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as well as Daniel in Radial vs. the World. In No Prep Kings – now known as Speed Promotions Racing – he’ ll help Ellington and Clay Cole.
In the middle of the Drag Illustrated Winter Series presented by J & A Service at Bradenton Motorsports Park, DI sat down with Stroud for a conversation about his recent success and what it takes to excel in various different situations.
You had a huge year last season. What were the highlights and what was the biggest accomplishment for you? Obviously, winning Indy, the U. S.
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Nationals, is always a big one just because in drag racing, that’ s one of the biggest races you can win. Between that and then being able to win three championships in one season was pretty rewarding. And for a while I was in contention for NHRA [ Pro Mod ] with Ken until the end of the season. That was crazy. It definitely creates excitement over there the way they have it set up right now.
You’ ve had success with a number of combinations and classes. How have you developed that well-rounded skillset?
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I’ ve kinda just been open-minded and willing to race in all different formats and different classes and just really trying to push myself to be better. I try to treat each thing different and separate, really just trying to focus on that particular task at that moment.
Is there a particular class or combo that you enjoy the most? It’ s hard to say, mainly because they’ re all so different. I enjoy different things from different ones. Like I enjoy PDRA Pro Boost just for the outlaw format of racing and that rule package. Then the
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NHRA is just so different, so highly competitive, but so limited on a lot of things, including power, so you have a lot less to work with. Your window’ s a lot smaller, so the challenge is pretty hard. Then radial racing is just so different from everything else. No Prep’ s so different from everything else. The differences and the challenges make it exciting for me.
What do you look for in a driver? The biggest thing is somebody that can just... I like to say get comfortable in a car. Once you can get a driver comfortable, I feel like that’ s
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