Elijah Morton wasn’t event going to race the ADRL Independence Drags in Topeka, Kan. He was going to stay home in Jacksonville, N.C., and celebrate Independence Day.

He changed his mind.

Morton wasn’t going to stage first in the Extreme Pro Stock final either and looked as if he would let his 800-plus cubic inch Mustang run out of gas before he’d roll those final few inches.

Elijah Morton wasn’t event going to race the ADRL Independence Drags in Topeka, Kan. He was going to stay home in Jacksonville, N.C., and celebrate Independence Day.

He changed his mind.

Morton wasn’t going to stage first in the Extreme Pro Stock final either and looked as if he would let his 800-plus cubic inch Mustang run out of gas before he’d roll those final few inches.

That one he didn’t change his mind on.

Morton beat former teammate Jeff Dobbins on both ends of the track in scoring his first career ADRL national event victory.

“It took us five races to get into the winner’s circle … a little longer than I had hoped,” Morton said.

Morton, lamenting an early loss during Friday’s rescheduled Martin event, made another wise decision switching engines and by the time he reached the final round on Saturday, was on his game better than ever.

“We changed the engine and the car kept getting faster each time,” Morton explained. “The air was different than we expected. We couldn’t get enough gear and wheel speed in it. We kept tuning it up with every round.” 

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