For Immediate Release
Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 30th, 2014

Todd Morrow Launches New Website; Southern Raceway Next

Chattanooga, Tennessee (10/30/14) – Dirt Late Model driver, Todd Morrow from Chattanooga, Tennessee is the latest addition to the MSR Mafia team and launched a brand-new website at www.ToddMorrowRacing.com .

Todd, who is 29-years-old, is currently in his twenty-third season of racing and has collected over 250 wins along the way, spanning several divisions. Splitting the 2014 season between Super Late Model and Crate Late Model competition, Morrow has visited victory lane on five occasions between the two divisions.

The next scheduled event for Morrow is November 7th-8th, when he will take the A-Plus Motorsports #8A Crate Late Model into battle in the $10,000-to-win event at Southern Raceway (Milton, Florida). For more information on the event, please visit www.SouthernRaceway.com .

In addition the team has big announcements that will be released in the coming weeks, so keep your browsers locked to www.ToddMorrowRacing.com for the latest team news.

Todd Morrow Racing would like to thank all of their sponsors, which include Phillips Properties, Pope Construction, A-Plus Collision Center, A-1 Towing & Service Center, A&K Transport, Andy Dill Trucking, Allen's Pools LLC, Afco Racing Shocks, J&M Transport Refrigeration, Old Man's Garage, CRS Starters and Alternators, Phantom Racing Engines, Performance Masters Incorporated, Coulter Racecars and Parts, Gene's Racing Parts, Racecar Engineering, American Racer, Hunter Oil Company, Stealth Racing Carburetors, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Todd Morrow Racing, please visit the official team website at www.ToddMorrowRacing.com and also follow the team on social media at www.facebook.com/toddmorrowracing and www.twitter.com/toddmorrowt1 .

Christopher Bell is Short Track Nationals Champion!

Lonnie Wheatley, NORMAN, Okla. (October 29, 2014) – Christopher Bell had finished second in each of previous two attempts at I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals.  He definitely didn’t want to finish second again.

“I’m tired of finishing second there, I really want to win this one,” Bell commented prior to this past weekend’s $15,000-to-win event atop the ¼-mile Little Rock clay oval.

Mission accomplished, as Bell raced to the biggest payday of his career on Saturday night after topping Friday night’s preliminary feature as well.  Bell has now racked up a total of 24 wins thus far in 2014.

“This is awesome, I can’t believe we won this one,” Bell said after becoming the youngest winner in the 27 year history of the prestigious event, one that not even Kyle Larson was able to top in three tries.

“I didn’t think we had a chance after hot laps, we were terrible,” Bell said of the Saturday night finale.  “My guys changed everything though and the car was great, it just kept getting better as the race went on.”

Bell’s week aboard Brandon Berryman’s Moss Racing Engines-powered All Pro Auto Reconditioning No. 31b JR1 got off to an inauspicious start in Wednesday’s Short Track Nationals Open when a “B” Main tangle brought an early end to the night.

“We weren’t any good in the heat race then got wrecked before we even started the ‘B’,” Bell explained.

The 19-year-old bounced back in strong form though, winning his Friday night heat race and then racing from sixth to third in his qualifier to earn the pole position for the feature.

Bell battled Matt Covington much of the way in the Friday main event before taking command 16 rounds into the 25-lapper en route to his first career score at I-30 Speedway.

“We’ve been close before, it feels good to finally get one,” Bell commented.  “Now we just have to do it again tomorrow.”

Gridding Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win STN finale inside the third row after a fifth-place Dash finish, Bell battled his way into second by the time the caution flew after 19 laps in the 40-lapper.  Bell took quick advantage on the restart, sliding past A.G. Rains for the lead and never looking back en route to a convincing victory.

“I’d been up top the entire time until I got to Rains,” Bell explained.  “I gave the bottom a try and it felt good, the car was working anywhere I needed it.”

With his 24^th win of the year in the books and fourth in Berryman’s winged 360-ci Sprint Car, it’s back to asphalt for a 150-lapper in the Super Late Model ranks at Sophia, North Carolina’s Caraway Speedway on Saturday.

