Milk Money Racing dragster, owner will be at Krapohl Car Show
You draw attention when you put an image of a cow with sunglasses on the hood of a car.
The strategy works for Mike Sheehan, who races his 1988 Mustang GT stock eliminator drag car in NHRA and National Muscle Car Association events and takes the dragster around as he promotes agriculture.
“It’s been pretty crazy,” Mike said. “We’ve gotten a lot of attention from the Michigan Farm Bureau and the Michigan Farm News, at the races and when we’ve shown the car.”
One of the next stops for Milk Money Racing is the Krapohl Ford & Lincoln Car Show on Sept. 7. The car with a cow in sunglasses will be hard for attendees to miss, but Mike makes it easy to find his spot. He’ll be under a 10×20 shade and near a large cutout of a cow he calls Mustang Moo-lly.
“Kids enjoy having their photo taken with the car or the cow,” Mike said.
Mike works in sales at McConnell Farm Supply in Rosebush, and he says a life working in agriculture has been good to him. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the dairy industry.”
According to U.S Agricultural census numbers, Gratiot County has more than 54,000 cattle and calves and produces $104 million annually in milk sales. Isabella County has more than 29,000 cattle and calves and produces $37 million annually in milk sales. Michigan’s $15.7 billion milk production industry is the sixth largest in the nation.
Car show details
- Date: Thursday, Sept. 7
- Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Music: DJ Dwayne
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