Thomas “Moose” Praytor

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 Sunny South Raceway (SSR). With sponsorship from The Outdoor Channel Thomas turned some of 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.  In 3 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 US Army Rookie of the Year at Mobile International Speedway in the Super Stock division. He backed that up with the Rookie of the Year title at 5 Flags Speedway and runner up in the Championship points standings at Mobile & Pensacola. In 2008 the Moose made the progression to the Pro-Late Model class and was named the US Army Rookie of the Year in that division. The Moose followed that up by finishing 5^th in the Championship standings in 2009.

While not at the track, Thomas was hitting folks on the gridiron. The Moose was part of 2 championship teams including an Alabama State title in 2007.

The Moose has been involved in the media side of racing from the young age of 12, 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 he has been the subject of a front page feature story in the Mobile Press Register.  The Moose Call, Thomas’s wrap up of the weekends racing action is now a regular part of Fausak Tires Inside Alabama Racing on WNSP.