LEGENDS OF MUD – MUD RACING HALL OF FAME: ENNIS
THOMAS
BY DUSTY DEGRAFFENRIED, EDITOR
Ennis Thomas - Grovetown, Georgia - Years
Pro= 28! - Racing since 1981 (and still on the throttle!!!)
First race vehicle: 1980 Chevy Blazer on 38 in mud grip tires and a 500 cid bowtie engine.
Current vehicle: Rear engine, tube framed, blown mud dragster. Favorite racers to race against: Mark Lee, Gene Cutchens. Organizations raced for: NMRO,PROBADD, and several other events and groups.
Ennis has held numerous record times and won many class championships in his storied career in mud racing. A successful career spanning 28 years, Ennis has seen and done it all. When he is not repairing autos at his business, Thomas Auto Repair, in Grovetown, Ga, Ennis is busy getting his race car ready to go to the races. He boasts of his 200 foot record with a time of 2.32 which stood from 1993 to around 2006. He set that record in Dresser, IL and all with a brand new unproven car. He loved going to the big race in Phoenix City, AL. which had a prize of $5000 to win. TO WIN!!, Ennis was the first to win that big payday and repeated this feat 5 out of 10 times this race was held. Ennis remembers the heyday of mud racing when the pits were muddy and they were all over television and enjoyed numerous races with big time sponsors kicking in some big time paydays. The sport has changed a lot since then, the racers are spending big bucks and racing for less money with less television exposure. The road to the many successes Ennis has accomplished wasn’t without its bumps too. In 1991 Ennis had a terrible crash, destroying his car and nearly ending his racing career. In fact he did walk away from mud racing as a result of this accident. But as all of us mud addicts know, mud gets in your blood, so in 1999 Ennis and his wife hit the road and returned to pro mud racing as a driver again winning 30 out of 34 events that year. What an accomplishment!. Ennis hopes that even with a poor economy, he will be able to hit the road and chase another championship to add to his list in 2009 and enters his 28th year of racing. With 28 years experience, Id say Ennis knows a thing or two about mud racing, and what it takes to be a winner and a hall of famer. Thanks Ennis for all your years of great racing! We welcome Ennis Thomas to the Mud Racing Hall of Fame.
Banner Names:War Wagon, War Wagon II, Heartbeat of America I, Heartbeat of America II, Murphy’s Law and Mad Max.
First race vehicle: 1980 Chevy Blazer on 38 in mud grip tires and a 500 cid bowtie engine.
Current vehicle: Rear engine, tube framed, blown mud dragster. Favorite racers to race against: Mark Lee, Gene Cutchens. Organizations raced for: NMRO,PROBADD, and several other events and groups.
Ennis has held numerous record times and won many class championships in his storied career in mud racing. A successful career spanning 28 years, Ennis has seen and done it all. When he is not repairing autos at his business, Thomas Auto Repair, in Grovetown, Ga, Ennis is busy getting his race car ready to go to the races. He boasts of his 200 foot record with a time of 2.32 which stood from 1993 to around 2006. He set that record in Dresser, IL and all with a brand new unproven car. He loved going to the big race in Phoenix City, AL. which had a prize of $5000 to win. TO WIN!!, Ennis was the first to win that big payday and repeated this feat 5 out of 10 times this race was held. Ennis remembers the heyday of mud racing when the pits were muddy and they were all over television and enjoyed numerous races with big time sponsors kicking in some big time paydays. The sport has changed a lot since then, the racers are spending big bucks and racing for less money with less television exposure. The road to the many successes Ennis has accomplished wasn’t without its bumps too. In 1991 Ennis had a terrible crash, destroying his car and nearly ending his racing career. In fact he did walk away from mud racing as a result of this accident. But as all of us mud addicts know, mud gets in your blood, so in 1999 Ennis and his wife hit the road and returned to pro mud racing as a driver again winning 30 out of 34 events that year. What an accomplishment!. Ennis hopes that even with a poor economy, he will be able to hit the road and chase another championship to add to his list in 2009 and enters his 28th year of racing. With 28 years experience, Id say Ennis knows a thing or two about mud racing, and what it takes to be a winner and a hall of famer. Thanks Ennis for all your years of great racing! We welcome Ennis Thomas to the Mud Racing Hall of Fame.
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