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NASCAR Camping World Series East Dover Notes, Thursday

Triple Duty For Sauter: Johnny Sauter, 30, of Necedah, Wis., will be doing triple-duty at Dover International Speedway this weekend, starting with the NASCAR Camping World Series East.Sauter, a three-time NASCAR Nationwide Series race winner, will attempt to qualify for his first NASCAR Camping World East Series start Friday. Qualifying is scheduled for 12:40 p.m., followed by the Sunoco 150 at 4:45.

“I just want to race as much as I possibly can,” Sauter said. “Anytime someone comes to me with an opportunity to race, I’m all for it.” Sauter will drive the No. 12 Chivas Racing/Diamond Resorts International Dodge fielded by Troy Williams Racing with Sean Watts. NASCAR Mexico star Antonio Perez has driven the car three times with year. He won the Coors Light Pole Award and finished 10th at Watkins Glen, N.Y., in June. Sauter is also entered at Dover to drive the No. 08 FUBAR All Natural Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the No. 78 Darren Cope-owned Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

First-time starters: Two others in addition to Sauter are making their first career NASCAR Camping World Series East qualifying attempts this weekend at Dover.

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. development driver Aric Almirola is seated in the No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Foundation Chevrolet. He is splitting duties with Mark Martin in DEI’s No. 8 U.S. Army Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year, and will be the car’s full-time driver in 2009.

Jason Patison of Corona, Calif., a NASCAR Camping World Series West driver, is behind the wheel of Shawn Keep’s No. 80 Lucas Oil/Racin’ For A Cure Chevrolet.

Logano Visits: Joey Logano, the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Series East champion, paid a personal visit to the series 2008 point leader Matt Kobyluck (No. 40 Mohegan Sun Chevrolet) Thursday morning before the track opened for practice.

Logano clinched his championship at Dover last year, when the track was the last on the 2007 schedule. He has been named as driver of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Home Depot Toyota in 2009, replacing departing driver Tony Stewart.

“He told me it was really cool that I was having such a good season and that he’s excited for us, and it’s not like he doesn’t have a lot to be excited about himself,” Kobyluck said. “He’s a great kid and a great competitor and we had a lot of fun racing with him last year.and he got the opportunity to move on to bigger and better things this year. If we’re able to win the championship this year, maybe we’ll be able to capitalize on it, too.”

Tim Andrews Returns: Tim Andrews, 25, of Concord, N.C., is making one of his infrequent starts with the series at Dover. Andrews, son of veteran NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief Paul Andrews, is entered in the No. 95 Bollegraaf Chevrolet, a Sadler Racing team car to the No. 59 Wide Open Energy Dodge of Bobby Hamilton, Jr. The senior Andrews was the 1992 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion crew chief for Alan Kulwicki.

Schrader’s No. 52 Team Notes: Driver Jamie Hayes (No. 52 J.L. Hendrick Auto Group Chevrolet) has some extra help this weekend at Dover. With regular crew chief Donnie Richeson away on assignment, Chad Walter is picking up the job. Walter was most recently crew chief for JR Motorsports’ number 5 NASCAR Nationwide Series team. In addition, David Green of Owensboro, Kentucky, the 1994 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, is serving as Hayes’ spotter this weekend. Green also spots for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Petty.

Salemi Catches A Ride: NASCAR Camping World Series East driver John Salemi has competed in his family owned No. 63 John Salemi Racing LLC Chevrolet or four years. After wrinkling the car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last week, team owner Troy Williams offered Salemi one of his Dodge race cars for Dover. The Salemi team, featuring the driver’s brother, Kevin, will pit the car.

Crew Chief Jamie Aube: Three-time NASCAR Camping World Series East champion Jamie Aube (1988-1990) should have some good advice for driver Dustin Delaney (No. 39 Delaney Motorsports Chevrolet), for whom he is crew chiefing this year. As a driver, Aube posted Dover finishes of second (1998) and fourth in 2001.

Quarterly On The Prowl: Former Dover winner Dale Quarterly was a late entrant for the Sunoco 150. Quarterly has six career NASCAR Camping World Series East wins including Dover in 2004. Quarterly made one other 2008 start with the series at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut where he started 31st and finished 25th with suspension problems.