Veteran Top Fuel driver Cory McClenathan will finally get to try his hand at off road racing Saturday.

Cory Mac, as he is known, is slated to make some test laps in a Pro Lite Series truck at Lake Elsinore (Calif.).

“I can’t wait,” McClenathan said about testing this weekend which will be his inaugural attempt at off road racing.

The truck, which is owned by Dave Winner, a longtime friend of McClenathan’s, was built to compete in the Lucas Oil Regional Off Road Racing Series. Winner owns Fabtech in Chino, Calif.

According to Cory Mac, he is scheduled to compete in his first off road racing event in late May.

McClenathan is competing in a limited NHRA Mello Yello Series schedule in 2015.

Cory Mac is driving two dragsters for owners – Mike Dakin and Dexter Tuttle. McClenathan will run nine races with Dakin and then a handful of other races with Dexter Tuttle starting at Charlotte Sept. 18-20.

McClenathan made his Mello Yello Series season debut with Dakin at the Gatornationals March 12-15 in Gainesville, Fla., but failed to qualify, making a best run of 4.666 seconds at 162.06 mph.

McClenathan said he scheduled to compete at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals May 15-17 in Atlanta with Dakin.

Cory Mac has won 34 career Top Fuel national events, the last coming in Seattle in 2010 when he was behind the wheel for Don Schumacher Racing. McClenathan has finished second in NHRA’s Top Fuel world standings four times in his career – 1992, ’95, ’97-98.
 

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