Red Bull hires Elton Sawyer

By Bob Pockrass

Thursday, April 06, 2006

 

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Elton Sawyer, who was working with Evernham Motorsports in its driver development program, has been hired by Red Bull Racing as its director of competition, a team spokesman confirmed Thursday.

Sawyer is third all-time in Busch Series starts with 392. He finished fifth in points three times in the series. He also had 29 Cup starts.

Red Bull Racing will field two teams as part of Toyota's Nextel Cup effort next season. The team is owned by the energy drink company.

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