SUTTON DRIVERS WALMER, THOMPSON COME HOME 2-3 AT ROSEVILLE

Photo by Pit Gate Pictures

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (May 20, 2010) – 14 year-old Keegan Walmer and 16 year-old Cody Thompson finished second and third respectively in Saturday night’s USAC Western Pavement Ford Focus Series race at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif.

The young drivers race out of the Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle stable based in Sacramento.  Walmer is a second-year driver in the program while Thompson, a graduate of the 600 Micro Sprints, is in his first-season in the driver development program.

Both drivers had impressive performances one the one-third mile asphalt oval, but for different reasons.

Walmer, out of Portland, Oregon driving for Reser’s Foods, qualified fifth fastest on the night out of 13 entrants with a time of 13.928.

He followed that up with a third place finish in his eight lap heat race.

In the main event, Walmer went toe-to-toe with USAC NorCal points leader, 24 year-old Garett Peterson.  Walmer led the first five laps until the yellow came out.  On the ensuing restart he lost the lead but that did not mean the race was over.

Walmer ran in stride with Peterson through lapped traffic from the remaining laps in the 35 lap race, and made several attempts to take the lead.

At the finish, Peterson came out ahead of Walmer by just two-tenths of a second.

For Fremont’s Cody Thompson, he showed his ability to race on the high side that he undoubtedly gained from years racing on the dirt.

Thompson qualified seventh and started seventh in the 35 lap main.  After the lap five caution, Thompson began his bold run on the top of the race track.  15 laps later, Thompson finally moved back to the bottom of the race track after assuming the third position.

Over the final laps, Thompson began to reel in the more experienced Walmer for second place but ran out of time at the finish.

The finishes moved Walmer into third in the USAC NorCal points standings with Thompson now ranked fifth, just one point behind his teammate and fellow rookie Bobby Runyan.

“I cannot be more proud of these two drivers,” said Driver Development Coach Ron Sutton.  “Keegan and Cody both raced like veterans on Saturday and showed the Roseville fans what this team is all about!”

The next race for the USAC NorCal Ford Focus s scheduled for June 19 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.

Keegan Walmer Racing is online at www.keeganwalmer.com

Cody Thompson Racing is sponsored by: Southern Rock Granite & Marble, Headblade, and Groth Bros. Chevrolet

Cody Thompson Racing is online at www.codythompsonracing.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.