Direct hit from Hurricane Ike adversely affects Top Fuel racer Mitch King
For
as long as Mitch King has been drag racing, he’s been bringing his
fellow racers candy, most notably taffy, to the drag races as a
goodwill gesture. That practice has been temporarily halted as King was
one of those displaced by Hurricane Ike.
King, who operates La King’s Confectionary in Galveston, Texas, rode
out the devastating storm in the third floor of his three-story store.
“We got a lot of water,” King said. “We lost everything on the first
floor at the candy factory and everything on the first floor of my
house. There was six feet of ocean water at the candy story and seven
feet at my home. Both buildings are still standing and we are all
okay.”