 David Dollar,
Owner
No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado
HOMETOWN:
Hennessey, Oklahoma
AGE: 40
MARITAL STATUS: Wife; Becky
CHILDREN: Bailey
(8); Bekah (5)
David Dollar,
co-owner of the #46 Acxiom/Computer Associates Chevrolet Silverado, is ready
to reap the benefits of his team’s hard work in 2003 and turn it into a
championship in 2004.
2003 was a season of incredible achievements both on and off the track.
David Dollar saw his up and coming team finish in 2nd place, it's highest
season Championship points finish. With a multi-year contract in place
with Chevrolet Silverado, the Oklahoma-based team moved to the heart of
NASCAR country and a state-of-the-art facility in Statesville, North
Carolina. In 2001, the team made a transition to Chevrolets,
moved into a 17,000 square foot shop in Oklahoma, and brought in veteran
driver – Dennis Setzer.
It was a tough but rewarding year, and David knows the best is yet to come
with his race team. He knows all the pieces are in place for a strong
season.
Primary sponsorship is solid with tech giants Acxiom and Computer
Associates, horsepower will be supplied by Team Amick Engines, and most of
all that behind the wheel of his #46 truck will again be one of the best in
the business – Dennis Setzer.
Dollar began racing go-carts at age six, and was building his own cars by
age 14. His driving duties were short lived, as he decided to pursue college
instead of wins on the racetrack. However, his ambition to be involved in
auto racing remained and he soon found himself back at the track - this time
as a car owner.
Dollar returned to racing in 1986 as an owner in the Limited Late Model
Division where his cars amasses more than 500 feature wins. He continued
involvement with Limited Late Models until 1997 when he entered the
Craftsman Truck Series.
Dollar Motorsports began building and leasing trucks to several drivers in
the series, fielding their own vehicles at selected events.
During the 1998 season, David was led to Rob Morgan via Ford Racing, with
Morgan running eight races for the team that season. The two joined in late
1998 to form Morgan/Dollar Motorsports and have run two full seasons with
Morgan behind the wheel.
1999 and 2000 were learning years for both the young driver and his
Oklahoman-based team. As the team grew, Morgan decided to take an ownership
position beside Dollar and try to build a championship caliber team.
The two decided to hire veteran, Dennis Setzer, and see exactly what the
team’s potential could be. That was just the first change in a season that
included the switch to Chevrolet and a major crew chief change.
The decision paid off as the team reached victory lane for the first time
ever with a win at Memphis Motorsports Park in June. The season was also
highlighted with two poles, eight top-fives, fifteen top-ten finishes. 2002
brought another win, eight top-fives, and fourteen top-fives and the team’s
highest-ever point finish – 6th.
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 Rob Morgan,
Owner
No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado
HOMETOWN:
Little Rock, Arkansas
AGE:
29
MARITAL STATUS: Wife; Vici
CHILDREN: Makenna
Rob Morgan will be relishing his fourth straight season as the co-owner
of the #46 Team Silverado Chevrolet. Morgan, who drove the #46
Craftsman Truck entry for the first three seasons, has taken a more active
role on the business side of the steering wheel with his Morgan-Dollar
Motorsports team.
Morgan was exposed to racing by his father, Charles, before he graduated
high school. Charles, a Mechanical Engineering grad from the University of
Arkansas, became an avid racing enthusiast in his late 30’s and started to
build and race his own cars when Rob was a child. Rob’s interest blossomed
and he soon found himself sharing time as a student at the University of
Arkansas and developing a racing career. He started competing at the
professional levels in road racing in college, but also was able to graduate
with a degree in Marketing in 1996.
Rob was very successful in his road racing endeavors early in his career.
His biggest accomplishment was a class win in the prestigious Rolex 24 at
Daytona, in 1996. He also won at Mosport Park capturing Oldsmobile’s 100th
victory in sportscar racing in 1995, and won there again in 1997, giving
Ferrari their first win at the track since 1964. In addition to his on track
accomplishments, Rob was awarded with the Most Improved Driver in the 1996
GTS-1 Series and Most Improved Driver in the 1997 Exxon World Sportscar
Series.
Morgan moved to California in 1997 and began to concentrate on racing full
time. He entered the Professional Sportscar Series and raced full time
winning one race and finishing fourth in the overall championship. Also in
1997, Morgan made his first start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He
leased several rides and, unhappy with the results, set out to build his own
race team. That’s when Ford manufacturer representatives introduced him to
David Dollar. Dollar had been renting his fledgling race operation out to
various drivers, but was interested in building a full-time team as well.
Morgan-Dollar Motorsports was formed in the later part of the 1998 season as
the team competed in four races before season’s end. Rob Morgan and David
Dollar decided that the relationship was successful and planned to compete
in the entire 1999 season together. Primary sponsorship came from a hometown
company, Little Rock-based Acxiom Corporation.
Rob has enjoyed several momentous achievements as the team continued to grow
and become competitive over the past three seasons including a top-5 finish
at Topeka (1999) and a front row start at the Texas Motor Speedway (2000).
Morgan made one of the most unselfish moves a driver can make after the 2000
season. Rob decided in order for the team to continue to meet its growth
potential, he would vacate the seat for a veteran driver and put his own
driving career on hold. David and Rob wanted to win right away and decided
to find someone capable of putting the #46 team in victory lane immediately.
Dennis Setzer, who had 5 wins under his belt in just two and a half seasons
in the Craftsman Truck Series, came available; and became the obvious man
for the job. Rob and David negotiated a plan to acquire him before the end
of the 2000 season.
Purely a business decision, but many new opportunities were created for
young Morgan both personal and professional. While the move brought the
interest of manufacturer support from Chevrolet, and the ever increasing
potential of the team brought more sponsors, Morgan added things much more
valuable to his personal life.
He married his long-time girlfriend Vici, and decided to start a family.
Vici and Rob married in December 2000 and Makenna Jane Morgan was born to
new family in November of 2001.
The team won their first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event on June 23rd at
The Memphis Motorsports Park. Not only was Morgan present, but his pregnant
wife Vici was able to celebrate in victory lane with Rob and the team. Not
even one month later the team earned their first pole, also with Morgan
present. The team would go on to complete an extremely successful season
with 8 top-5 finishes, 15 top-10 finishes, and would win one more pole.
Now that the family is doing well and the team is continuing to take their
place among the elite in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Morgan plans to
get back behind the wheel. It will be a Chevrolet, however it will be far
from the resemblance of a truck. Morgan will again compete in the Rolex 24
at Daytona and several more races in the Grand American Road Racing Series.
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