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© St. Petersburg Times, published June 29, 2002
FAMILY AFFAIR: The Sauter family will make NASCAR history Sunday when a father and three sons compete in the same race: the Busch Grand National GNC Live Well 250 at the Milwaukee Mile. Jim, the 59-year-old patriarch, will join Jay, 39, and Johnny, 24, in Richard Childress Racing entries. Tim, 37, drives for AP Performance.
"I don't know who my stiffest competition among the boys will be," said Jim, a legendary Wisconsin short-track racer and test driver for the IROC series. "But I'm going to be pretty good competition for them."
CLICKING FOR JUNIOR: Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead fan voting for NASCAR's Most Popular Driver award with nearly 300,000 votes. More than 1-million votes have been cast since March, easily surpassing the record of 400,000 for a season. Bill Elliott is second, followed by Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin, Kyle Petty, Rusty Wallace, Kevin Harvick and Michael Waltrip. Fans can vote once daily through Nov. 10 at www.nascarpopulardriver.com.