Patty Moise Explained

Patty Moise
Birth Date:	29 December 1960
Birth Place:	Jacksonville, Florida
Total Cup Races:	5
Years In Cup:	3
Best Cup Pos:	59th (1988)
First Cup Race:	1987 The Budweiser at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last Cup Race:	1989 Talladega DieHard 500 (Talladega)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	0
Cup Poles:	0
Total Busch Races:	133
Years In Busch:	12
Best Busch Pos:	22nd (1990)
First Busch Race:	1986 Food Giant 300 (Road Atlanta)
Last Busch Race:	1998 Stihl 300 (Atlanta)
Busch Wins:	0
Busch Top Tens:	4
Busch Poles:	0
Updated:	February 29, 2012

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 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

NASCAR

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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	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

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	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]
																		GLN 20	MLW	SBO							RCH 25
																					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]
		70									HCY 25
1996	MS Racing	14		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				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			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]
																										BRI 36

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

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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	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]

External links

• • NASCAR.com biography

Notes and References

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