Talent Search Closed - 751 Drivers Applied - 44 Selected for Shoot-Out

SACRAMENTO, California - The national talent search for the driver development program conducted by Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle launches today. Supporting sponsors, K&N Filters, Lucas Oil & Sunoco Racing Fuels will be awarding six spots, of the 36 total spots in the 2008 Shoot-Out, to young, talented drivers from various forms of youth motorsports.


The Goal:
To find the next young guns with the talent and fire to go all the way to professional racing careers in NASCAR. If they are selected to be a part of the RSWC Driver Career Development Program, they will be raced, groomed, coached, tested, trained and molded into what NASCAR Cup teams want in their drivers.

The Winners:
Will plug into the race series and training program that makes sense for their age, experience and stage of development. RSWC career development drivers from ages 12 to 22 race in:
Skip Barber Formula Car Road Racing (12-15)
USAC Junior Ford Focus Midgets (12-15)
Formula Fords & F2000 (16-18)
USAC Ford Focus Midgets (14-18)
USAC Midgets (18-20)
NASCAR Late Model Stock Cars (18-21)
USAC Sprint Cars (18-21)
NASCAR Grand National Stock Cars (20-23)


The Race Teams:
The RSWC Driver Development Alliance consists of eight (8) organizations with 24 race teams dedicated to develop RSWC drivers. The teams are a balance of Open Wheel and Stock Car oval track race teams ... with one Road Racing team ... to develop complete, winning, versatile, star talent for NASCAR Cup Teams.

RSWC Driver Development Alliance includes:
Bill McAnally Racing
(NASCAR Grand National & Late Models)
Kaplan Gennuso Racing (USAC Sprint Cars)
High Point Racing (NASCAR Late Models)
DeBeaumont Motorsports (USAC Midgets)
RSWC Racing (USAC Ford Focus Midgets)
Porter Racing (SCCA Formula Fords & F2000)
Cory Kruseman Racing (Junior Focus Midgets)
Skip Barber (Formula 2000)

The Shoot Out:
Includes multiple diverse tests, a training class for the drivers, a training class for drivers & parents and 100 laps on of track driving. The RSWC Team will test approximately 36 drivers on two 3-day weekends in early November, 2008 on a paved oval in Northern
California.

The Training & Test Agenda:
Day 1:
3-Hour Seminar for Parents & Drivers:
"The Real World Good, Bad & Ugly of Driver Career Development"

2-Hour Training Course for Drivers: "Strategies & Terminology Orientation for Driver Tests"
Body Fat Fitness Test
Psychological Analysis
Problem Solving Test

Day 2-3:
Four Drivers in the morning and four in the afternoon,
each day, driving identical USAC Ford Focus Midgets, five 20-lap sessions on the race track. Crew Chief and crew assigned to each car for tuning and support. Ron Sutton coaching each driver on lines and 20 points of driving. 100 laps total for each driver to show what they have. Other Team Owners from the RSWC Driver Development Alliance observing as Judges.

The Sponsors:
Many successful car racers today, honed their driving skills driving something smaller. K&N Filters, Lucas Oil & Sunoco Racing Fuels have stepped up to award positions in the Shoot-Out to one participant from each of the following six youth racing series: IKF International Karting Federation, STARS Snap-on Stars of Karting presented by IndyCar Series, SKUSA Superkarts! USA,
Legends/Dwarf Car Racing, Quarter Midget Racing and Micro-Sprint/TQ/Dirt Kart Racing.

Who can Apply?
The Shoot-Out application process is open to all drivers 11 to 19 years of age, with race winning backgrounds. K&N Filters, Lucas Oil & Sunoco Racing Fuels will be awarding six spots, of the 36 total spots in the 2008 Shoot-Out, to young, talented drivers from the forms of youth motorsports mentioned above.

The Deadline:
The deadline for drivers and their families to submit resumes has been extended to October 29th, 2008.

The Criteria:
Ron Sutton, Race Team Owners and the RSWC Crew Chiefs are judging drivers on 45 points. The key areas are: Coachability, accurate feedback, focus, training retention, motivation, communication skills, personality, aggressiveness, learning rate, confidence and lap times.

The Process to Apply:
Parents and young drivers, please read all eight pages thoroughly on the web tour of the RSWC Development Program ... then apply. Most of your questions will be answered in this in-depth tour of the RSWC program. The instructions to apply are at the end.

To Start the Tour Click Here