Brandon Morrow shared his thoughts on Wayne County Speedway’s suspension of Kyle Moore for the rest of the 2026 season.
Morrow shared in a post to Facebook on Sunday, August 30th that he was involved in a heated battle with Kyle Moore for the second position during the second of two Dirt Super Late Model features at the track. Morrow wrote, “Started 8th with the full field invert. Moved to 5th and got through a first lap wreck. Passed my way to 2nd by lap 3 and stayed there until I was eliminated under caution on lap 15.”
“From laps 6-15 I defended and crossed back over slider attempts from the 1*. Not sure how many . . . 7-10 or so,” he elaborated. “On lap 15 coming out of turn 2 we made contact as I was driving back past inside of a parked slider. It was light contact that damaged nothing on my car. The 1* spun out, drawing the caution. While under yellow he circled behind me and drove up under the LR of the car destroying all the LR suspension, disconnecting the battery, and spinning me around.”
“He then circled back through the infield at an high rate of speed and TBoned the RF, wrecking that suspension, wheel, and tire as well. He then immediately raced back to his pit as fast as possible,” Morrow stated.
On top of detailing the on-track incident, Morrow shared that a police report was filed after his mother, Lisa Morrow, was attacked and thrown to the ground from behind as a consequence of what happened on the track. He shared, “This incident is what fueled the attack on my Mom as the grandstands were emptying into the pits. Because all of that happened under caution, a police report was also filed detailing that incident from start to finish.” Morrow shared that as a result of the attack, his mother “sustained a bad cut on the back of her head requiring 5 stitches, and is being monitored for a concussion,” but a CT came back clean.”
Morrow also shared his disappointment with the track in allowing Moore to return to competition in his Modified after the incident, “I am extremely disappointed that this guy was able to return to the race track to run a feature in a different division after using his car as a weapon on ours, putting spectators in the pits at risk racing back there as fast as possible, and flying through an infield where multiple people have been seriously injured this years. There were multiple failures there.”
Wayne County Speedway announced that it suspended Moore for the incident on September 1st. The track stated, “Wayne County Speedway officials have completed a review of the on-track incident involving Kyle Moore and Brandon Morrow during the racing program on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
“As part of that review, Speedway officials gathered information and spoke with witnesses regarding the incident,” the track added. “Following that review, Wayne County Speedway has suspended Kyle Moore from competition for the remainder of the 2026 racing season. The suspension applies to all divisions and classes of competition at Wayne County Speedway. Moore will also be placed on probation for the entirety of the 2027 racing season.”
Additionally, the track addressed allowing Moore to compete in his Modified after his actions in the Late Model, “We also recognize that Moore was permitted to continue competing in Saturday night’s racing program following the incident. After reviewing the circumstances and information available to us, we believe that was the wrong decision. We take responsibility for that decision. We will learn from it and use this situation to improve how similar incidents are handled moving forward.”
Following the suspension, Moore issued an apology, “I want to apologize to our fans, partners, family, friends, and everyone who supports us for what happened at Wayne County Speedway. I know I’m better than that and I should’ve handled things differently. I’ll own my part, learn from it and do better moving forward.”
Morrow shared his reaction to the suspension on Wednesday, September 2nd. He wrote, “Thank you to Wayne County Speedway management. Because we are still without video of the incident under caution, track management talked with as many people as they could in 48 hours to come to their conclusion. Their efforts are appreciated.”
“We look forward to putting our focus on getting Mom back to 100%, getting the car back together properly, and having the kind of fun we were having at the track until all of this took place!”
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