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ROMANO AND BROCK GIVE RON SUTTON’S WINNER’S CIRCLE
A MODIFIED 1-2
8/4/2010
- Team press release
 Ron
Sutton’s Winner’s Circle Modified team brought
home a huge 1-2 finish in Saturday night’s
NASCAR-sanctioned races at All American Speedway
in Roseville, Calif with Nik Romano and Josh Brock
leading the pack.
For the 19 year-old Nik Romano of Atherton,
Calif., the win marked his second of his 2010
rookie season. Romano is in his third season in
the RSWC program after winning the 2008 Formula
Ford and 2009 USAC Ford Focus championships.
Corbin, Kentucky’s Josh Brock is a new member of
the Ron Sutton program after succeeding in the
driver shootout last fall. Brock was the
recipient of the K&N Filters scholarship and
drives the K&N Filters Modified.
With the guidance of new crew chief Scott Rogers,
Romano started off the evening with a sixth place
qualifying run at 14.158 seconds around the
one-third mile asphalt oval. Romano followed that
up with impressive wins in both his heat race and
the trophy dash.
Brock timed in third on the board with a 14.065
second effort, missing out on the pole position by
just .090 seconds. Brock started fourth in the
main event.
Starting on the pole, Romano led the 21 car field
to green for the 40 lap feature. Romano got out
to an early lead and maintained that advantage
while Brock raced into third. With nine to go the
caution flag came out setting up a thrilling
finish.
Romano got off of the line with a tremendous
restart while Brock battled hard for second
place. Brock broke free for second on lap 34 and
tried to reel in Romano.
Romano managed to maintain a nearly one second
advantage over Brock as they ripped past the
checkered flag for the satisfying 1-2 run, with
teammates Trevor Cristiani and Aaron Higgins
finishing sixth and 11th respectably as
well.
With the win, Romano moves into fourth in the
track points standings with Brock continuing his
solid third place season. Brock has had a perfect
record of top-ten finishes in his first season
running Modifieds on the West Coast.
"This 1-2 finish is one of the highlights in the
short history of our NASCAR Modified Team. We
have won three of the last five races since
ex-Busch crew chief Scott Rodgers came on board,"
Team Owner Ron Sutton said.
"Nik and Josh are two great young drivers and we
are fortunate to have them behind the wheel of our
Modifieds. I expect more successes this season
with our team!"
The RSWC Modified team will take a few weeks off
before returning to action later this month at
Roseville.
Nik Romano Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle
thank partners: Dr. John Romano Cosmetic Surgery,
ROMOLD, MTFX Graphics, Dr. Glass, Bretco Trucking,
K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar
Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing
Supply.
Nik Romano Racing is online at
www.nikromano.com
Josh Brock Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle
thank partners: Brock Excavating, K&N Filters,
Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco
Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.
The Josh Brock Racing website is online at
www.joshbrockracing.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. |
