Jessie Morrison

June 22, 2005

Jessie Morrison (Len Cobosco Photo)

(Len Cobosco Photo) NAME: Jessie Morrison BIRTHDAY: Oct. 30, 1988 HOMETOWN: Silver Spring, MD

PARENTS:  Williams Morrison and Suzanne Morrison 
    
MARITAL STATUS: Single

CHILDREN:  None

OCCUPATION:
Senior at John F. Kennedy High School and will be doing an internship
this summer at the National Institute of Science and Technology.   
            
HOBBIES:
Racing-I enjoy working on the car. I have additionally participated in
athletics, student government and some various clubs in high school.

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Outback Steakhouse
                       
FAVORITE FOOD:  I love most all types of food but I’d say Pizza  
 
FAVORITE MUSIC TYPE: Country
     
FAVORITE PERFORMER: 
I enjoy Rascal Flatts and the guys from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour

FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW: Driver X
                  
YEAR STARTED RACING: 2001
 
DIVISIONS COMPETED IN: Pavement Road Racing Go karts, 358 Sprints

CAREER WINS:
Numerous go kart wins and I am looking for my first sprint car win this year
 
CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Karts-Monrova Speedway; Briggs Jr. Stock Bridgestone tire Series at Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J; Four time annual Milford, Del. Grand Prix Street Race winner

FAVORITE TRACK: I love both Trail-Way and Lincoln Speedway‘s
                        
CURRENT DIVISION:  358 Sprints
   
CAR OWNER: William Morrison
      
CAR NUMBER: 18
 
CHASSIS: Eagle
        
ENGINE:  Don Ott Racing Engines
                     
TEAM SPONSORS: Digna Machine, nTransit, TMS, Transmark, K & H Auto Body,
Yamasaki Academy of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Diversified Machine, Inc.,
Wings Unlimited, Speed Dawg Apparel and Brakeman Brakes
 
SPECIAL THANKS: My father, and my crew and their wives, Scott Jorda
with Digna Machine, Toni Alexander’s support in go-karts and the loyal racing fans

CREW CHIEF: Randy Davis

TEAM MANAGER: Doug McGiffin

CREW: Sean Smith and Toni Alexander
 
FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL DRIVER:
I love to watch Fred Rahmer come through the field

CAREER HIGHLIGHT:
Winning 4 races in 3 years at the annual Milford, Del. Grand Prix street race

CAREER LOWLIGHT:
Breaking a torsion stop and having the torsion bar hit the right tire so hard that
I flew out of the pit exit into a pole during practice at Lincoln.

SEASON OUTLOOK: Regular at TrailWay and as many races as possible at Lincoln.  
   
SEASON GOAL:  I want to get my first 358 Sprint win and finish consistently
and hopefully secure some sponsorship so I can race next year as well.

FUTURE GOAL:  Racing if my favorite thing to do so it would be amazing
if I could make it my career.

IF YOU WOULDN’T BE RACING, WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
I am going to college to get a mechanical engineering degree with a minor in business.
Not only will this help me in racing, but it will hopefully also help me get a job involving racing, if something happens for me not to be able to race.

WEBSITE: www.jessiemorrison.com
 

— compiled by Brad Vores