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Elijah Morton Lay's The
Smack Down In Darlington, SC
Darlington, S.C.
- On Friday the 22nd during Darlington's pro test
session, Elijah Morton of Jacksonville, N.C.
unloaded a bomb by posting a 6.543 on his shake
down pass. Later in the day he |
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to clock a 6.552 @ 211.00. After the first two day's
of testing the closest competitor was a 6.57 showing
that the team
has really been working hard after the season ending
World Finals in Rockingham. Elijah explains, "This
past year has really been a roller coaster ride for us
in the new Mustang. |
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enjoying a great rookie season in 2001 by finishing
8th in points, our sophomore year has been anything
but that. We built a new car for the 2002 season but
through out the year we really never got a handle on
it until the last few races when we did muster-up two
runner-up's. After the season ended crew chief Jeff
Dobbins and I put our heads together and we changed
the entire suspension on the car. |
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When we unloaded the car in Darlington we
were only going to make some 330' hits because that is where we have been
struggling but the car felt so good on that pass I took it to the strip.
The numbers were 1.002,2.761,4.223.The only thing I regret was taking the
#1 engine out for Saturday's session which proved to be the best
conditions of the weekend. With being three hundredths quicker than the
other guy's we may have seen the classes first 6.40 pass. I think with the
results from testing we will be in great shape for a championship run in
2003." |
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