![]() In the late 90’s and early to mid 00’s we saw people like Dwayne, Erica Ortiz, John Kolivas, Joey Bridge, Dave Hopper, Chris Tuten, Chris Little, Jason Lee, and many other’s go fast on tracks that were prepped for Pro Mods and 28x10.5 cars. In the 90’s there were drivers like Dwayne Gutridge Sr. Here’s a newsflash for you young ones in the sport of drag racing, especially drag radial racing, this style of racing was around long before Donald Long, Tyler Crossnoe, and others made it a movement. The main reason for the “downfall” or lack of interest in radial racing lays with the drivers in these classes! Yes, most of them are close friends of mine, there is no secret there, but the fact is that they are the reason that so much damn glue is even needed! The lack of ability to tune to the track you are given versus expecting to hit a homer every time out is a contributing factor to this mess. ![]() Let’s open the pandora’s box that everyone is too damn afraid to talk about though. The biggest issue that is circulating now is the glue shortage and whether or not we will see a return to some of the glue manufacturing that the radial tires are so used to working with. More and more promoters are starting to shy away from holding radial events for one reason or another. Lately there has been a lot of talk about the future of radial tire racing and whether or not there is a future with that style of racing. ![]() For years now I have heard that the radial scene has one foot in the coffin if you will when it comes to it’s popularity and the want for people to build radial cars…guess what, it’s all bullshit along with smoke and mirrors. ![]()
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