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an American stock car driver who spent most of his career as a Research & Development driver for many NASCAR teams. He won the 1985 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway acting as an R&D driver for DiGard Motorsports. Early in his racing career.  Sacks was a successful driver in what is now the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series. Competing from 1980 to 1983.  In 1983, he made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona in the #5 car owned sponsored by his father Arnie. He only completed nineteen laps until experiencing engine failure, finishing 38th out of 40 cars.  In 1984, Sacks made a full attempt at the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, once again in a car owned by his father, only now it ran as #51. Sacks made 29 out of the 30 races, finished 19th in points and runner-up to Rusty Wallace for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award.  After only four races in 1985 his father's team folded.   Before the Firecracker 400, DiGard Motorsports asked Sacks to drive their R & D car. The car carried TRW Sponsorship. Sacks qualified ninth and defeated pole-sitter Bill Elliott to earn what so far has been his only NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory. The win was considered to be one of NASCAR's biggest upsets, as Sacks' car was only scheduled to run a certain set of laps before going behind the wall to make  changes, but his car wanted to compete.  It seemed to want to win, and