Morgan takes runner-up spot at Norwalk

Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 10:46 AM EDT.

Mopar®-powered NHRA Powerade pro stock driver and hometown favorite Larry Morgan drove to his second runner-up spot of the month at the second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. It was the second-straight finals appearance at the NHRA Norwalk event for the Newark, Ohio native. Morgan plowed a road to finals that went through three of his Team Mopar teammates. He drove his Lucas Oil Dodge Stratus R/T pro stock car to wins over fellow HEMI®-powered drivers Vinnie Deceglie, Allen Johnson and Justin Humphreys to set up his finals fight with Anderson. Morgan was first off the tree in the first three rounds. His speed leaving the starting line came back to bite him, as he was too fast in the finals, taking a red-light loss in his bid for a 10th career pro stock win. Reaction time was the friend of Mopar/J&J Racing Dodge Stratus R/T pilot Johnson on Saturday, when he posted a perfect .000 light to defeat Greg Anderson and capture the race-within-a-race $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge. “To win this means a lot,” Johnson, who made his fifth appearance in the bonus event, said. “Mopar hasn’t won this race in 17 years. I don’t think this will be our last.”

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