Carrier Boyz Racing: Cory Mac sees red at Reading
Visit our website at www.carrierboyzracing.com CARRIER BOYZ RACING ANDY CARRIER and MARK CARRIER -- OWNERS NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES FRAM AIRHOG TOP FUEL DRAGSTER CORY McCLENATHAN -- DRIVER TODD SMITH - CREW CHIEF 21ST ANNUAL NHRA TOYO TIRES NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY - READING, PENN. SEPTEMBER 15-18, 2005 Qualified: # 6 (4.553 seconds at 319.14 mph) Eliminations: Round 1: McClenathan (4.575/322.65) def. Scott Kalitta (5.176/226.85) Round 2: McClenathan (Red light: 4.570/324.28) lost to Doug Herbert (4.569/319.37) Cory Mac sees red at Reading MOHNTON, Penn. (September 18, 2005) - The color red was something that Cory McClenathan, driver of the Carrier Boyz Racing FRAM AirHog Top Fuel dragster, didn't want to see during eliminations today at the NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, near Reading. In the opening round, the lane of choice was the left lane. McClenathan used that lane to his advantage defeating Scott Kalitta. He stopped the finish line clocks in 4.575 seconds, while Kalitta ran a 5.176. In the quarterfinals, Doug Herbert had lane choice and he chose the left, but it wasn't the lanes that mattered as Cory Mac fouled away his chance at a win when he red-lighted. McClenathan missed a green by only 77 hundredths of a second. "Doug (Herbert) had a performance advantage on us all weekend," said McClenathan. "He ran a 54 (4.54 seconds) first round and we ran a 57. As a result, we knew that we were going to have to push it some. I staged deeper than normal, then pushed it too hard. "The guys did a good job of getting the FRAM AirHog down that right lane. Not too many cars were getting down that lane today. Just a blink of the eye changed a holeshot win into a red light. The driver just messed up. Soon we'll all come together as one and this Carrier Boyz Racing team will start winning races." Unofficially, as McClenathan moves to the next race in Dallas, he remains eighth in the NHRA POWERade Top Fuel point standings with 962 points. NEXT RACE: The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series is in the homestretch with just four races remaining. Cory Mac and the Carrier Boyz Racing team move straight to Dallas for the second of three consecutive weekends of racing. Next up is the 20th annual NHRA O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec, Sept. 22-25. TELEVISION: ESPN2 will air three hours of same-day television coverage of eliminations beginning at 4 p.m. this afternoon (Sunday, Sept. 18). The elimination show repeats on ESPN2 early Friday morning, Sept. 23, from 3 until 5 a.m. Television times are Eastern Time (ET) and subject to change at anytime. Check local listings. 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, Fabtech, GMC, Mac Tools, Prestone, PurePower Lubricants and Torco Race Fuels/Skull Gear.