CHANGES FOR MORGAN LUCAS

While Charlotte Lucas has been joking about grabbing the family's A/Fuel dragster seat left by her son leaving to race with Joe Amato and Wayne Dupuy, son Morgan said, "I don't think she could hold the brake, I don't think she's ready for it yet."

It looks as though Morgan will be busy for the remainder of the year by running his current A/Fuel car and the Amato ride at some of the same races. "Joe said it's cool," to run both

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cars, Morgan said, "But if it gets too busy, I'll have to make a change. Pat Austin did it and a lot of good racers have done it. I don't know if I can handle it, it will be a lot of pressure with everything else that's going on. I'll give it my best shot, but my priorities come first, not the big cars. I'm so excited to make that first hit. I hear there's nothing like it."

Morgan was especially grateful to his teacher Jerry Darien who taught him that "Proper preparation prevents piss-poor performance."

Morgan went on to nail his third win of the season defeating Duane Shields in the final with in a close side-by-side final round running 5.279/266.37 to Shields' 5.294.

Larry Dixon, who swept the Western Swing in 2003, qualified 6th and went out in the second round to Brandon Bernstein.