He ran a handful of races in 1983, 1984, and 1985, scoring 8 top tens while running his own team.
In 1995, Sawyer continued driving in the Busch Series full-time for Sutton, but he was named to replace Loy Allen Jr. in the No.
27 car of Junior Johnson that made it in, thanks to Jimmy Spencer winning twice the previous year.
He then decided to jump back down to Busch, however he did not grab a solid ride until 1997, when he rejoined Sutton.
98 car to Michael Kranefuss in April 2001, however the team was unable to secure sponsorship after the season and folded, causing Sawyer to search for a ride for 2002.
Sawyer continued looking for a ride; however, he was unable to find one due to the trend of teams wanting young drivers with sponsorship money.
On February 2, 2015, NASCAR announced that Sawyer would become the managing director of the Camping World Truck Series, replacing Chad Little, who was moved to a new role within the organization.
Sawyer had previously served as the director of team operations for Action Express Racing in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.