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      <title><![CDATA[Young Boise drag racer gets big Chance]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Drag Race Network Staff]]></author>
      <attribution source="KBOI2.com"><![CDATA[http://www.kboi2.com/sports/Young-Boise-drag-racer-gets-big-Chance-Comp-Car-Fizone-Wes-Morris-134371173.html]]></attribution>
      <createdate unixtime="1329866466" delta="12 hours ago"><![CDATA[2/21/2012]]></createdate>
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      <lead><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho - The jump from Junior Drag Racing to the pro ranks wasn't just a step five years ago, it was an Evil Canevil Snake River Canyon sized leap. A new kind of car has changed that step and its creator has chosen a Boise kid to be part of his elite racing team. Everybody's favorite weekend sports guy Troy Oppie has the story.]]></lead>
      <text><![CDATA[Wes Morris is a quiet, soft-spoken 15 year old, not old enough to legally commute home from boise high. But on the racetrack, there aren't many other 15 year olds west of the Mississippi better than Wes in a junior dragster and now he's taking the next step"These cars are going faster, there's a lot more to watch," said Morris.Junior comp cars are only about five years old, and unlike junior dragsters require shifting, RPM monitoring and many additional precise actions in the cockpit at 105mph."It will kind of ease a person in to a big car, like a super-comp car," said Morris.Wes jumped in a junior comp car for the first time this summer, helping out in a pinch, learning the precise actions on the fly."I started looking at the gauges and the shift likght, and was like... whoa... i just wanted to get the car down the track," said Morris.He didn't know it then, but the car's creator was watching."That car was a mechanical shift car, not an auto shift and he did very well." Bud Fizone sells the junior comp cars, but also gives a very select few the chance to join his team. He created a brand new model this year, and offered the driver's seat to Wes."I don't look for the kid who's real cocky and walks around and brags, I look for the kid who's quiet and deadly. And he is quiet and deadly," said Fizone.Wes is just the third junior driver Fizone has given keys to a junior comp car. He'll drive, work on the car, and represent his team and its sponsors. But his favorite part about taking the next step shouldn't surprise anyone, "It will go faster!"Training begins this January, competition in February, but it's not likely Wes will get to race the car at Firebird at least not this year.]]></text>
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