With his semi-final run in the 2006 O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park, Morgan Lucas foresees a great racing weekend ahead at this year’s race for his Lucas Oil crew. The 23-year old has been one of the NHRA’s hottest drivers with two out of three semi-final round appearances as of recent late. Although he isn’t a part of the Countdown to the Championship, his persona still presents a strong will to win.
“We’re just building our momentum, ” said a beaming Lucas. “Lately, we’ve been on a string of runs that have shown the true potential of this team. We’re consistent today, which had been our shortcoming in the past, but now the future is firing on all eight cylinders. ”
In last year’s rain delayed Mid-South Nationals, Lucas defeated, J.R. Todd, Bob Vandergriff on Monday morning before Hillary Will knocked him out of contention. He ran a race best elapsed time of 4.637 seconds against Vandergriff in the quarterfinals and qualified ninth with a time of 4.676 seconds.
This year at MMP, Lucas will be trying to score his first professional win of his career. “We never stop trying, ” said Lucas. “We made some good runs lately and there’s not any way we are giving up this late in the season. We’re here to win races and we want to continue our success into a great start for 2008. Everything we’re learning now, especially until race conditions, will give us a head-start for next year. ”
Lucas will be making an autograph appearance as part of the Memphis Motorsports Park’s annual FanFest on Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Coyote Ugly Saloon, beginning at 7 p. m. The Coyote Ugly Saloon is located on 326 Beale Street.
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