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4.13.10 - SCHROCK QUALIFIES ON THE POLE, FINISHES THIRD IN VEGAS
CULPEPER, VA (April 13, 2010) –
Eli Schrock drove his Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle Midget to a third
place finish at the Las Vegas Bullring in Saturday night's points
racing for the USAC Western Pavement and USAC SoCal Ford Focus
Midget Series.
The 16 year-old entered the race as the incoming points leader in
both the Western Pavement and SoCal Ford Focus Midget Series.
Racing on the immaculate 3/8ths mile asphalt oval located just
beyond the full 1.5 mile long Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Schrock was
joined by four teammates for the busy weekend of racing.
After testing and practice on Friday and Saturday afternoon, Schrock
backed up his strong start to the season by qualifying on the pole
with a 15.644 second lap over the field of 15 entrants.
So far brilliant in heat racing through his early USAC career,
Schrock paced himself to bring his car home third in the first heat
race.
Schrock raced to the front in the 30 lap feature after starting
sixth due to the inversion. Schrock ran fourth, behind teammate
Jimmy Moon for most of the race.
After making a clean pass for third, Schrock started to reel in the
leaders. Schrock ran out of laps, but had a clean run through heavy
traffic.
Schrock completed the Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle sweep of the top
three positions by finishing third. Moon finished fifth, giving the
team four of the top five spots.
Schrock left Vegas trailing by just one point in both the USAC
Western Pavement and USAC SoCal Ford Focus Midget Series, to
teammate Bobby Runyan. Schrock will look to continue his SoCal
championship run on May 8 at Orange Show Speedway while the Western
Focuses continue on in Northern California for several NorCal races.
“Simply another strong run for Eli,” head of driver development Ron
Sutton said. “Eli hasn’t had a bad race yet in the midgets and he is
no way performing like a rookie. He is definitely one of the top
contenders for the SoCal title.
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fans can learn more about Eli Schrock Racing at his brand-new
website at
www.elischrock.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. |
