Donavan finishes 2nd in Ritter Technologies 75!  July 22, 2007 - The Morgan Motorsports team returned to Slinger Speedway on Sunday July 22nd for our second race after almost a two year break.  It was a perfect day for racing and the Morgan Motorsports team had high hopes for a good run.  Many changes were made during the week to the car and Donavan said the car was 100% better then it was during it's first race three weeks ago. 

Donavan went out to qualify and was disappointed when he placed 14th with an 11.707.  With the handling issues he experienced last week, he drove conservatively for qualifying and felt he could have done better.  However, placing 14th in time still locked us in to the 75 lap event sponsored by Ritter Technologies Parker Store.  And it turned out luck was on our side when they inverted 14 cars for the main event, placing the D92 car on the pole. 

Before the evening's events were underway, Donavan had the opportunity to give rides to several people in the Ritter Technologies Parker Store two-seater car.  One of them was a soldier who had just returned from Iraq.  The other person was affiliated with Ritter Technologies.  And the third person was Chris McIntee, son of Pat McIntee who runs a Sportsman car at Slinger.  Chris won the ride in the race car when his ticket was drawn during intermission.

After the intermission with rides for kids in race cars, the feature event lined up.   The green flag was thrown and Donavan dropped into second place within one lap of the race.  By lap seven, he was on the tail of the leader, Josh Bauer, and looked to the inside to see if he could take a shot at the pass.  Josh's car was stronger so Donavan settled back into second and the two cars pulled away from the field.  By lap 29, they began to lap cars.  The event ran caution free and Donavan brought home a strong second place run, a full straight away ahead of the rest of the field. 

2004 was the last time our team had a second place finish so it felt like a win to us.  This was only the second race this car has seen at Slinger Speedway and after a long break in the racing scene, the team was extremely happy to bring home a second place finish.

we're not sure when we'll be back again but the team is looking forward to racing the car at least one more time this year.  Thanks again to Tom at Ritter Technologies for sponsoring the evening's activities.  And thanks to Mike Vogt for hauling the car to the track and to Conrad for letting us drive it!  

We're racing again for Ritter Technologies night!  The Morgan Motorsports team will be returning once again to Slinger Super Speedway on Sunday July 22nd for an evening of racing sponsored by Ritter Technologies Parker Store.  Ritter Technologies was a dedicated sponsor of the Morgan Motorsports team for nine years of racing in a Late Model.  They have Served the Industry since 1951 with world class products and solutions in Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Lubrication, Filtration, and Fluid Connectors.  We'd like to thank Tom Savignac at Ritter for offering us the opportunity to promote their company this Sunday.  And to Conrad for letting us borrow his car again! We're hoping for a much stronger run then our return to Slinger two weeks ago.  See you there!


Results from our return to Slinger!   July 1, 2007 - The Morgan Motorsports team was excited to return to Slinger Super Speedway on Sunday July 1st for the Keith's Marina Firecracker 75.  It had been almost two years since our last race in October of 2005.  The weather was perfect for racing and we looked forward to returning to the track we called home every Sunday night for over 10 years. 

Donavan figured he'd be a little rusty after his break in racing but after his first hot lap session, he quickly remembered how much fun it is to drive a car that works.  The car was fast and he had high hopes he would qualify his way in to the 85 lap feature.  However, those hopes faded fast as he went out to scuff the new tires in preparation for qualifying.  The car was so loose he spun out just trying to scuff the tires.  He said he heard a clunk in the rear-end when he pulled onto the track that session.  When he pulled into the pits,  the team worked feverishly to determine if something broke on the car.  After finding nothing, he went out to qualify.

The car acted the same way and Donavan almost lost it in turn two on his first lap of qualifying.  It was extremely loose for all three laps so his fastest lap was an 11.681 which placed him 26th in time out of 48 cars.

We didn't make the show and would have to run in the 30 lap semi feature.  The team went to work on the car to try and tighten it up for the Semi.  An invert placed us in the front row for the race which would give us a chance to advance to the feature with a top two finish.  But Donavan wasn't comfortable with the car going into the race, knowing how it wanted to spin out during all three laps of qualifying.

The green flag flew and we battled side by side with the 28 car of Mark Bitzan.  But not for long as the event's first caution flew on lap one when cars scattered in the middle of the field in turn four.  After the field was cleared, racing resumed and we battled side by side for three more laps.  Mark didn't give us much room and his car appeared to be more ill-handling then ours.  Coming into turn four on lap four, the two cars touched and both spun in the middle of the turn.  Luckily Donavan was able to keep the car down low and the field behind them made it past without damaging either car. 

Both cars went to the rear and the race seemed to get even crazier after that.  Donavan elected to stay in the back, not wanting to risk destroying the car which still was battling a loose condition.  We crossed the line in the 13th spot at race end.

Our return to racing reminded us of how quickly your hopes can go from high to low..  one minute the car is working great, the next minute it goes sour.  But we still had fun and are thankful Conrad gave us the opportunity to try our luck once again at the world's fastest quarter mile.  We also would like to wish Todd Behling a speedy road to recovery..  our return to the action just wasn't the same without the familiar Doooonnnnaaavvaaaaannn Moooorrgaaaaaann yelled into the mic!!!!

Donavan plans a return to Slinger!
June 21, 2007 - After nearly a two year break from racing, Donavan will be returning to Slinger to race in the Firecracker 85 on Sunday July 1st.  He will be piloting Conrad's second car, a Lefthander that he purchased in the Winter from Dan Lensing.  The car has never done a lap at the the world's fastest quarter mile oval, but we're hoping it'll perform well at the track.  Wish us luck!

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