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.

[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

[Ed Carpenter]

It was 33 Pro Mods sorry.


1 6695 Rick Distefano, Calgary AB, '53 Corvette 6.062 234.13 237.50
2 2813 Scott Cannon, Lyman SC, *'06 GTO 6.074 237.34 237.34
3 671 Glen Kerunsky, Priddis AB, *'57 Bel Air 6.084 233.96 233.96
4 1382 Tommy D'Aprile, Port Charlotte FL, *'63 Corvet 6.084 232.59 234.17
5 38 Dan Rowe, Rossville GA, '63 Corvette 6.106 204.20 222.66
6 5012 Kenny Lang, Grande Pointe MB, *'53 Corvette 6.108 232.39 232.75
7 1986 John Russo, Middleton MA, *'68 Camaro 6.122 231.20 231.20
8 1313 Chip King, Semora NC, *'69 Daytona 6.129 235.80 235.80
9 6 Quain Stott, Columbus NC, *'63 Corvette 6.135 232.55 232.55
10 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Station ON, *'63 Corvette 6.148 233.32 233.32
11 4 Jim Halsey, Street MD, '68 Camaro 6.149 227.46 227.46
12 44 Mike Castellana, Westbury NY, '05 Cavalier 6.153 230.72 230.72
13 2814 Matt Hagan, Christianburg VA, '63 Corvette 6.155 231.08 231.08
14 5 Mike Janis, Lancaster NY, *'06 Cobalt 6.166 232.19 232.39
15 1962 Alan Pittman, Greenville SC, '62 Bel Air 6.184 228.96 228.96
16 8 Burton Auxier, Dixie WV, '53 Corvette 6.195 224.14 224.14

------------ Not Qualified ------------

17 470 Jason Hamstra, Demotte IN, '63 Corvette 6.202 229.12 229.12
18 7 Ed Hoover, Gilbert SC, *'63 Corvette 6.218 230.21 230.21
19 9 Harold Martin, West Bloomfield MI, '06 Grand Am 6.221 223.65 226.20
20 1941 Eddie Ware, Marietta GA, *'67 Camaro 6.239 229.16 229.16
21 1853 Thomas Patterson, Spring TX, *'41 Willys 6.240 228.19 228.19
22 2 Shannon Jenkins, Tuscaloosa AL, '68 Camaro 6.266 226.35 226.35
23 1948 Rick Moore, High Point NC, '03 Grand Am 6.287 225.60 226.20
24 1955 Charles Carpenter, Harrisburg NC, '55 Bel Air 6.309 222.99 222.99
25 1036 Keith Baker, Dothan AL, '63 Corvette 6.333 220.66 220.66
26 1107 Steve Vick, Mocksville NC, '63 Corvette 6.349 223.28 223.28
27 11 Billy Harper, Paducah KY, '00 Viper 6.404 201.82 201.82
28 7992 Doug Ballance, Folsom CA, '53 Corvette 6.708 206.80 206.80
29 12 Steve Bareman, Elma NY, *'06 Stratus 7.058 149.43 149.43
30 1966 Mike Lockwood, Hadley PA, '66 Corvette 8.223 116.66 116.66
31 5083 Cody Barklage, Eldon MO, *'05 GTO 10.486 116.72 116.72
32 7911 Kip Dupuis, Los Gatos CA, *'57 Special DQ
33 10 Dennis Radford, Baker City

[Ted Barnes]

Originally Posted by keith 944

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

x2

[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