four members compete in a national series race; the other was the Flocks – three brothers who were joined by their sister for a race in 1949. … Captured NASCAR Busch Series win from the pole at his home track of Milwaukee in 2005. … 2001 ASA National Champion and Rookie of the Year, winning 10 events. … Began racing Late Models in 1996.