Drag Illustrated Issue 114, October 2016 | Page 26

Dirt

Shannon Morgan’s fight to
preserve the spirit of drag
racing’s hot new ticket
By Brandon W. Mudd

I

f Texas is the home of no-prep drag
racing, Shannon Morgan is its queen.
A racing purist from rural Arkansas, the
founder of the Redemption No-Prep series
doesn’t necessarily want a crown, but she’ll wear
it proudly.
“I’m not sure who coined that phrase exactly,

but it’s a big hat to wear honestly,” Morgan said.
“I was just called ‘Track Mom’ and I really like that
just as well because I’m kind of overbearing and
try to look after the guys and I care about what
happens to them and I do this for them.”
Part of being ‘Track Mom’ to her racers is providing a safe place for them to race in one of the
more dangerous forms of drag racing. When she
hosts an event, she makes it perfectly clear she
doesn’t want Pro Mods on her program. For Morgan, no-prep racing is for the small-tire racers,
racers who for the first time, in some cases, are
finally seeing the kind of crowds and purses the

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big name (and big tire) drivers are used to seeing.
“No, I don’t allow them to race at my races,” she
said of the Pro Mods. “This wasn’t made for them.
It isn’t about them. It isn’t about who has the best
2,400-pound car with the biggest Hemi-headed
engine with a big frickin’ blower on it. This is
about the guys who can build his car in his garage.”
Having said that, Morgan felt the pressure of
having the Pro Mods at her events based on their
entry at other races, so she created a category
for those drivers. She held fast to her belief in
the small-tire racers and ensures they still get
top billing.

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