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Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 14th, 2014

Morgan Bagley Surges to Top Five in Magnolia State 100

Longview, Texas (10/14/14) – Team 14 and Morgan Bagley traveled to Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) over the weekend for the annual Magnolia State Cotton Pickin' 100 at the state-of-the-art oval.

A talent-laden field of seventy-two entries registered for battle in the $20,000-to-win event, and on Friday evening via time trials Bagley locked into the fourth starting position for the second heat race. He powered his #14m P&W Sales/Rocket/Clements Super Late Model to a third place finish by mere inches, which locked him into the fifteenth starting spot for Saturday night's 100 lap feature.

As the finale went green on Saturday night, Bagley began to progressively work his way through the field. In the closing laps he would run as high as fourth in the running order before crossing the finish line in fifth behind race winner, Scott Bloomquist, Chris Simpson, Mike Marlar and Randy Weaver.
"That was a real good run for us this weekend," commented Bagley. "The car was good from the drop of the green flag and to come away with a top five against such a stout field of competitors just shows how far we've come with our program."

Full results from the events are available at www.MagnoliaDirt.com .

The team will enjoy a break this weekend before tentatively returning to action on October 23rd-25th with a trip to Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi) for the 20th Annual Fall Classic at the 3/8 mile oval. The unsanctioned event will be headlined by a $15,000-to-win finale. For more information, please visit www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com .

Morgan Bagley would like to thank all of his sponsors, which include P&W Sales (Oil Field Manufacturers Rep.), MSI (Pumps, Valves, & Manifolds), P&W Iron Works, GottaRace.com, Bert Transmission, Frankland Rear-End, Arizona Sports Shirts, Racing Optics, Sunoco Race Fuels, Barnes Systems, MSD, STP, Wiles Racing, Integra Shock, FK Rod Ends, JE Pistons, J&J Motorsports, Hypercoils, Outerwears Performance Products, Wilwood, Wix Filters, Armor All, COMP Cams, XS Power, Hoosier Tire Southwest, Wrisco Aluminum, TWM Racing Products, Day Motorsports, Quickcar Racing Products, Performance Race Engineering, Keyser Manufacturing, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Morgan Bagley and McMillan Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.MorganBagley.com .

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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 14th, 2014

Rodney Sanders Guns Down USRA National Championship Foes

Happy, Texas (10/14/14) – Rodney Sanders took his Swan Energy #20 Kimrad Tranport/MB Customs Open Wheel Modified into battle over the weekend in the inaugural Red River Open Wheel Modified Nationals at Red River Speedway (Wichita Falls, Texas), where he registered his 34th win of 2014.
What was scheduled to be a two-day event was condensed to a one-day, $3,000-to-win program after Friday night's festivities were washed away by Mother Nature.

Thirty-nine USRA Open Wheel Modifieds filled the pit area on Saturday evening, and Rodney started his outing by charging from fifth to win his heat race. In the feature event, Sanders bolted to the race lead from his outside-front-row starting spot, and led wire-to-wire to claim the $3,000 payday.

"It's always fun to win, but it's really fun to win at a new track," said Sanders. "The car was great all night, and hopefully we can claim the big payday next weekend in New Mexico."

Complete results from the racing program can be found at www.RRSpeedway.com .

Next on tap for Sanders will be the 15th Annual Window Wax USRA Fall Nationals at Southern New Mexico Speedway (Las Cruces, New Mexico). The event is scheduled to pay at least $10,000-to-win, but car count incentives are posted, which could see the first place money increased to $15,000. In addition Mesilla Valley Transportation is sponsoring the Front Row Challenge for the first time in the 15-year history of the mega-event. Both front row starters in Saturday’s A-Main will have the opportunity to start at the back of the field for $25,000 to win. On Thursday and Friday preliminary events will be held, while the finale will headline Saturday's program. For more information on the event, please visit www.SNMSpeedway.com .

Rodney Sanders would like to thank all of his sponsors including Swan Energy, Kimrad Transport, Special Care, Outreachers Sustainable Solutions, Swan Racing, Geddes Race Engines, MB Customs, Alaron Energy, B&L Satellite Rental, STSI, Integra Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, C&R Radiators, Eibach Springs, Charter Oak Production Company, Palmer Painting, Beyea Headers, Five Star Shop Service, McDonald Oil Field Services, KBC Graphics, D&G Contracting, FK Rod Ends, Fike's Transmissions, Krohn Farms, Mars Race Cars, K&N Filters, Club 29 Race Cars, Real Racing Wheels, 87 Automotive, Wichita Tank Racing, CMD Race Shocks, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Rodney Sanders, please visit www.RodneySandersRacing.net .

