![]() ![]() ![]() And although said tread patterns have become increasingly minimal in recent years, they’ve still been present. ![]() For that reason, the tires had treads to make them drivable on the street. You see, the early drag radials were designed as road-going tires with some performance characteristics on the track. In fact, you might say they’ve simply been brewed together into one really well-performing tire. – Tom Kundrik Beyond the structural differences, the outward differences between a radial and slick are becoming far less obvious. This, of course, isn’t a bad thing, but caters to certain applications and track conditions.Ī radial is general five to eight numbers quicker and at least one to two miles per hour faster, and so we wanted to take advantage of that. Such flex causes varying ranges of deformity of the contact patch during launch and at speed. This is illustrated in the wrinkling and squatting of the sidewall that helps plant the power to the ground at the hit. Both the tread and the sidewalls share the same ply cord makeup, and as such, this gives drag racing slicks their ability to flex. Most drag racers are familiar with the makeup of a bias ply slick tire, in which the plies are oriented in a criss-cross pattern at 30 to 45-degree angles from bead to bead across the tire. The tire that’s been through its paces to the greatest extent to this point is the new Outlaw 8.5-specific rubber - the 26 x 8.5R15 3052R - and today, we’re going to take a closer look at the tire and how it compares in design and performance to the bias ply 8.5-inch slick with the help of Mickey Thompson’s Tom Kundrik and West Coast Outlaw 8.5 standout Anthony Smith. The ET Drag Radial is one of several new tire lineups from Mickey Thompson, bringing a new dimension of radial tire technology for heads-up and bracket racers. ![]()
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