Is IHRA Going Under?

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by Dan Lattimore

Jim-----People don't believe me when I tell them that . When they had those races there you were treated like royalty. Rosining the track like Ronny Sox was booked in. The amount of spectators was unbelievable and knowledgeable about what was going on. I remember Sonny Shipmon paying me in cash fives tens and twenties from a wad that would choke a horse. Said he had a great turnout thanked me for coming and then had a big black dude that barely fit in my truck escort me out. Can't believe it's come to this.

Had many very enjoyable weekends attending IHRA races with Carol and Tom Rix, made many friends along the way. Thanks for the anecdote with Sonny, I can picture him peeling the bills, a very nice guy. In IHRA Div 5 there were always low car counts, for some reason folks seemed to rather spend 3 or 4 days at an NHRA Division race than attend an IHRA event. I forget his last name, but the young IHRA starter Bill always did his best to have the track in excellent shape.