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tgriffith · 04-30-2009, 12:00 AM

Denise and I were stunned to hear this,,,this is so aweful...God broke the mold when he made shirley,,
we had became friends after butting heads in the early 90`s (mine still is sore)

Shirley was a symbol of IHRA, past and present,,,she was helpfull,,kind,,knowledgable sincere ,,,,,and if you got out of line,, she didnt care to brawl either.. she was a fighter........ that was Shirley!!,,, ,,,there never has been anyone as dedicated to drag racing like her and Hank,,,,,,alot dont know this but at one time, she was a heck of a bracket racer too...I know on a couple of occasions, she borrowed a street car of mine and won both races that she entered

I hadnt see her in a few months when we went to farmington,, ,Denise, myself and our new grand daughter hung out with her for a while on friday at the farm...she had grabbed and hugged us and was happy we were going to be able to attend a few races this year,,,

this is truley a sad day

We will certainly mis her......

04-30-2009, 12:00 AM	#52
tgriffith Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 187 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Thoughts and Prayers to the Blankenship Family (loss of Mrs Shirley Blankenship) Denise and I were stunned to hear this,,,this is so aweful...God broke the mold when he made shirley,, we had became friends after butting heads in the early 90`s (mine still is sore) Shirley was a symbol of IHRA, past and present,,,she was helpfull,,kind,,knowledgable sincere ,,,,,and if you got out of line,, she didnt care to brawl either.. she was a fighter........ that was Shirley!!,,, ,,,there never has been anyone as dedicated to drag racing like her and Hank,,,,,,alot dont know this but at one time, she was a heck of a bracket racer too...I know on a couple of occasions, she borrowed a street car of mine and won both races that she entered I hadnt see her in a few months when we went to farmington,, ,Denise, myself and our new grand daughter hung out with her for a while on friday at the farm...she had grabbed and hugged us and was happy we were going to be able to attend a few races this year,,, this is truley a sad day We will certainly mis her......