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Message started by LMR on 11/09/11 at 11:46pm

Title: Morgan Bagley Makes Some Noise in First Trip to Charlotte
Post by LMR on 11/09/11 at 11:46pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2011
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Morgan Bagley Makes Some Noise in First Trip to Charlotte

by Ben Shelton
Longview, Texas (11/09/11) – Super Late Model rookie, Morgan Bagley, took his #14m McMillan Motorsports/Rocket By Club 29 Super Late Model into battle in the World Finals over the weekend at the Dirt Track at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) and came away with a pair of his best national event performances to date.

After a two week break the team made the trek east to the Dirt Track at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) for the World Finals as Morgan made his first ever trip to the facility for one of the nation's biggest events of the year. The weekend began on Thursday with two rounds of qualifying to determine the starting lineups for heat race action on Friday and Saturday night.

For Friday's program Bagley started sixth in the first heat and advanced to a fourth place finish, which left him one spot short of a transfer to the feature. As a result, he started on the pole of a b-main, which he won to earn the 19th starting spot for the 50 lap, $10,000-to-win feature.

Unfortunately he would retire early in the feature with mechanical issues to a 25th place finish. Despite not getting the finish he wanted Bagley was elated to just make the main event against a field of 66 of the nation's best drivers.

On Saturday night with national television cameras filming live, the team entered the second $10,000-to-win, 50 lap event of the weekend. Via qualifications he started third in his heat race, and early in the event raced to as high as the second position before slipping back to a third place finish, which still earned him the 16th starting spot for the finale. In the main event he would be credited with a 21st place finish in the final rundown. Full weekend results are available at www.WoOLMS.com.

"Our main goal this weekend was to go to Charlotte and turn some solid laps. I've really struggled in open tire rule events with time trials, so I knew I need practice. To make both shows against that caliber of cars is just huge for us, and it gives us momentum heading into 2012.," commented the rookie Super Late Model pilot, Bagley.

The 2011 season has now concluded for Bagley, and he is tentatively slated to once again open his season at the 6th Annual Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway (Tucson, Arizona) on January 13th-22nd. For more information on the event, please visit www.USARaceway.net .

Morgan Bagley would like to thank all of his sponsors, which include P&W Sales (Oil Field Manufacturers Rep.), MSI (Pumps, Valves, & Manifolds), Mr. Frank Motorsports, The Directional Drilling Company, Wehrs Machine, Southern Transport, Outerwears Pre-Filters, Bulldog Rear Ends, 360 Motorsports, Sunoco Race Fuels, ShowTime Signs, D&T Racing, J&J Motorsports, Indy Screen Print, Club 29, Hyperco, and MSRMafia.com.

For more information on Morgan Bagley and McMillan Motorsports, please visit the official team website at www.MorganBagley14m.com .