Sammy Sanders (born July 17, 1967) is a part-time

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driver from

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. He drives the #04 Camp Courageous Dodge for Bobby Hamilton Racing on occasion in the

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. He has a couple of

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starts in his career as well.

Racing career

Busch Series

Sanders has made three

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starts in his career, all of which came in the 2001 series. Driving for Day Racing Enterprises, Sanders started 38th at Rockingham in his debut. He would finish the race, despite being twelve laps down in 36th. Then, Sanders went to

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and

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. 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

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. 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. Then, Sanders moved to

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for the 2001 finale at

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. 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 Harris Trucking Motorsports at

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. 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. He earned a career best 30th place start in his season debut at 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 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

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, all of them in his home track, at

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, he failed to qualify in 1992, and made the event in 1995, 1996 and 2000. His best finish was 20th in 2000.

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