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Wednesday is usually defined as a
middle point of the treacherous work
week. However, this Wednesday night
was different as some of the stars
of Pro Modified and True 10.5 cars
came to MIR with one goal in mind.
That goal was to be the Last Man
Standing. In a new format created by
MIR promoter Royce Miller, the idea
is to have no qualifying, just pull
into the staging lanes, pairs
determined by a deck of cards and
whomever is the Last Man Standing
takes home all the cash and glory,
while the runners up get a thanks
for coming a hand shake.
With
names such as Ed Burnley, Robert
Patrick, Larry Plummer, Ricky Fox,
Francis Johnson and more looking to
make history, one could only hope
that they would put on a show. In
front of packed grandstands on a
night where all ladies are admitted
free, the drivers did not disappoint
with side by side racing and upsets
all over 1st round. Before second
round, Royce Miller gave the power
to the fans and gave them the
decision as to whether to leave the
scoreboards off, or to turn the
scoreboards on so all can see what
times the drivers were laying down.
The obvious choice by fan reaction
was to turn the scoreboards on, the
action only got more wild, more
crazy. Only fitting of a War on
Wheels.
In the
Pro Mod final, it was former 2 time
MIR Pro Mod Frantic 7 champion Ed
Burnley in his nitrous powered 1967
Chevy Camaro taking on the
supercharged 1963 Corvette of TJ
Dehaven. This final round produced
something very few MIR fans,
officials, even announcers have ever
seen. TJ Dehaven pulled off a
perfect .000 reaction time, but lost
traction midway through the 1/8 mile
run, and Ed Burnley once again took
advantage by putting up the 2nd
3-second run of the night with a
3.963, taking home the $5,000 cash,
the IronTree trophy and the title of
Last Man Standing.
The
True 10.5 cars featured the stars of
MIR’s x275 and Outlaw Drag Radial
classes that run on Friday nights
throughout the season. In the final
round, with $2,500 on the line,
former track champion Francis
Johnson came to the line in his 2000
Firebird taking on Tim Johnson (no
relation) in his 1990 Mustang. This
one was close until about the 330
mark where Tim lost traction and
allowed Francis to power to victory
running a stout 4.634 second pass.
The
gamblers race featured 2 drivers who
have never won a quarter mile race
before. Raymond Williams Jr in his
1995 Camaro took on 2011 MIR Junior
Dragster champion Heather Schneider
in her dragster. As they left the
line Williams had an .008 light to
Schneider’s .006. However the
dragster couldn’t quite run the
number as Williams went dead on with
a 2 and claimed the victory.
Please
join us again for War on Wheels II,
Wednesday night August 1st featuring
again the Last Man Standing Pro Mod
and 10.5 wars, the Fox Hunt with all
ladies admitted free and much more.
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