Johnny Sauter enters new season as new father
Johnny Sauter will drive for the same team (ThorSport Racing) and have the same crew chief (Joe Shear Jr.) as he did for the second half of the 2009 Camping World Truck Series season.
But not everything is the same in the driver’s world. Johnny and his wife, Cortney, welcomed their first child, Penn Joseph Sauter, on January 13. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and is doing well, according to a team news release.
If that wasn’t enough of a life change for the No. 13 team, Shear also got married Jan. 17.
With all the changes off the track, Sauter has confidence that he and Shear can continue to be successful on the track.
“I think it all comes down to confidence,” Sauter said. “The first time we ever worked together, we just hit it off. When I get in the truck with Joe working on it, I know it’s going to be right. I think some of that goes to watching his dad race against my dad and knowing he and I have very similar backgrounds.”
