| Here's one of those familiar names I remembered as a young man! Whitey Harris is shown here in a couple of his former rides. The Blue and White A24 Sedan has to be one of his most memorable cars! The first organizational meeting of the group that would go on to be called the Interstate Racing Association was at Whitey's house. Anybody remember IRA club meetings at the Tar Foo Club on 59 & Grass Lake Rd south of Antioch?? How about Board meetings in Ray Toft's office at city hall?? |
| Imagine winning a feature with only 3 wheels!! Only back in the day!! I talked with Whitey about this photo. He explained how unforgiving the old inner guard rail was at Wilmot! If you got to close bad things definitely happened. Luckily for the guy's who only used 3 wheels during a race this didn't present a problem!! |
| In 1970 Whitey drove for Freddie Neilsen. 70 would turn out to be one of the most dominated seasons in IRA History!! 4 Track Championships lead to a 1970 IRA Championship for Whitey! |
| Here's a photo from Lake Geneva's Legends night. Fran and Whitey are proudly showing their Photo album and scrap book! Fran recently went through and updated their collection! You may also recognize Jack "At The Track" Biddison and Dan "The Rebel" Kopshe looking on. VMSC Member Bob Surges is looking on as well. Can't tell you what a treat it was for me to finally get an opportunity to chat with Mr. Harris face to face! Icons from the very beginning of the Inter-State Racing Association can be hard to come by. Hard to imagine it all started at the Harris's kitchen table! |
