Carrier Boyz Racing: McClenathan drops tire smoking duel at Vegas

CARRIER BOYZ RACING
ANDY CARRIER and MARK CARRIER -- OWNERS
NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES

FRAM AIRHOG TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
CORY McCLENATHAN -- DRIVER
WES CERNY - CREW CHIEF

MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz
PHONE: 770-476-8477
E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net

FIFTH ANNUAL NHRA ACDELCO LAS VEGAS NATIONALS
THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY - LAS VEGAS
OCTOBER 20-23, 2005

Qualified: # 8 (4.553 seconds at 324.44 mph)
Eliminations:
Round 1: McClenathan (12.860/76.97) lost to David Grubnic (6.874/286.74)


McClenathan drops tire smoking duel at Vegas

LAS VEGAS (October 23, 2005) - Cory McClenathan, driver of the Carrier 
Boyz Racing FRAM AirHog dragster, dropped a tire smoking duel to David 
Grubnic in the opening round of the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.

Both dragsters left The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway starting line 
together and simultaneously loss traction.  Both drivers tried to pedal 
(get off and back on the throttle) their cars.  McClenathan broke a 
throttle cable in the process while Grubnic recovered enough to reach 
the finish line first.

Grubnic ran a lackluster 6.874-second pass in taking the win light.  
McClenathan coasted to a 12.860.  This now leaves McClenathan only one 
race to garner his first win of the 2005 POWERade Drag Racing Series 
schedule.

"We knew the track conditions were iffy but we were the first pair out 
and didn't have a chance to make a change," said McClenathan.  "I think 
the right calls were made until we realized we were in trouble out 
there.  I tried to pedal it but a throttle cable broke.  We might have 
had a chance had the throttle remained intact but it didn't and that was 
the end of our day."     

Since he began racing a Top Fuel dragster in 1991, McClenathan has only 
gone three seasons without recording at least one win - 1991, 1993, 2001 
(a year he competed in only one event).  The 1991 and 2001 seasons are 
the only years that he didn't advance to at least one final round.  Thus 
far in 2005 he has advanced the FRAM AirHog dragster to one final, 
finishing runner-up to Tony Schumacher at Houston.

TELEVISION: ESPN2 will air three hours of same-day television coverage 
of eliminations of the fifth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals 
beginning at 8 p.m. this evening, Sunday, Oct. 23.  The elimination show 
repeats on ESPN2 early Tuesday morning, Oct. 25, from 3 until 5 a.m.  
Television times are Eastern Time (ET) and subject to change at 
anytime.  Check local listings.

NEXT RACE: The final event on the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 
schedule will take place at Pomona Raceway, on the grounds of the LA 
County Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.  The 41st annual Automobile Club of 
Southern California Finals gets underway with qualifying, Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday, November 3-5, and eliminations on Sunday, November 6.

Headquartered in Danbury, Conn., FRAM®, the official filter of the 
NHRA®, is a unit of Honeywell Consumer Products Group, which 
manufactures and markets the FRAM AirHog^(TM) air filter and other 
quality FRAM automotive filters.  The Honeywell Consumer Products Group 
also includes Prestone® antifreeze/coolant and car care products, 
Autolite® spark plugs and ignition wire sets and Holts® car care 
products. For additional information visit the following websites: FRAM 
at www.fram.com and FRAM AirHog at www.framairhog.com or call 
1-800-862-7737.
    
For 2005, Carrier Boyz Racing and primary marketing partners FRAM and 
Honeywell welcome the support of our associate marketing partners: 
American Racing Wheels, Autolite Spark Plugs, Bendix by Honeywell, 
Fabtech Performance Suspensions, GMC, Mac Tools, Prestone Antifreeze, 
PurePower Lubricants and Torco Racing Fuels/Skull Gear.

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