Thomas Praytor "The Moose"




With an old beat up go-kart given to him by a family friend, Thomas turned his first racing laps at 9. His first few seasons were spent on the red clay of the old J & J Speedway. J & J soon gave way to a state of the art high-banked D shaped paved oval, renamed as Sunny South Raceway. With sponsorship from The Outdoor Channel Thomas turned the first laps at SSR in a 600 Racing Bandolero car. The paint scheme for The Outdoor Channel included a full color moose coming out of the wheel wells.  With a huge moose on the car Thomas was changed to Thomoose and is now simply the Moose.  Over the last few seasons the Moose wheeled his Bandolero and Legend cars across the Southeast picking up 14 feature wins, over 40-heat race wins, a track championship and an Alabama State Title. In 2006 the Moose was named Rookie of the Year at Mobile International Speedway and finished 4th in the Championship Points standing.
The Moose Call is new to Inside Alabama Racing in 2007 but the Moose is no stranger to the media side of the street. At the age of 12 Thomas was shooting second camera on pit road for ARCA Racing This Week. In 2005 Thomas was part of the Outdoor Channel's coverage of the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. In 2006 he interviewed Tony Stewart for WNSP and the Moose was the subject of a feature story in the Mobile Press Register.