Walking around the pits at Reynolds one thing became clear. Johnny "K" is counting his cash from BFGoodrich as the first drag radial racer to run 7's in Drag Radial trim.
Kolivas is one the nicest guys you could ever meet, well dressed and very easy to talk to. He's a georgia peach if I may say. But there is a danger in counting your cash or your chickens before it's won.
But why is he so confident?
Apparently as he does every season he has done a significant amount of testing before the start of the NMRA official racing year. Much of that testing was "apparently" done at Silver Dollar Raceway. This same track.
And the word is, Johnny K has gone fast as Reynolds. 7-seconds fast. Fast enough to go 7.80s. And just like Jim Blair did back in 2001 when he ran a 7.80 and shell shocked the Outlaw field, maybe Johnny is going to hammer first the drag radial field with a Blair-like 7.80.