CONCORD, N.C. — Walk into Bundy Built and you can’t miss it. “Yamaha was the first to build a four-stroke engine,” Mitchell said. So, I got to work with these engineers on this bike.”. So, Mitchell got to work with another set of five engineers on perfecting 250cc and 450cc engines. “I didn’t know anything about midgets,” Mitchell said. “I was taking all the money the business was making and sinking it into this $9,000 midget,” Mitchell said. “I was like, ‘OK, first race, here we go!’” Mitchell said. “We showed up, got our ass whipped, came home and made changes,” Mitchell said. He helped lead the team all year, making sure they got from race to race with two cars.

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