Patricia Moise-Sawyer (/mʔˈs/) is a former NASCAR driver. She drove in five Winston Cup races from 1987 to 1989, and 133 Busch Series races from 1986 to 1998. She is the wife of former fellow NASCAR driver Elton Sawyer.

Patty Moise
Born (1960-12-29) December 29, 1960 (age 63)
Jacksonville, Florida
NASCAR Cup Series career
5 races run over 3 years
Best finish59th (1988)
First race1987 The Budweiser at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race1989 Talladega DieHard 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
133 races run over 12 years
Best finish22nd (1990)
First race1986 Food Giant 300 (Road Atlanta)
Last race1998 Stihl 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
Statistics current as of February 29, 2012.

Racing career

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Moise's 1996 Busch Series car

Moise began racing at the age of 16, when she drove road course races in the IMSA series. She made her Busch Series debut in 1986 at Road Atlanta, driving the No. 47 Buick Regal for Randy Hope. She qualified third and finished 30th due to engine problems on the first lap. She ran another Busch race that season at North Carolina Speedway, finishing 34th. She also became the first woman to lead a Busch Series event.

In 1987, she fielded her own team, the No. 37 Buick. She posted two top-tens in twelve starts, but also had six DNF's, finishing 31st in points. She also made her Cup debut at Watkins Glen in the No. 89 Chevrolet owned by Marc Reno and Ernie Irvan. She finished 33rd after a crash.

The next season, she dropped to 34th in points and did not finish in the top-ten in eleven starts. She also ran two Cup races for Hope that year, the Pepsi 400 and at Watkins Glen, with her best finish being a 26th. In 1989, she switched to the No. 45 Buick. She posted two sixteenth-place runs and finished 35th in points. She also made her final two Cup starts, at Daytona and Talladega in her own car. Her best finish was 33rd.

In 1990, she sold her team to Mike Laughlin and made the most starts of her career, 24. Despite not finishing in the top-ten, she finished a career-high 22nd in points at season's end. During the season, she married her husband Elton, whom she joined as a teammate part-time the following season at Dilliard Racing, where her best finish was a 15th at Dover. She only made one race the next season, finishing 14th in her own No. 42 at Watkins Glen. In 1994, she ran six races for Doug Taylor, who signed her to drive the next season. She had a seventh-place run at Talladega in the No. 40 Ford and finished 25th in points. Unfortunately, she was released, and Sawyer started a team for her, the No. 14. Moise ran 18 races and finished 37th in points. She ran one race the next year in the car at Dover, but wrecked early in the race.

In 1998, her team was purchased by Michael Waltrip Racing, and she signed to drive the car. Despite a top-ten at Bristol, she had trouble making races and finished 37th in points. She has not raced in NASCAR since.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 NWCC Pts Ref
1987 Reno Enterprises 89 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY POC TAL GLN
33
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSD ATL 96th 64 [1]
1988 Hope Motorsports 37 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY
26
POC TAL GLN
30
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL 59th 158 [2]
1989 Moise Racing 45 Buick DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY
39
POC TAL
33
GLN MCH
DNQ
BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL
DNQ
69th 110 [3]

