4.21.10 - WALMER SCORES POLE, TROPHY DASH AND TOP-FIVES AT STOCKTON

PORTLAND, OREGON. (April 21, 2010) – 14 year-old Keegan Walmer drove to a pair of top-five finishes in Saturday night’s USAC Young Guns and USAC Western Pavement Ford Focus Midget Series races at Stockton 99 Speedway in Stockton, Calif.

Walmer raced in his 2010 debut with a heavy heart in memory of his supporter Alvin L. Reser, who passed away at the age of 74 on April 13, 2010.

Walmer, competing in his second season for Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle Driver Development program, finished second in the 15 lap Young Gun feature and fifth in the 40 lap Western Pavement feature.

The Western Pavement feature also paid points for the USAC NorCal Series which Walmer will be running full-time in 2010.

Walmer and teammate Brandon White staged an epic back and forth duel all day long in the restricted Young Gun division. Walmer began by setting the fast time with a lap of 14.342 seconds around the quarter-mile asphalt oval. He followed that up with a win in the trophy dash.

In the main event, Walmer navigated through the pack to move into second on lap nine. He then closed down on White and fell short by just .211 seconds at the stripe in a very closely fought race.

He will focus on both the USAC NorCal Focus Midget Series and Young Gun Series in 2010. He proved that his pole qualifying run in last year’s Turkey Night at Irwindale was no fluke, by qualifying second fast with a mark of 13.699 seconds. He finished second in the fast dash before it was time for the 40 lap feature.

Walmer rolled off the line fourth and maintained that spot throughout much of the caution-free contest. After 30 laps of the feature he was passed by teammate Cody Thompson. Walmer ran strong the final 10 laps but couldn’t catch Thompson.

The strong fifth place finish in the NorCal feature gave him a nice start to his championship effort in that class. Walmer is the youngest driver in the entire USAC Western Pavement Ford Focus Series in 2010 and will turn 15 in May.

“Keegan’s talent at qualifying a race car is breathtaking,” said Driver Coach Ron Sutton. “Once he gets the dust blown off from last season he is going to be a force to be reckoned with!”

His next race is scheduled for May 1 at Stockton 99 Speedway.

Keegan Walmer Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle thank partners: Reser’s Fine Foods, Robinson Construction Co., Wholesale Truck Parts Inc, K&K Motorsports, K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.

An all-new Keegan Walmer Racing website is online at www.keeganwalmer.com

For more information on Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, log on to www.winners-circle-racing.com

About Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle:

Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle is an established talent scout and development program, providing long term, comprehensive racing and career development for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers. RSWC drivers are raced, coached, groomed, trained and molded, within a professional racing environment, into what top NASCAR teams look for when hiring drivers. Drivers involved in the program race in a variety of cars, including USAC Young Guns Focus Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, NASCAR Grand American Modifieds, NASCAR Late Model stock cars and NASCAR Grand National stock cars.