Tommy Gray Conquers MDIR’s War on Wheels II Event

Has Won Two of the Last Three Mid-Week Pro Mod Features

MECHANICSVILLE, MD – On a hot and humid night at Maryland International Raceway ™ (MDIR), Baltimore, Maryland based Tommy Gray and his ’05 Supercharged Corvette once again took to the Winners Circle as the “Last Man Standing”, topping a strong field of eight pro mods at the track’s War on Wheels II mid-week feature.The event features a “unique”, no qualifying or ladders format where racers draw from a deck of cards for their pairing and lane assignments for eliminations following an earlier shakedown pass.

The initial 6 p.m. shakedown session provided an early casualty with Danny Sauro of Gwynn Oak, Maryland and his new nitrous ’68 Camaro not being able to make the first-round call at 7:30 p.m. As a result, Tommy Gray was the recipient of a first-round bye having drawn the lucky card from the deck. Gray didn’t rest on his laurels however, laying down a 4.003 ET at 190.14 MPH serving notice to the rest of the field. In other round-one action, Andy Jensen of Nescopeck, Pennsylvania topped Rob Hunnicutt of Hughesville, Maryland, Carl Stevens of North Herledon, New Jersey grabbed a win over Casey Stemper who was unable to fire his ’63 supercharged Corvette at the line and Ed Burnley of Pasadena, Maryland got past Tim Essick of Port Tobacco, Maryland to move on to semi-final competition.

In the semi-final round, Tommy Gray received his second gift of the evening as Ed Burnley grabbed a red-light giving Gray the automatic win to the finals, Again, Gray didn’t sleep on the free pass as he put down a 3.963 ET at 190.40 MPH as he moved on to the finals. Andy Jensen’s ’68 turbo-charged Camaro got past Steven’s ’14 turbo-charged Camaro using a 4.114 ET to meet up with Gray in the finals and a chance to claim the “Last Man Standing” crown.

In the event final, Gray used an event best 3.931 ET at 191.73 MPH effort to best Jensen’s 4.068 ET to claim the “Last Man Standing” hardware and purse.

“Thank you to all the racers and fans for coming out for our Wednesday War on Wheels program. We are proud of this signature series and pleased with the large turnout on all fronts,” said MDIR Director of Marketing and Public Relations Rick Lindner. “We look forward to hosting this series again on August 10 and we will continue to build on the current success into future seasons. Thank you everyone for your amazing support of MDIR!”

For more information on the event, please visit www.RaceMDIR.com.