I'm curious to see what plans and ideas Mike has to help grow IHRA in such a way as to compete with the NHRA. Love it or hate it, the majority of the sponsorship money and interest is over with the NHRA and it's going to take some pretty drastic and aggressive ideas to put a dent in that.
I don't know much, and I'm sure there are folks here who'd be willing to correct me if I misspeak, but I'm pretty certain Jason Miller at MDIR almost single-handedly built the IDBL series - it's huge and it gets bigger at every event. Also, MDIR holds the season ending World Cup Finals (Import vs. Domestic) in early November and it draws a crowd like I've never seen at the Creek. The pits are crowded like the streets of New Orleans during Mardi-Gras - it's insanely popular. Just my $0.02, but Mike may wanna consider spending some time talking to Jason & Royce to get some ideas.