Johnny Sauter began 2010 in typical sophomore-slump fashion.
He finished 35th in the season opener at Daytona, but there’s no shame in that given the unpredictability of the historic venue.
Then he followed up with four finishes outside the top 10 in six races. A big “but”: He did pick up his second series win, at Kansas. Still, his average finish was 13.9 and his Driver Rating was 92.4 over the first seven events.
Then he picked it up big time. In the 12 races since, Sauter has eight top-five finishes and nine top 10s. All his numbers have exploded.
In the past 12 races, during which he has moved from sixth to third in the standings, Sauter has posted an Average Finish of 6.0, a Driver Rating of 103.5 (which would be even higher if not for a subpar Pocono rating of 72.5), an Average Running Position of 7.3, 68 Fastest Laps Run, a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 93.1% and a Pass Differential (passes minus times passed) of plus-82.
Among drivers who have run each of the past 12 races, Sauter ranks fourth in Driver Rating behind Todd Bodine (116.0), Austin Dillon (106.6) and Ron Hornaday Jr. (106.5).
Those numbers should only improve this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, site of Sauter’s first series win (last season). In that event, he had a Driver Rating of 143.3, an Average Running Position of 3.7, 62 Laps Led and 51 Fastest Laps Run.
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