Patricia Moise-Sawyer () 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.

Racing career

Moise began racing at the age of sixteen, 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 fifteenth at Dover. She only made one race the next season, finishing fourteenth 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

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

Winston Cup Series 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 Pts Ref 1987 Reno Enterprises 89 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY POC TAL GLN33 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSD ATL 96th 64 1988 Hope Motorsports 37 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY26 POC TAL GLN30 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL 59th 158 1989 Moise Racing 45 Buick DAY CAR ATL RCH DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY39 POC TAL33 GLN MCHDNQ BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATLDNQ 69th 110

Busch Series 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 Pts Ref 1986 Hope Motorsports 47 Buick DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL30 OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT 90th 73 38 CAR34 MAR 1987 Moise Racing 37 Buick DAY HCY MAR DAR BRI16 LGY SBO CLT22 DOV IRP ROU JFC26 OXF SBO HCY RAL8 LGY ROU BRI18 JFC DAR37 RCH17 DOV32 MAR10 CLT13 CAR11 MAR30 31st 1240 1988 DAY23 HCY CAR24 MAR DAR18 BRI19 LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT31 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR27 RCH15 DOV26 MAR CLT19 CAR33 MAR19 34th 1001 1989 45 DAY38 CAR26 MAR HCY DAR22 BRI25 NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT35 DOV18 ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI29 DAR30 RCH DOV16 MAR CLT26 CAR16 MAR30 35th 1023 1990 Laughlin Racing DAYDNQ RCH31 CAR40 MAR HCY DAR23 BRI28 LAN19 SBO NZH33 HCY30 CLT13 DOV23 ROU20 VOL19 MYB14 OXFDNQ NHADNQ SBO26 DUB29 IRP24 ROU20 BRI25 DAR23 RCH23 DOV MAR12 CLT26 NHA20 CAR30 MAR23 22nd 2190 1991 A.G. Dillard Motorsports 42 Buick DAYDNQ RCH CAR22 MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU28 HCY MYB GLN20 OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU22 BRI DAR RCH DOV15 CLT NHA CAR MAR 50th 494 1992 Moise Racing DAY CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR BRI HCY LAN DUB NZH CLT DOV ROU MYB GLN14 VOL NHA TAL IRP ROU MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT MAR CAR HCY 94th 121 1994 Taylor Motorsports 40 Ford DAYDNQ CAR RCH ATL MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA NZH CLTDNQ DOV19 MYB MCH12 DOV42 CLTDNQ MAR CAR 52nd 552 Chevy GLN20 MLW SBO RCH25 Pontiac TALDNQ HCY IRP BRI24 DAR 1995 Ford DAY42 CAR14 RCH23 ATL24 NSV28 DAR30 BRI22 HCYDNQ NHADNQ NZH24 CLT18 DOV42 MYB22 GLN38 MLW37 TAL7 SBO27 IRP22 MCH27 BRI31 DAR13 RCHDNQ DOV24 CLTDNQ CAR23 HOMDNQ 25th 1901 Douglas Motorsports 70 Pontiac HCY25 1996 MS Racing 14 Ford DAYDNQ CAR35 RCH21 ATL NSV DAR38 BRI25 HCY NZH32 CLT32 DOV22 SBO MYB24 GLN17 MLW36 NHA36 TAL18 IRP29 MCH30 BRI20 DAR33 RCHDNQ DOV16 CLTDNQ CAR28 HOMDNQ 31st 1458 1997 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV39 SBO GLNDNQ MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 112th 46 1998 Michael Waltrip Racing Ford DAYDNQ CARDNQ LVS35 NSV37 DARDNQ BRI10 TEX39 HCYDNQ TALDNQ NHA39 NZH19 CLT17 DOV32 RCHDNQ PPR12 GLNDNQ MLW30 MYBDNQ CAL32 SBODNQ IRP23 MCH42 DAR36 RCH DOV33 CLTDNQ GTY25 CAR39 ATL23 HOMDNQ 37th 1421 Chevy BRI36

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series (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 Pts Ref 1988 Moise Racing 37 Buick DAY ATL TAL41 FRS PCS ROC POC WIN KIL ACS SLM POC TAL33 DEL FRS ISF DSF SLM ATL 75th - 1989 45 DAY19* ATL KIL TALDNQ FRS POC KIL HAG POC TAL15 DEL FRS ISF TOL DSF SLM ATL 75th - 1990 Laughlin Racing DAY6 ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC TAL MCH ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL 104th -

References

External links

NASCAR.com biography