A Racer's Last Pass

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

On September 29th, 2009 Jerome Miller, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away at age 72. You can read his obituary here. We didn’t know Jerome. Heck, we had never even heard of him until Amy Dayton, at ARS Promotions, sent us word that he was a Milwaukee area racer that had died.

Jerome Miller was a longtime racer at Great Lakes Dragaway, and as his last request said that when his time came he wanted to make one last pass down the famed 1320. It may have been in a Caddy, and it may not have been fast, but we’ve got the video thanks to Amy. So, tip your hats, and watch. This may be one of the slowest passes in history, but it’s totally BangShift approved.

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Posted at 8:42 am in BangShift.com, Brian Lohnes, drag racing

Comments

GTwildfire
Oct 8, 2009 at 7:18 pm

I wanted to be wrapped in primer cord and propped up on 5 lbs of C4… but I think I want to do this instead after I kick the bucket.

BoltZ22
Oct 8, 2009 at 1:25 pm

interesting…

GLD is only like 30 mins away from me.

Robb65
Oct 8, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Dang…can we see that in slow motion!

Now you know that’s not what this guy meant by last pass. I mean they could’ve atleast smoked the tires…..somthin’! He was a drag racer, his last pass should have been 8 sec.

___nes___
Oct 8, 2009 at 10:21 am

Man I would be pissed if that was my last wish and the driver decides to baby the car at 15mph all the way through.