Bell will be gunning for a second consecutive asphalt Super Late Model score aboard the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 52 after taking victory honors at Orange County Speedway on October 18 in just his third asphalt outing.

2014 Quick Stats:  96 races, 24 wins, 51 top-fives, 64 top-tens.

Next Up:

Saturday, Caraway Speedway (Sophia, NC) – Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 52 asphalt Super Late Model

Keep Track:  Keep track of Christopher Bell’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.christopherbellracing.com/.

If you would like to keep up with all of Christopher Bell’s racing action by having press releases e-mailed directly to you, simply send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on racinboys.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Reutzel Second at Short Track Nationals!

Lonnie Wheatley, CLUTE, Texas (October 29, 2014) – To say that Aaron Reutzel and the BC Fundz/Wren Motorsports No. 87 Triple X Sprint Car team had a good week at I-30 Speedway’s Short Track Nationals would be a gross understatement.

After winning last Wednesday night’s Short Track Nationals Open, the Clute, TX, racer finished off the week with a runner-up finish in the Thursday night preliminary and then another strong second-place in the 27^th Annual STN championship finale on Saturday night.

The three nights of action netted Reutzel and crew nearly $13,000.

“I figured going in that we could at least make the show and go from there,” Reutzel said.  “I didn’t know if we could contend for the win though, especially after the last two months for us.”

Contend he did, as the Wells-powered Momentum Racing Suspensions/Danny Sander Construction/ButlerBuilt machine was among the fastest every time it hit the high-banked, ¼-mile I-30 Speedway clay oval.

After taking the $2,000 winner’s share in the Wednesday night STN Open, Reutzel led the initial 24 laps of the Thursday night preliminary feature only to finish second after an unlikely chain of events opened the door for Brian Brown to steal the win at the line.

“I wanted to win that one too, but we were locked in to the front three rows so it was alright,” Reutzel said.

After picking up an extra $500 by handing the ace to Brown in the Cheater’s Day style draw for the Dash on Saturday night, Reutzel earned the second row inside position for the $15,000-to-win STN finale.

“Tilling the track before the feature killed us, I couldn’t believe how long it actually stayed after that,” Reutzel commented.

With Brown setting the early pace, Reutzel dueled with eventual race-winner Christopher Bell for second in the early portion of the race before dicing for runner-up honors with Brown over the latter portion.

“The Saturday ‘A’ Main was probably the worst we were all weekend, I just couldn’t get the wing all the way back and we were tight in one and two,” Reutzel explains.

Still, Reutzel was able to outlast Brown for second in the closing laps aboard the Basic One Services/Lone Star Hydro Maintenance/Wright Way Logistics machine.  “I knew my car was getting better as the race went on, I just had to be patient and not make any mistakes.”

“And we finished second to Bell, so that’s pretty much like a win,” Reutzel says.

With a runner-up finish in the 27^th Annual COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires finale, Reutzel ran his season record at I-30 Speedway to three wins and two runner-up finishes in five starts.

“We get around there decent when it’s heavy, and we’re really good there when it slicks off some,” Reutzel says of his I-30 Speedway success in 2014.

With five finishes among the top four over the past two weekends, Reutzel is set to finish out the season in strong form beginning with a possible wingless outing this weekend in Arizona.  After that, the final two weeks of action on the Lucas Oil ASCS National trail await with an El Paso-Las Cruces weekend on November 7-8 and then a Cocopah double on November 14-15.

2014 Quick Stats:  57 races, 7 “A” Main wins, 27 top-fives, 37 top-tens.

Up Next: Aaron is tentatively slated for USAC Southwest non-wing Sprint Car action at Arizona Speedway this Saturday before resuming ASCS National Tour competition at El Paso Speedway Park on November 7 and then Las Cruces’ Southern New Mexico Speedway on November 8.

Keep Track:  Keep track of Aaron Reutzel’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.aaronreutzelracing.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Reutzel-Racing/117666254913127 or on Twitter at @AaronReutzel.  You can also e-mail Aaron at aaronreutzel@yahoo.com.

If you would like Aaron Reutzel Racing press releases e-mailed directly to you, send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.