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HUNT CAPTURES FOURTH 2011 VICTORY IN USAC YOUNG GUNS

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (July 9, 2011) – 12 year-old Trevor Hunt scored his fourth USAC Young Guns feature of the season as the rookie driver led all 20 laps of the main event at the .25 mile short track, Stockton 99 Speedway, on "Open Wheel Night" Saturday night. With this fourth 2011 victory, Hunt is leading championship points in four different series of the 2011 USAC Young Guns Midget National, Western, Western Pavement and Norcal.

Hunt drives the #11 FVP Midget for Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle, a driver development program based in Sacramento. Now half way through the 2011 season Trevor Hunt is no stranger to Stockton 99 Speedway as the series last visited the speedway in May when Hunt won the main event.

Hunt qualified second with a time of 14.249 seconds nearly missing pole position by .110 seconds. In the heat race, hunt led all eight laps with a .778 second lead on the six car field. Hunt swept the trophy dash leading all four laps bringing home his dash victory. In the 20 lap main event, Hunt started on pole and led every lap with a 3.174 second lead over the field. Trevor posted fastest lap of the race with a time of 13.987 seconds in lap 13.

Hunt’s Ron Sutton's Winner's Circle teammate Keegan Walmer won the pole and finished 2nd in the heat race and 2nd in the Trophy dash behind Trevor.

Trevor Hunt is now leading in four different series of the USAC Western Focus Young Guns as Hunt is controlling in the National Ford Focus Young Guns Championship by 51 points, Western Focus Young Guns by 68 points, Western Pavement Focus Young Guns by 126 points and the Northern California Young Guns by 27 points. Up next for Trevor Hunt Racing, the Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle crew will be taking Hunt to Charlotte, NC to race in not one but two USAC races.

"This young man is the real deal. We're all clear on that, after he drove to another dominating win tonight,” stated Driver Coach, Ron Sutton. “He won everything but the pole."

Race fans can follow Trevor Hunt at www.trevorhuntracing.com

Trevor Hunt Racing and Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle thank partners: FVP, Awesome Racewear, K&N Filters, Scribner Plastics, Allstar Performance, Sunoco Race Fuels and Star Racing Supply.