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{{short description|American racing driver}}
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'''Sammy Sanders''' (born July 17, 1967) is an American part-time [[NASCAR]] driver from [[Mount Juliet, Tennessee]]. He drives the #04 [[Camp Courageous (Kentucky)|Camp Courageous]] Dodge for [[Bobby Hamilton Racing]] on occasion in the [[Craftsman Truck Series]]. He has a couple of [[Busch Series]] starts in his career as well.

==Racing career==
===Busch Series===
Sanders has made three [[NASCAR Busch Series]] starts in his career, all of which came in the [[2001 NASCAR Busch Series|2001 series]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-26-ss-55971-story.html|title=BUSCH DRIVERS|date=April 26, 2001|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Driving for [[Day Racing Enterprises]], Sanders started 38th at [[North Carolina Speedway|Rockingham]] in his debut. He would finish the race, despite being twelve laps down in 36th. Then, Sanders went to [[Las Vegas Motor Speedway|Las Vegas]] and [[Bristol Motor Speedway|Bristol]]. It was the same song both times, as Sanders started and finished 41st falling out of the event early.

==Craftsman Truck Series==
Sanders started 34th at [[Kentucky Speedway]] in 2001, his first career race in [[NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series]]. Driving for Bobby Hamilton Racing, Sanders would finish 34th with electrical problems. Sanders would make one more start for BHR in 2001, finishing 31st at [[Nazareth Speedway|Nazareth]]. Then, Sanders moved to [[Team Rensi Motorsports]] for the 2001 finale at [[California Speedway|California]]. It was a poor showing, though, for Sanders' team after an engine forced him to last (36th) in the event.

Sanders returned to the series in 2004, driving for [[HT Motorsports]] at [[Texas Motor Speedway]]. Starting the event in 35th, Sanders finished his first race in good fashion, on the lead lap. Sanders would go on to finish twenty-second in the event.

In 2006, Bobby Hamilton Racing announced that Sanders would drive the #04 Dodge in three events through the 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/sammy-sanders-to-drive-for-bhr-at-nashville/228230/?nrt=126|title=Sammy Sanders to drive for BHR at Nashville|website=[[Motorsport.com]]}}</ref> He earned a career best 30th place start in his season debut at [[Nashville Superspeedway|Nashville]] and then finished 25th. As stated, Sanders will be in two more races on the year.

===ARCA Racing Series===
Sanders attempted 4 races in the [[ARCA Racing Series|ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series]] in the 2000 season, driving the No. 31 [[Chevrolet]] but he failed to qualify in all of them.

===NASCAR Southeast Series===
Sanders attempted 4 races in the [[NASCAR Southeast Series]], all of them in his home track, at [[Fairgrounds Speedway|Nashville Fairgrounds]], he failed to qualify in 1992, and made the event in 1995, 1996 and 2000. His best finish was 20th in 2000.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Racing-Reference driver|Sammy_Sanders}}

{{Bobby Hamilton Racing}}
{{Team Rensi Motorsports}}
{{HT Motorsports}}
{{Day Enterprise Racing}}

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[[Category:NASCAR drivers]]
[[Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers]]
[[Category:People from Mount Juliet, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Wilson County, Tennessee]]
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[[Category:Racing drivers from Nashville, Tennessee]]
[[Category:1967 births]]