My Favorite Pro Mod Memory was from Vegas a few years ago, my buddy and I were both entered in SST, so we had resticted area passes that let us up near the starting line. So we stood in front of the tower, right next to where the cars come underneath, for the night qualifying session.
When Pro-Mod came up, Mike Ashley came around the corner with his driving suit half-up, to watch the first sets go down the track. He was standing about 2 feet from us, when a Corvette made a very out-of shape pass in the lane in front of us...when the car made a hard move to the wall about 100ft out, Mike shifted to half-crouch, and said, "C'mon man, you got this, wrestle it back over there", the driver appeared to correct on Mike's cue, but he overdid it and the Vette made a healthy move towards the center line, blacktracking hard...Mike jumped 2 or 3 steps to the right, like a coach on the sideline, or a golfer trying to coax a ball, and said, "Stay in it, stay in it, you've got it!" The Vette shifted, and never seemed to really get a hold of the track doing a slight shuffle from side to side with Mike yelling encouragement all the way..when it cleared the finish line, Mike leaped in the air with a fist pump, turned around and yelled, "Now that's a REAL Pro-Mod pass, That's what it's all about..no lifting allowed"...then he grabbed his suit, started shrugging the top half on, and said, "Whew, I gotta go get ready to run". When he came around for his shot, I looked at my buddy and said, "Think he'll get out of it?", he smiled and said "Not a Chance!!" as Mike proceeded to use up most of the lane in front us, just like the Vette!!!
You'll see!
