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WALMER WINS
FOURTH USAC YOUNG GUNS MIDGET FEATURE OF 2010
PORTLAND,
OREGON (August 24, 2010) – Portland’s Keegan Walmer won his fourth USAC NorCal Young Guns Midget
main event on Saturday night at All American Speedway in
Roseville, Calif., closing the points gap to just 22 points
between Walmer and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle teammate Brandon
White in the championship.
Walmer also set fast-time in qualifying to
make for a huge night in the Reser’s-sponsored mount out of the
Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle stable. After finishing second in
the dash race, Walmer started third in the 20 lap main event.
Walmer moved
into second on the opening lap and worked to reel in White. It
took Walmer just eight laps to complete the move on White and
take control of the race.
Walmer
cruised home to a comfortable 1.4 second win in the caution-free
event.
In the USAC
NorCal Ford Focus Midget division, Walmer qualified fourth quick
with a time of 13.817 seconds around the one-third mile asphalt
oval track.
A strong
performance in heat race two saw Walmer lead all eight laps over
the field to win.
Starting
fourth in the 30 lap feature, Walmer diced through the pack to
second by lap seven. Walmer reeled in teammate Cody Thompson
and took over the lead on lap 11, but fell to second on lap 12.
Walmer fought off a hard challenge for second for much of the
race but lost that position on lap 29.
The third
place performance helped Walmer jump to fourth in the USAC
NorCal Ford Focus Midget standings with just a few races left to
go.
“Keegan’s
success in the USAC Young Guns Midget Series is starting to show
as he continues to tally race wins,” driver coach Ron Sutton
said. “He is closer than ever to his first USAC Ford Focus
Midget victory and he could pull it off at Stockton!”
A twin
feature billing for the USAC NorCal Ford Focus Midgets is
scheduled for Stockton 99 Speedway on September 11. With Walmer
competing in both Young Guns and Ford Focus Midgets, he is
slated to race in three features in one night.
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
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. |