Carrier Boyz Racing AirHog Dragster Joins NASCAR Festivities
at Bristol Motor Speedway
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Carrier Boyz Racing FRAM AirHog Dragster Joins NASCAR Festivities at
Bristol Motor Speedway
BRISTOL, Tenn. (March 30, 2005) - In front of the largest sports
audience in the state of Tennessee, the Carrier Boyz FRAM AirHog NHRA
Top Fuel dragster, driven by Cory McClenathan, from Lake Havasu City,
Ariz., will take to the Bristol Motor Speedway half-mile, all-concrete
oval on Sunday, April 3 for the Nextel Cup Food City 500.
Okay, the FRAM AirHog dragster isn't actually going to race but will be
part of the prerace festivities that surround the NASCAR event. The
Carrier Boyz Racing team, which is based in Bristol, Tenn., will give
the 160,000 fans a carnival for their senses when McClenathan starts up
the 7000 horsepower plus dragster and fills the air with both sound and
the smell of nitromethane.
"When Mark and I were growing up here in Bristol we spent a lot of time
with our father at both the drag strip and the circle track and have a
lot of fond memories," said Andy Carrier, who along with his brother
Mark own Carrier Boyz Racing.
"To be able to bring the Carrier Boyz race team and FRAM AirHog dragster
to the Nextel Cup race this weekend is awesome and we appreciate the
opportunity. Our father, Larry Carrier, was instrumental in the
building and early operation of this race track and we are excited that
we can use this venue for Mark and I to continue the motorsport
tradition that the Carrier family has established here in Bristol.
"We hope that a lot of the fans who see us on Sunday will take the time
to return to Bristol Dragway to watch us race when the NHRA O'Reilly
Thunder Valley Nationals unfolds April 29-May 1. There is nothing more
exciting than seeing a Top Fuel dragster blast down the quarter-mile
strip in 4.4 seconds at over 330 mph."
In addition to Sunday's activities, Carrier Boyz Racing, which competes
regularly on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, will have the FRAM
AirHog dragster and team transporter on display during the Busch Series
Sharpie Professional 250 on Saturday.
Fans will also have the opportunity to visit the Promark/FRAM exhibit in
the FRAM AirHog All-American Campgrounds, adjacent to Bristol Motor
Speedway. The exhibit will showcase the FRAM product line and provide
some interactive displays for fans.
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.*
*Carrier Boyz Racing* is owned by Andy and Mark Carrier, sons of
motorsports pioneer Larry Carrier. For 2005, *Carrier Boyz Racing*,
with headquarters and racing shop in Bristol, Tenn., and primary
marketing partners *FRAM and Honeywell* welcome the support of our
associate marketing partners: A*merican Racing Wheels, Autolite Spark
Plugs, Bendix, Fabtech, GMC, Mac Tools, Prestone and PurePower Oil*.
*Visit our website at www.carrierboyzracing.com for the most current
team news, race results and team merchandise.*
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