Despite the greasy conditions and lack of any appreciable prep, Nick guided the car to a series of straight and true laps, as documented by the crew at TheRacingVids. I need a little more seat-time, so what we might do is go to some of the other races they can’t go to and get some testing done in between and I may just run those events anyway, if my schedule at the shop allows it,” French shares.įrench and the Bruder’s tested on Monday at the Maryland International Raceway, where they were greeted with a 140-degree track temperature. “I can jump in and drive the car, but I won’t be able to accumulate points toward Rich’s total. With Nick at the wheel, French confirmed the team will contest each of the events on the schedule that don’t conflict with a major X275 points race. This spring, French updated the exterior of the car, coined “Vixen,” from an R/T to a Hellcat, with a Hellcat hood and SRT graphics in preparation for the coming second season of No Prep Kings. The team then trekked from their home-base in Virginia to Tulsa, Oklahoma at the close of the season, where Rich took a grudge match with series heavy-hitter Larry Larson and advanced to the quarterfinals in eliminations, losing a super-tight race to Martin but providing the trio with plenty of confidence going forward. French and the Bruder’s showed promise right out of the gate, defeating Ryan Martin in a grudge race before minor mechanical woes cut their weekend short in round one of eliminations. While they were unable to wrap up the project in time to make the Tucson filming, they were extended an invitation to the next event at Orangeburg Dragway in South Carolina. I told him we’d try it, and he asked if we could make it to the Tucson, Arizona Street Outlaws: No-Prep Kings race in January,” French explains.įrench and the Bruder’s competed at the World Cup Finals in Maryland on radials and French then tabbed the crew at Carroll’s Rod and Racecraft to do the conversion work. I told him it wasn’t really set up for no-prep we didn’t have any provisions for wheelie bars, it didn’t even have tabs on the rearend for them, but I did have big enough tubs to put the big tires on it. “We debuted the car at the Yellow Bullet Nationals, and afterward decided we were going to make some changes for the winter because James Goad had called me up and asked if I’d be interested in running no-prep with the car.
But just one race in, a phone call from a friend and customer changed the trajectory of French’s racing endeavors. In addition to a state-of-the-art chassis, French had procured a potent Disomma Racing Engines twin-turbo Hemi for power and partnered with X275 superstars Rich and Nick Bruder - Rich to drive, Nick to tune - making for a certifiable player in the radial arena. A year ago, Billet Atomizer Injectors founder Jack French was putting the finishing touches on a sleek 2017 Dodge Challenger for Radial vs The World competition intended to, among other things, serve as an in-house research and development testbed for his company’s injectors.
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