Congratulations, Pat! We'd love to see you back for a race or two or three...

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Track Announcer - Gimli Dragway, Gimli, Manitoba

I'm happy for Pat to afford to scratch an item off his "list"! He been there, done that! so be safe out there Pat.
Here's a pic from back in the day at Byron, IL. 1977.
Keep'm Lit! RO

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Texas Yankee

Yes, Dakin did run IHRA - here's the final qualifying from Stanton, Mich. August 1, 1998:

STANTON, Mich. - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Top Fuel at the 17th annual CARQUEST Northern Nationals :


Psn-Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type------------------------------ET---Speed

1 3 Shirley Muldowney, Armada MI, Swindahl-KB 4.696 312.50
2 303 Pat Dakin, Dayton OH, McKinney-TFX 4.750 292.71
3 1 Paul Romine, Indianoplis IN, McKinney-TFX 4.794 288.21
4 461 Don Lampus, Garland TX, McKinney-KB 4.829 305.84
5 394 Luigi Novelli, Crete IL, McKinney-TFX 4.840 303.16
6 503 Tommy Johnson Jr, Ottumwa IA, McKinney-KB 4.858 288.52
7 316 Danny Dunn, Hudson NC, Hadman-KB 4.863 286.74
8 300 Jack Ostrander, Waterford MI, Swindahl-TFX 4.984 286.56

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

9 772 Danielle DePorter, Scottsdale AZ, Hadman-KB 5.077 286.38
10 377 David Bieneman, Royal Oak MI, Uyehara-KB 5.142 264.08
11 277 Steve Smith, Princeton NC, McKinney-TFX 6.279 166.35
12 4 Jim Bailey, Mantua OH, Swindahl-KB 7.363 104.69
13 345 Bruce Litton, Indianapolis IN, Agan-TFX 7.575 105.88