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NBSC Pts Ref
1986 Hope Motorsports 47 Buick DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL
30
OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT 90th 73 [4]
38 CAR
34
MAR
1987 Moise Racing 37 Buick DAY HCY MAR DAR BRI
16
LGY SBO CLT
22
DOV IRP ROU JFC
26
OXF SBO HCY RAL
8
LGY ROU BRI
18
JFC DAR
37
RCH
17
DOV
32
MAR
10
CLT
13
CAR
11
MAR
30
31st 1240 [5]
1988 DAY
23
HCY CAR
24
MAR DAR
18
BRI
19
LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT
31
DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR
27
RCH
15
DOV
26
MAR CLT
19
CAR
33
MAR
19
34th 1001 [6]
1989 45 DAY
38
CAR
26
MAR HCY DAR
22
BRI
25
NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT
35
DOV
18
ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI
29
DAR
30
RCH DOV
16
MAR CLT
26
CAR
16
MAR
30
35th 1023 [7]
1990 Laughlin Racing DAY
DNQ
RCH
31
CAR
40
MAR HCY DAR
23
BRI
28
LAN
19
SBO NZH
33
HCY
30
CLT
13
DOV
23
ROU
20
VOL
19
MYB
14
OXF
DNQ
NHA
DNQ
SBO
26
DUB
29
IRP
24
ROU
20
BRI
25
DAR
23
RCH
23
DOV MAR
12
CLT
26
NHA
20
CAR
30
MAR
23
22nd 2190 [8]
1991 A.G. Dillard Motorsports 42 Buick DAY
DNQ
RCH CAR
22
MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU
28
HCY MYB GLN
20
OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU
22
BRI DAR RCH DOV
15
CLT NHA CAR MAR 50th 494 [9]
1992 Moise Racing DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN
14
VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 94th 121 [10]
1994 Taylor Motorsports 40 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLT
DNQ
DOV
19
MYB MCH
12
DOV
42
CLT
DNQ
MAR CAR 52nd 552 [11]
Chevy GLN
20
MLW SBO RCH
25
Pontiac TAL
DNQ
HCY IRP BRI
24
DAR
1995 Ford DAY
42
CAR
14
RCH
23
ATL
24
NSV
28
DAR
30
BRI
22
HCY
DNQ
NHA
DNQ
NZH
24
CLT
18
DOV
42
MYB
22
GLN
38
MLW
37
TAL
7
SBO
27
IRP
22
MCH
27
BRI
31
DAR
13
RCH
DNQ
DOV
24
CLT
DNQ
CAR
23
HOM
DNQ
25th 1901 [12]
Douglas Motorsports 70 Pontiac HCY
25
1996 MS Racing 14 Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR
35
RCH
21
ATL NSV DAR
38
BRI
25
HCY NZH
32
CLT
32
DOV
22
SBO MYB
24
GLN
17
MLW
36
NHA
36
TAL
18
IRP
29
MCH
30
BRI
20
DAR
33
RCH
DNQ
DOV
16
CLT
DNQ
CAR
28
HOM
DNQ
31st 1458 [13]
1997 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV
39
SBO GLN
DNQ
MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 112th 46 [14]
1998 Michael Waltrip Racing Ford DAY
DNQ
CAR
DNQ
LVS
35
NSV
37
DAR
DNQ
BRI
10
TEX
39
HCY
DNQ
TAL
DNQ
NHA
39
NZH
19
CLT
17
DOV
32
RCH
DNQ
PPR
12
GLN
DNQ
MLW
30
MYB
DNQ
CAL
32
SBO
DNQ
IRP
23
MCH
42
DAR
36
RCH DOV
33
CLT
DNQ
GTY
25
CAR
39
ATL
23
HOM
DNQ
37th 1421 [15]
Chevy BRI
36

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 APSC Pts Ref
1988 Moise Racing 37 Buick DAY ATL TAL
41
FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL
33
DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 75th - [16]
1989 45 DAY
19*
ATL KIL TAL
DNQ
FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL
15
DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 75th - [17]
1990 Laughlin Racing DAY
6
ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC TAL MCH ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL 104th - [18]

References

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  1. ^ "Patty Moise – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Patty Moise – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "Patty Moise – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Patty Moise – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Patty Moise – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Patty Moise – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  7. ^ "Patty Moise – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  8. ^ "Patty Moise – 1990 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  9. ^ "Patty Moise – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  10. ^ "Patty Moise – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  11. ^ "Patty Moise – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  12. ^ "Patty Moise – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  13. ^ "Patty Moise – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  14. ^ "Patty Moise – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  15. ^ "Patty Moise – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  16. ^ "Patty Moise – 1988 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  17. ^ "Patty Moise – 1989 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  18. ^ "Patty Moise – 1990 ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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