IHRA Just Sold

[Mike Keener]

Just got the message that Feld sold IHRA to three individuals. Jason Rittenberry, Michael Dezer, and Joe Lubek, who also own and manage Palm Beach and Memphis International are new owners!

Wonder how this will shake out over the next several seasons?

MK

[Ed Wright]

I just got an email from them. Be interesting.

[Jim Craig]

Originally Posted by Mike Keener

Just got the message that Feld sold IHRA to three individuals. Jason Rittenberry, Michael Dezer, and Joe Lubek, who also own and manage Palm Beach and Memphis International are new owners!

Wonder how this will shake out over the next several seasons?

MK

Not sure it's going to take a couple of seasons.........I've heard that the finals in Memphis were very well attended and they really pulled the facility together in a very short period of time. I believe these guys are serious.............

[Ron Ortiz]

Would be nice if Palm Beach had an IHRA event there this year. Nothing scheduled though. It is a nice facility.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA what about the SSSSA

[cambria]

What would be nice is if they brought back Top Fuel,Pro Mod,Pro stock and some form of heads up sportsmans racing.Those were the days the tracks were packed.Say what you want the tracks were packed and the whole experience was a blast.Plus the IHRA guys and gals were just the nicesest people to work with.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

Would be nice if Palm Beach had an IHRA event there this year. Nothing scheduled though. It is a nice facility.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA what about the SSSSA

Hopefully that will change with this buy out

[Mike Keener]

Paul,

Couldn't agree with you more! The days of the Saturday Night crowd reaction when Top Stock hit the track hasn't been duplicated since.

To bad racers and officials never could get together on a set of rules that the majority would agree upon and be willing to race. There is a set of rules that would work but it wouldn't ever happen with crate motors.

The only thing that could possibly fly would be rules based upon the concept formulated for the original Norwalk race in 2000 as well as the US Class Nationals. It's really to bad the original format wasn't extended for 2001 and beyond because if it were, most likely, it would still exist.

Once GM got involved and forced the crate motors down our throats it was all over but the shouting. Now that the class has been dead for 5 years and the mistakes have all been identified, I believe it would be far easier to put the eliminator back together. Especially since the LT1 and LS1 combinations are much more of a known quantity.

MK

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Mike Keener

Paul,

Couldn't agree with you more! The days of the Saturday Night crowd reaction when Top Stock hit the track hasn't been duplicated since.

To bad racers and officials never could get together on a set of rules that the majority would agree upon and be willing to race. There is a set of rules that would work but it wouldn't ever happen with crate motors.

The only thing that could possibly fly would be rules based upon the concept formulated for the original Norwalk race in 2000 as well as the US Class Nationals. It's really to bad the original format wasn't extended for 2001 and beyond because if it were, most likely, it would still exist.

Once GM got involved and forced the crate motors down our throats it was all over but the shouting. Now that the class has been dead for 5 years and the mistakes have all been identified, I believe it would be far easier to put the eliminator back together. Especially since the LT1 and LS1 combinations are much more of a known quantity.

MK

X's a thousand on that. Gary Penn and the boys ruined in back then. Bring it back the original way we had it set up.

[Ed Carpenter]

One year IHRA had 34 Pro Mods yes I said 34 at San Antonio. Fun as hell to watch and yes there were actual fans in the stands.

[Keith 944]

Originally Posted by cambria

What would be nice is if they brought back Top Fuel,Pro Mod,Pro stock and some form of heads up sportsmans racing.Those were the days the tracks were packed.Say what you want the tracks were packed and the whole experience was a blast.Plus the IHRA guys and gals were just the nicesest people to work with.

My thoughts exactly! lets bring back some real entertainment, racing, and a good, fun show. best of luck to them, they just might bring back some of us disappointed racers