Veteran Rick Turner & 17-Year-Old Cole Rouse Set For Winchester Speedway & World Stock Car Festival

Rick Turner Racing ready for the high-banks with two cars (Special from Rick Turner Racing)

August 29, 2014

Yorktown, Indiana (August 29, 2014) – As Rick Turner Racing prepares for a 'home game'

of sorts for the patriarch of the team, Rick Turner, the development driver within, 17-year-

old Cole Rouse will get to experience Winchester Speedway (IN) for the first time over the

Labor Day Holiday Weekend. The prestigious World Stock Car Festival is set for Sunday-

Monday, August 31-September 1st at the legendary 1/2 (0.500) mile high-banked paved

oval. For Turner, Winchester is also the site of his last ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered

by JEGS victory.

Flashback to September 1, 2008 and that is when the 56-year-old took the checkered flag

first for his third career ARCA/CRA Super Series win. While his other two triumphs both

came at his 'other' home track, near-by Anderson Speedway (IN), the famed high-banks in

Eastern Indiana hold a special place in the hearts of the entire Rick Turner Racing Team.

For one, as Turner says simply; 'It's Winchester."

"Going to my favorite track. We have had a lot of success there although the last time

there we did not do very well. "Laughed the Yorktown, Indiana veteran."So we are looking

to get it right and get back to where we were when we won the pole for the 2012

Winchester 400." Winchester is a big deal to us and has been for a long time. Plus the

World Stock Car Festival is a great tune-up for the 400. We really feel like both my car

and Cole's car will be real fast all weekend long. We can't wait to get there." He added.

In Turner's last race, the 7-Up 125 at Flat  Rock Speedway (MI) back on August 16th,

Turner officially set the all-time ARCA/CRA Super Series career start record with his

224th green flag at the fast 1/4 (0.250) mile semi-banked paved oval in Southeast

Michigan. A special nuance to the record breaking moment was the fact that it was set at

one of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) home tracks with the ARCA name

being added to the CRA Super Series prior to the start of the 2013 racing season.

In the race, Turner came away with an eighth place finish to move up into the top five in

the season long points chase. "We had a decent car and it was a lot of fun racing with

Ross (Kenseth), J.J. (Haley) and Matt (Hall)." The Hoosier State veteran continued. "We

didn't get the finish we wanted, but it was a solid top 10 and we're now fifth in points with

four races to go.  We'll keep working at it and getting better and hopefully some strong

finishes to close out the year start at Winchester." He ended.

As for the RTR Development Driver within the teams stables, Cole Rouse is making his

first ever appearance at Winchester coming off of an 11th place showing at Auto City

Speedway (MI) back on August 9th. The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by

Chevrolet Performance was there for the Auto City 100 Presented by JEGS.com. The finish did  move the Fort Smith, Arkansas teenager up to ninth overall in points as well as up to third in the Howie Lettow Memorial Rookie of the Year title chase. "I'm very excited about Winchester, I think the team will give me a good car and Rick (Turner) will be great to ask questions about the track. I hope we can get a win out of this weekend as a result." He said.

For the remainder of the 2014 racing season, Turner's familiar black & red #26 will have sponsor decals and support from T.J. Racing Lubricants as well as McGunegill Engine Performance, G&G Oil of Indiana, AR Bodies, Schoenfeld Headers, Port City Racecars, Q.S. Components, A.J.'s High-Speed Graphics, Heartfelt Creations, M.P.H. Promotions and Rick Turner Racing. As for RTR's development driver, 17-year-old Cole Rouse, his black and yellow #20 ColeRouseRacing.com Toyota Camry will have stickers adorning the car all year long from Rouse Custom Homes as well as McGunegill Engine Performance and M.P.H. Promotions.

For more information about the Cole Rouse, you can visit the Cole Rouse Racing website at: www.colerouseracing.com as well as Rouse's Facebook Fan Page by going to: www.facebook.com and search for "Cole Rouse Racing". Finally the Twitter page as well at: www.twitter.com/colerouse2 For more information about the Rick Turner Racing, email John Turner at: race26car@sbcglobal.net You can also go to the teams’ Facebook Fan Page at: www.facebook.com/TurnerRacing26