We had 21 teams show up for Door Wars Race #2. The weather was crazy and the racing was hot!! Ralph Hardesty's beautiful BBC Procharged '67 Nova was the #1 Qualifier with a super impressive run of 4.15 @ 175mph followed by Dustin Cotton's 4.170 and Bud Buck's 4.171.

In the B field, Scott Vants' BBC Nitrous '68 Camaro was #1 with 4.45 @ 159mph followed by Harry Troxler's 4.47 and Wayne Gopshes 4.49.

1st Round A Field

Ralph Hardesty 4.26 @ 171mph over Erik Vandrew 9.04 @ 80mph

Dale Arnold 4.21 @ 167mph over Paul Satterfield 4.17 @ 173mph (hole shot)

Dustin Cotton 4.129 @ 185mph over Jake Schroeder 4.35 @165mph

Bud Buck 4.120 @ 178mph over Steve Willingham 4.21 @ 167mph

2nd Round A Field

Ralph Hardesty over Dale Arnold

Dustin Cotton over Bud Buck

Final

Dustin Cotton 4.10 @ 188mph* over Ralph Hardesty 4.22 @ 172mph (* New Warrior MPH Record)

Congratulations to Dustin Cotton and Ralph Hardesty

1st Round B Field

Wes Mclain 5.31 @ 145mph over Scott Vants 9.33 @ 45mph

Jorge Fretts 4.50 @ 156mph over Dave Cappolino 4.68 @ 150mph

Jimmy Posey 4.91 @ 160mph over Harry Troxler 33.38 @ 71mph

Butch Merson 4.49 @ 163mph over Stephen Norris NT (left before tree activated)

2nd Round B Field

Jorge Fretts 4.53 @ 155mph over Wes Mclain 4.89 @ 143mph

Jimmy Posey 4.87 @ 145mph over Butch Merson 5.00 @ 159mph

Final

Jorge Fretts 4.49 @ 155mph over Jimmy Posey 6.50 @ 130mph

Congratulations to Jorge Fretts (Topless Terror) on your win!

I would like to thank The Birthday Girl Diana Mack for helping me keep my sanity! Also a huge thank you to my daughter Kristen Hershey, Ralph Eaton, Tom Brown Sr, Tom Brown Jr, and Laura Washington for all your support for this race. I really appreciate it.

I would like to thank Royce Miller, Adam Graham, and the entire MIR staff for giving us a record-setting track Friday & Saturday. Your dedication to the track is highly appreciated by the Warriors Outlaw Drag Race Team.

We would also like to thank Jay Warren of NC Promoder for his live feed of the Warriors. It was awesome.

That is a wrap and our next race is Wednesday, June 4th for War On Wheels at MIR. This race will be a Chip Draw for Eliminations.