Grit, determination, teamwork, and true talent culminated in sweet success for “Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings” star Kayla Morton. Capturing a win not once but twice is a feat few drivers can lay claim to – but the queen of no-prep racing can now proudly add the accolade to her already impressive résumé.
Kayla, now 35, grew up in a garage alongside her father, former Pro Stock racer Stanley Morton, and learned the ins and outs of drag racing from him. Stanley always encouraged his daughter to pursue her dreams and instilled patience in her as she worked towards making them a reality.
After winning Outlaw Armageddon in 2019 and earning various other victories, Kayla took some time off to focus on her family and on her non-racing career working as a CrossFit coach. Although she was a little off the radar for the 2021 “No Prep Kings” season, she was quick to get back into the swing of things when season five got rolling in 2022…but the unexpected happened, and her momentum was short-lived.
“We blew up the big-block Ford engine in Florida during the first race of the series,” lamented the popular no-prep racer. Fortunately, her “Team Game Changer” teammate Stephen Brindle stepped in with a huge favor and let Kayla borrow one of his spare Pro Line Racing-built MH6 HEMI engines to run in her “Hot Mess Express” ProCharged 2005 Ford Mustang. “His engine has been in the car now for the back half of the season, so Stephen has just as much a part of these wins as anyone else. To be a top dog out there, you have to have Pro Line power.”
With tuner Chase Driskell manning the keyboard controls, Kayla put plenty of laps on her fifth-generation Mustang in testing to get the combination dialed in. “We were getting quicker and knew we had a shot,” shared the woman whose conviction was also rapidly improving. “No one was wanting to draw my name anymore.”
When she’s not on the road racing, Kayla lives out one of her other passions: CrossFit coaching.
The weekend of September 9-10, Kayla rolled into Arizona’s Tucson Dragway ready to rip in the Big Tire Invitational class. She knew her S197 had plenty of potential on tap to be competitive, and she was feeling confident. “Everything just fell into place…it rained a ton on Friday and it was good for us because it made the surface even trickier than it would normally be,” Kayla explained of the racing surface. “I drew Monza and we’ve beat him every time, so that was…
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