Moring Motorsports

[Morgs153]

Whomever they had in those cars, they were some of the nicest cars on the track. The last few times I seen a Moring car at the track were with O'Neal, Landers, and Chad Simpson and those were some very pretty race cars. Too bad they are absent from the scene.

[FastEd95]

Wendell Wallace I heard the last few years that Larry ran the team, that he let the drivers keep all the winnings. He just wanted the trophy if they won.

I've heard that's how it was in 2000 when Webb won the NASCAR Weekly National Championship...I believe that paid around 150K.

[Rajflyboy]

I wrote Matt Miller a $5000 check, for winning our WDRL race in 09, in that ride.Then was working at East Bay the next February, when Jim Wilson called, and was forced to shut that great WDRL series down.The Moring team was sitting next to us in the East Bay restaurant, at the time of that call, and passed the sad series news along.Great group of guys in that Moring team, and the giant hauler was kinda their show piece.The irony of the above story was, Chad Simpson finished 2nd in that WDRL race. Then turned out to be the last driver to race that Moring ride, a decade later.

You are making me hungry for Strawberry Shortcake

[FastEd95]

Think it was 2000, Webb won 16 of 18, would have had 1 more if ignition hadn't given up on last lap handing victory to Duane Colson. The whole season was amazing at Dubuque, due to the invert he started 12th, hugging the bottom he passed 2 cars a lap, against good competition too!

What a season that was. Only driver in a weekly show to beat Gary in 2000 was Darren Miller and that was the 16th feature of the year (Gary was a close 2nd). Many forget that he also won 14 features at Dubuque in 1999.

[intel8]

Think it was 2000, Webb won 16 of 18, would have had 1 more if ignition hadn't given up on last lap handing victory to Duane Colson. The whole season was amazing at Dubuque, due to the invert he started 12th, hugging the bottom he passed 2 cars a lap, against good competition too!

[over4T]

As BirkyTime15B said Gary Webb ran for him and was the terror of Dubuque when he did winning, if I remember correctly, all but one show at Dubuque and a bunch of other regional shows .

When Steve Francis drove it a friend of mine from rural Nevada crewed for him that year and the car was garaged in Illinois and Larry gave my buddy a small house to stay in there. Ran into them at the Show Me that year and he was having the time of his life on the road for Moring. Got homesick end of the season and headed back to Nevada. He said Moring treated him well but expected results from the team and got them anything they needed.

It was/is always a top notch ride.

[0_VodooChild_0]

Birky would have been great in that ride 8 - 10 years ago. My personal opinion is that Birky liked to party & disappear way too much to represent Morning properly. Don't get me wrong, Birky is a great guy but Larry Morning expects tough racing & quality representation at the track. A staggering drunk Birky would NEVER fit that role. Just one man's opinion.

[JimBo]

Remember the "Desert Storm" tribute car that Gary Webb and others drove?

[zyoung25]

Wendell Wallace

I heard the last few years that Larry ran the team, that he let the drivers keep all the winnings. He just wanted the trophy if they won.

[BirkyTime15B]

Gary Webb was the most successful person in that car.

[Mjs6453]

Others that have driven the Moring car, off the top of my head:

Gary Webb
Darrell Lanigan
Jared Landers

[waaac77]

I can only think of a handful of guys that drove the Moring ride

Matt Miller
Chad Simpson
Earl Pearson Jr
Don O’Neal
Steve Francis

[Highside Hustler25]

Georgia Boot

[billetbirdcage]

Wasn't this the team Steve Francis drove for before hanging it up?

Yes, they had a 3 year deal with Dodge and Stanton built the Dodge engines for them. I can't recall if he retired directly after that or raced for himself or someone else for a couple more years

[dirt farmer]

Wasn't this the team Steve Francis drove for before hanging it up?