CORY MAC TO VENTURE OUT
Thu, 2007-08-02 13:20
Veteran Top Fuel professional Cory McClenathan has started his own race team
with help from Don Schumacher Racing. The popular Fram-backed driver has managed
to keep all of his sponsors and will operate a team that will lease all of its
equipment from Schumacher, who fields the Top Fuel dragster of four-time
champion Tony Schumacher and six other professional-level
entries.
McClenathan hopes to keep his current crew, who has been racing for the past several events through Scott Griffin Motorsports. Griffin will stay involved with McClenathan's team through the hospitality program.
"This is something I've wanted to do for some time now and the opportunity presented itself recently and I jumped at the chance," McClenathan said. "When the people at FRAM, Autolite, Prestone, and Bendix, along with JEGS.com, GMC, Mac Tools, Lucas Oil, and Nordic Boats promised their continued support and encouraged me to follow my dream at this point in my career, that's what made my mind up for me. Veteran Top Fuel professional Cory McClenathan has started his own race team with help from Don Schumacher Racing. The popular Fram-backed driver has managed to keep all of his sponsors and will operate a team that will lease all of its equipment from Schumacher, who fields the Top Fuel dragster of four-time champion Tony Schumacher and six other professional-level entries.
McClenathan hopes to keep his current crew, who has been racing for the past several events through Scott Griffin Motorsports. Griffin will stay involved with McClenathan's team through the hospitality program.
"This is something I've wanted to do for some time now and the opportunity presented itself recently and I jumped at the chance," McClenathan said. "When the people at FRAM, Autolite, Prestone, and Bendix, along with JEGS.com, GMC, Mac Tools, Lucas Oil, and Nordic Boats promised their continued support and encouraged me to follow my dream at this point in my career, that's what made my mind up for me.
"In this day and age of multi-million dollar corporate sponsorships and these huge multi-car teams, I can't tell you how special it is that these people and companies believe in me enough to support my efforts."
Scott Woodruff, JEGS Director of Media & Motorsports, summed up the feelings shared by Cory Mac's supporters. "Our relationship with Cory started off as a friendship and then progressed to a business relationship," he said. "We began with in-car cameras in his dragster years ago and have built on that to the point where we have a JEGS.com-themed car once a year. We would like nothing more than for Cory to be successful on and off the track and completely support his new venture."
McClenathan is a 29-time national event winner with four runner-up finishes in the championship points. He's finished in the top 10 after 15 of 16 professional campaigns. He also has four wins in Top Alcohol Dragster.
"We still have an outside shot at making the Countdown to the Championship field so we'll do our best to hit the ground running in Brainerd," McClenathan said. "The main thing is to be up and ready to seriously contend for the championship in 2008. If nothing else, the rest of this year will set the table for a big run in '08."
McClenathan hopes to keep his current crew, who has been racing for the past several events through Scott Griffin Motorsports. Griffin will stay involved with McClenathan's team through the hospitality program.
"This is something I've wanted to do for some time now and the opportunity presented itself recently and I jumped at the chance," McClenathan said. "When the people at FRAM, Autolite, Prestone, and Bendix, along with JEGS.com, GMC, Mac Tools, Lucas Oil, and Nordic Boats promised their continued support and encouraged me to follow my dream at this point in my career, that's what made my mind up for me. Veteran Top Fuel professional Cory McClenathan has started his own race team with help from Don Schumacher Racing. The popular Fram-backed driver has managed to keep all of his sponsors and will operate a team that will lease all of its equipment from Schumacher, who fields the Top Fuel dragster of four-time champion Tony Schumacher and six other professional-level entries.
McClenathan hopes to keep his current crew, who has been racing for the past several events through Scott Griffin Motorsports. Griffin will stay involved with McClenathan's team through the hospitality program.
"This is something I've wanted to do for some time now and the opportunity presented itself recently and I jumped at the chance," McClenathan said. "When the people at FRAM, Autolite, Prestone, and Bendix, along with JEGS.com, GMC, Mac Tools, Lucas Oil, and Nordic Boats promised their continued support and encouraged me to follow my dream at this point in my career, that's what made my mind up for me.
"In this day and age of multi-million dollar corporate sponsorships and these huge multi-car teams, I can't tell you how special it is that these people and companies believe in me enough to support my efforts."
Scott Woodruff, JEGS Director of Media & Motorsports, summed up the feelings shared by Cory Mac's supporters. "Our relationship with Cory started off as a friendship and then progressed to a business relationship," he said. "We began with in-car cameras in his dragster years ago and have built on that to the point where we have a JEGS.com-themed car once a year. We would like nothing more than for Cory to be successful on and off the track and completely support his new venture."
McClenathan is a 29-time national event winner with four runner-up finishes in the championship points. He's finished in the top 10 after 15 of 16 professional campaigns. He also has four wins in Top Alcohol Dragster.
"We still have an outside shot at making the Countdown to the Championship field so we'll do our best to hit the ground running in Brainerd," McClenathan said. "The main thing is to be up and ready to seriously contend for the championship in 2008. If nothing else, the rest of this year will set the table for a big run in '08."
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