Morton Takes It to the Finals in Virginia!

DINWIDDIE, VA - Elijah Morton, driver of the Carolina South Mustang for Morton Brothers Motorsports, drove to the final round in Pro Stock at the AC Delco Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park with three holeshots to take runner-up in the final round.
Qualifying thirteenth Morton took on World Champion, Brian Gahm in a staging battle that had the stands on their feet. After one minute in this intense staging duel, Gahm went in first and found Morton taking the win on a holeshot running 6.633 at 210.34 mph.

Second round gave opponent Mike Bell lane choice but that didn’t stop Morton from picking up another round win on another holeshot running 6.647 at 209.65 mph.

The weather was a factor all weekend in Virginia completely raining out all of Saturday’s activities leaving drivers to use their data from their two qualifying rounds on Friday. Sunday brought an interval of rain in the afternoon that made semi and final rounds run at 5:30pm and 8:30pm respectively with heavy dew in the air.

In the semis Morton didn’t let the elements touch his winning streak as he beats veteran driver Charlie Peppers on yet another holeshot running 6.708 at 199.88 mph putting Morton in the finals with Carl Baker. These two top competitors gave the crowd an impressive race with Baker taking the win light at the top end.

"It felt good to be on my game again and look forward to good things to happen at the next race. This was an awesome weekend for us. It felt good to be in the finals and we are looking forward to us taking the win light in the finals at the next time. What a great weekend" said Morton.

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