People joked about Mice's complexion (acne problem as a teenager) as being a typical fighter pilot having trouble learning to eat with a fork.
In about 1979 at Willytown, Paul Halstead, an entrepreneur with a Lamborghini Countach, organised a drag race against a Mirage, a standing start over a quarter mile.
The knucks knew that the Lambo had a definite power-to-weight advantage, so they checked out the Mirage fleet and found the lightest airframe available, put the minimum amount of fuel into it, and looked for the scrawniest little pilot on the base - you guessed it. Mice.
Paul thought that this was cheating a bit, so to counteract their efforts, he took the loose change out of his pockets, and had a pee.
So there they are on the runway, the Lambo revving up and sounding superb, then Mice rolled the Miracle up to full dry power - he couldn't light the burner with the brakes on, as it would roll the tyres off the rims.
The flag drops, and the Lambo is off like a raped ape. Mice releases the brakes, lights the burner, waits for the light to come on, then pushes up to full noise. He passes the Lambo just at the 1/4 mile marker, and continues on to take off - but he is on minimum fuel, so it was an abbreviated circuit to come back to the accolades and lemonades from his fellow knuckleheads.
A year or so later, Ken Warby wanted to race his jet car against the Mirage - this time they wouldn't let the two on the runway together, so they just raced against the clock. Just as well, the jet car pantsed the Mirage easily.