Riverside native Morgan Lucas thrilled his hometown fans with an upset win over Dave Connolly to kick off his 2016 NHRA drag racing campaign, but his lucky streak ended there as the son of Lucas Oil founders Forest and Charlotte Lucas then fell in the quarterfinals to top qualifier Steve Torrence, who happens to run a race car built by Morgan Lucas Racing.
The four rounds of professional qualifying at the season-opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals have gone extremely well for Top Fuel pro Richie Crampton.
Morgan Lucas had a pretty busy day at the 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals, but when the dust settled he had successfully managed to qualify his Lucas Oil Racing TV dragster in the Top Fuel field and give Hollywood legend Jane Seymour a "Baptism by Nitro."
Gary Phillips and his Lucas Oil Products team debuted a new engine combination in the best way possible, by clean sweeping every point available at last weekend's Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex.
Morgan Lucas will kick off his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season this weekend at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
