Eric Gullett has spent the last six years building, rebuilding and revamping his 1969 Camaro drag car with intentions of going quick and faster with each rebuild. Eric has raced in many eighth-mile outlaw-style races over the years, and has a brand new combination for 2014. His first event of the year saw great progress on the setup, and the second event of the year resulted in a WIN!
In the drag racing world, "Big Daddy" is a household name. His real name is Don Garlits and he is a drag racing legend. He's been around the sport for many, many years, and he's strapped into some of the fastest dragsters in the world. He is an innovator, a true racer and a downright nice guy, and we were lucky enough for him to stop by and hang out for a while today.
As you may know, Coker Tire has is very own Performance Division, which consists of Phoenix Race Tires, and M&H Racemaster tires. As a race tire company, we are very involved in drag racing with our two Drag Tire Specialists being avid racers in various classes. Eric Gullett races a '69 Camaro on the outlaw circuit, and has recently rebuilt his car to run in the 4.70 index class, while Mike Crutchfield runs Super Stock on the NHRA Sportsman circuit. Mike recently returned from a NHRA event in south Georgia, so take a look at his race report, and you'll see how well our Phoenix tires are working!
"The weather was again less than favorable at the NHRA division 2 Lucas oil series event at South Georgia Motorsports park. Getting over 3 inches of rain and high winds during the weekend almost canceled the event but persistence prevailed and the race was finished. The Phoenix race tires again stole the spotlight in two of the major classes.