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Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
October 14th, 2014

Ricky Weiss Crowned WISSOTA Late Model National Champion

Headingly, Manitoba, Canada (10/14/14) - The 2014 WISSOTA season is now complete, and Ricky Weiss is officially the WISSOTA Late Model National Champion his #7 Derrick's Sandblasting/Bloomquist/ Pro Power Racing Engine Super Late Model.

Weiss claimed his third WISSOTA National Championship by 28 markers over Brad Seng while Scott Ward, Harry Hanson, and Mike Balcaen rounded out the top five in the final standings.

Ricky enjoyed a great year behind the wheel of his Super Late Model that also found him winning nineteen of forty-six events entered as well as the Blaine Brother WISSOTA Challenge Series championship.

"Thanks to all of my great sponsors, team members, and fans that supported me this season," said Weiss. "The year started pretty rough, but once we got rolling it turned into an amazing season. I'm already pumped for next year."

While the 2014 season may be in the books, Ricky and his team are already busily planning an aggressive 2015 schedule. Stay tuned to www.WeissRacing7.com for the latest team news and schedule information.

Ricky Weiss would like to thank his marketing partners and sponsors including Derrick's Sandblasting. A.I.E. Bell Mobility, Hands On Excavating Inc., J&C Trucking, Turk Enterprises, Eibach Springs, Metalz In Motion, Speedworld Indoor Kart Track, New Vision Graphics, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Ricky Weiss please visit his website at www.WeissRacing7.com .

Bell Adds 21st Win of the Year – Back on Asphalt this Weekend!

Lonnie Wheatley, NORMAN, Okla. (October 14, 2014) – Twenty-one main event wins on the year is the latest count for 19-year-old Christopher Bell after picking off another POWRi Midget win over the weekend.

The victory at Illinois’ Lincoln Speedway highlighted a weekend that included what could have been another win in the Sprint Car portion of the Friday double header and then a sixth-place run in Saturday’s All Star Circuit of Champions season finale at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

The Norman, OK, native will take in another weekend of asphalt aboard a Kyle Busch Motorsports entry at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway before returning to the dirt for next week’s Short Track Nationals at Little Rock’s I-30 Speedway aboard Brandon Berryman’s No. 31b.

Friday’s double-dip at Lincoln Speedway started out in strong form with Bell racing from third to win his Midget heat and then charging from tenth to win the Sprint Car heat race as well, earning the pole position for both feature events.

Bell jumped into the lead at the outset of the POWRi Midget feature aboard the Keith Kunz Motorsports Toyota No. 71 and led all the way for his 15th Midget win of the year and 21st overall feature triumph.

“It was rubbered down from the start, so we just rolled around and stayed out of trouble,” Bell explained of the victory drive.

“It’s pretty awesome to get to 21 wins for the year, hopefully we can add at least a couple more before it’s over,” Bell said.

He nearly added one immediately after, starting from the pole position of the MOWA Sprint Car feature aboard the Fox Brothers No. 53 machine.  But an opening lap incident nixed any hopes of adding win number 22 on Friday night.

“We had that Sprint Car race, but then spun in the first corner,” Bell said.  “It was mostly just bolt-on stuff, but four of the guys pulled an all-nighter to get the car repaired and ready for Eldora on Saturday.”

With the repairs made, Bell timed in fourth-quick among the 36 competitors signed in for the All Star Circuit of Champions winged 410 Sprint Car portion of Eldora’s Sprintacular before ultimately posting a strong sixth-place finish in the feature to run his season top-ten total to 61.

“We qualified good and were fast all night, just had a couple of little problems that kept us from moving forward in any of the races,” Bell commented.  “It was still a pretty good night though.”

Bell is back in Charlotte prepping for this weekend’s late model action at Hickory Motor Speedway where he took in a pair of weekends in early September.

“It will be some more good experience, it’s definitely quite a bit different than what I’m accustomed to,” Bell says of the upcoming weekend.  “I’m looking forward to it.”

2014 Quick Stats:  92 races, 21 wins, 48 top-fives, 61 top-tens.

Next Up:

Saturday, Hickory Motor Speedway (Hickory, NC) – Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 asphalt 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.