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The annual national talent search for the NASCAR focused driver
development program conducted by Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle
(RSWC) is going on now. RSWC is an established talent scout for
NASCAR teams, providing a comprehensive driver and career development
program for up and coming drivers focused on NASCAR careers.
The RSWC Race Team Alliance consists of eight organizations with
21 race teams dedicated to develop drivers in the program. The
teams are a balance of Open Wheel and Stock Car oval track race
teams ... with Road Racing added … to develop complete, versatile
drivers for NASCAR Cup Teams.
The winners of the talent shoot out will plug into the training
program and racing series that makes sense for the Driver’s age,
experience and stage of development. The race series, and race
teams, that RSWC utilizes include top West Coast NASCAR team,
Bill McAnally Racing and Southern California powerhouse High Point
Racing, both running NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars for RSWC drivers
ages 17-21.
Championship team, Beebe Racing Enterprises, led by driving champ
Eric Holmes, will run two RSWC drivers 18 to 22 years of age,
in NASCAR Grand National and SRL Super Late Models. Kaplan-Gennuso
Racing fields two USAC Sprint Cars on pavement for RSWC drivers
ages 18 to 22, as well as DeBeaumont Motorsports fielding two
Midgets in the USAC Midget Series on asphalt ovals for RSWC drivers
from 17 to 20 years old.
Ron Sutton’s own team, fields four USAC Ford Focus Midgets in
the Western States races for drivers in the 15 to 18 age bracket.
National championship team Porter Racing fields a total of four
cars in SCCA Formula Fords & F2000 for 16 to 18 year old RSWC
drivers. Skip Barber is the chosen series of RSWC to develop young
drivers’ road racing skills, with RSWC usually placing two to
three drivers in the Skip Barber Formula 2000 cars.
Sutton has said, “We’re not looking for a number … We are looking
for young talent that has real potential to go all the way to
NASCAR Nextel/Sprint Cup.” With no set target number, eight talented
drivers were chosen from last year's test. Day one, of the three
day talent test, includes a seminar for Parents and Drivers, "The
Real World Good, Bad & Ugly of Driver Career Development" and
a training course for Drivers on strategies and terminology. Three
separate tests for the young drivers include body fat fitness,
a written problem solving test and psychological analysis.
Days two and three, Ron Sutton coaches each driver on driving,
with the Drivers getting five 20-lap sessions on track, for 100
laps total to show the judges what they have. Team Owners and
Crew Chiefs from the race team alliance are judges at the shoot
out. They evaluate the drivers on 45 points, with the biggest
areas being coachability, accurate feedback, focus, training retention,
motivation, communication skills, personality, aggressiveness,
learning rate, confidence and lap times.
Ron expects to receive over 500 resumes, as they have in the
past, and narrow it down to approximately 20 drivers to test October
19th through the 22nd, at a track in California. If a driver is
selected to be a part of the RSWC program, they will be groomed,
coached, tested, trained, raced and molded into what NASCAR teams
want in their drivers.
Young Drivers ages 12 to 21, and their Parents, are encouraged
to get all the information and answers to common questions from
the web-site, then submit their resume in time to be considered.
The web-site is www.Winners-Circle-Racing.com
Ron Sutton
Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle
Driver Career Development Program
3054 Fite Circle, Suite 106
Sacramento, CA 95827
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