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in mind , it wasn ’ t rocket science to see that drag radial racing was where his team needed to focus .
“ For radial to keep going , to where it ’ s at currently and to keep going strong for what … eight years ? It ’ s amazing . And it just keeps growing ,” Kundrik said . “ It ’ s absolutely amazing . Just to see all these guys that were anti-radial and to see what Donald has done with this deal and see where it ’ s gone – again , it ’ s amazing . To have 400 radial cars at the same property , it ’ s just amazing to see what it ’ s blown up to today .”
Kundrik now sells drag radial tires to countries
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lowed it and it ’ s that much better . It ’ s going to carry us into the future ,” Kundrik said . “ You know , we have a 33x10.5x16W coming . It ’ s kind of a blip on the radar now and we ’ re getting ready to start testing that , trying to give the Outlaw 10.5 guys a boost because if we leave them alone I think they ’ ll be a 3.95-4.00 car for the next 10 years .
“ I ’ m a huge believer in the notion that competition makes the world go around . You have to have someone out there pushing you to be better , someone setting the benchmark . I would like to think we ’ re the benchmark . We ’ re the best . Come
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that next tire . We make little tires very , very well . Now , we ’ ve got to learn how to make big tires really , really well , and do it in a radial . You go to that next step and maybe someday you ’ ll see a Pro Mod with a big radial on it . If that day comes then we ’ ve succeeded because you can only go up . Nobody wants to go down . They just want to go faster and if you can give somebody a tenth and two miles an hour , it ’ s going to be huge – especially if you do it just by bolting a tire on . I see the market going that way , I really do . It ’ s just a matter of time .” DI |
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