FireAde’s Larry Morgan gets solid start to Four-Wide weekend in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC – After rain shortened NHRA Four-Wide Nationals qualifying to only two rounds on Saturday, FireAde Chevrolet Pro Stock driver Larry Morgan got the job done and landed in the top half of the eliminations bracket.

Making his best pass during the final session of qualifying, Morgan’s 6.523 at 213.16 mph secured him the No. 7 qualifying spot for the illustrious event.

“We were light on everything today,” Morgan said. “We wanted to be very conservative and try to make repeatable runs and get everything working. We made changes after the first run, but we still didn’t want to get too crazy because the lane we were in had no rubber in it. It was solid concrete, which meant we couldn’t make the rpm leave a little higher. If we could have done that, it would have reflected in our times if we were on a different lane.”

Pitted up against Jason Line, John Gaydosh, and Rodger Brogdon in the first round of Four-Wide eliminations, Morgan feels confident that he can improve on his time and also use the Christmas Tree as an advantage against his competitors.

“We still want to be conservative tomorrow because mainly what we’re racing is against the lights,” Morgan said. “Everyone else seems to be struggling on the Tree where I’ve been pretty right on. Getting a good reaction time is going to be a big thing and so will be making it down.

“The good thing is we have the second lane choice. Hopefully, that means we can get a good lane that won’t have that bald spot so we can make good runs.”

Final eliminations will start at approximately 1:45 p.m., Sunday, with action live on ESPN starting at 2 p.m. ET.