Last race it was the hired gun. This weekend it could be the boss.

Morgan Lucas drove his way to the Top Fuel provisional No. 1 position of the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals with a 3.844 elapsed time at 308.21 miles per hour. If the run holds, it will mark his third career No. 1 qualifier since 2005. One of his two previous pole positions came at Atlanta Dragway in 2005.

Lucas’ effort follows up a No. 1 effort by teammate Shawn Langdon, two weeks ago at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas.

Last race it was the hired gun. This weekend it could be the boss.

Morgan Lucas drove his way to the Top Fuel provisional No. 1 position of the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals with a 3.844 elapsed time at 308.21 miles per hour. If the run holds, it will mark his third career No. 1 qualifier since 2005. One of his two previous pole positions came at Atlanta Dragway in 2005.

Lucas’ effort follows up a No. 1 effort by teammate Shawn Langdon, two weeks ago at the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas.

“It’s been a long time since we ran this good,” Lucas said. “The car started off good and progressively got a little slower. The good thing about two cars and two crew chiefs is that they worked well together today.”

Langdon’s car is tuned by veteran nitro figure Jon Stewart.

The Lucas Geico-sponsored dragster is handled by Jimmy Walsh.

“We’ve realized that we’ve been a little too over center with the tune-up,” Lucas said. “We brought it back and it went right down the track.”

Headed into this weekend the best start for Lucas this year has been a No. 6 seeding at the NHRA Slick Mist Nationals in Phoenix, Az.

“The conditions today were awesome,” Lucas said. “The only thing I wish I could be doing better than this is golfing.”
 

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