Carrier Boyz Racing: Heat, Humidity and Grubnic turn back McClenathan

CARRIER BOYZ RACING FRAM AIRHOG TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
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NINTH ANNUAL NHRA SEARS CRAFTSMAN NATIONALS
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY - MADISON, ILL.
JUNE 24-26, 2005

Qualified: #10 (4.694 seconds at 322.73)
Eliminations:
Round 1: McClenathan (9.754/63.84) lost to David Grubnic (6.361/286.92)

Heat, Humidity and Grubnic turn back McClenathan

MADISON, Ill. (June 26, 2005) - Qualifying his Carrier Boyz Racing FRAM 
AirHog Top Fuel dragster in the No. 10 position, Cory McClenathan, from 
Lake Havasu City, Ariz., dropped a tire smoking battle with David 
Grubnic during the opening round of eliminations at the NHRA Sears 
Craftsman Nationals.

Fighting heat, humidity and a tricky Gateway International Raceway 
quarter-mile, McClenathan gained a good advantage at the green but lost 
traction just off the starting line.  Immediately thereafter, Grubnic 
also lost traction.  Both drivers pedaled their tire smoking dragster 
with Grubnic hooking up first.  Meanwhile, McClenathan's dragster 
suffered a mechanical problem.  At the finish line, Grubnic turned on 
the win light in 6.361 seconds, while Cory trailed with a 9.754-second 
elapsed time.

"We've let everybody down here lately," said McClenathan.  "We've let 
our sponsors, owners and fans down.  This team is so much better than 
this.  We cannot get out of first round and when we do it's a pedaling 
contest.  

"This time we broke a fuel line and it (the fuel) got inside the cockpit 
with me.  Fuel got in my helmet and then it got in my eyes.  By then I 
think he was way ahead, so it didn't matter anyway. The Safety Safari 
was awesome.  They were right there, got the eyewash out and got me 
cleaned up and on my way.

"We're just better than this.  We're going to have to make some 
changes.  I'm not sure what we going to do yet.  We're going to have to 
find a way to run this FRAM AirHog dragster on hot tracks and we just do 
have that right now.

"On a personal note, a couple of things.  My father-in-law Larry 
Anderson lost his mother this morning.  She had been sick for sometime.  
So my heart goes out to him and the rest of the Anderson family.  I know 
it's a tough thing to deal with.

"Secondly, we've had our last race with Billy Rice on the team.  He's 
going to go on and do some different things.  He was an awesome addition 
to the team and did a great job for us.  I want to thank Billy for all 
he's done for this team."   

Unofficially, McClenathan now has 580 points and is No. 9 in the NHRA 
POWERade Top Fuel point standings,

NEXT RACE: After six races in seven weeks the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing 
Series takes some time off.  Next up on the schedule is the Mopar 
Mile-High Nationals, July 15-17, at Bandimere Speedway, near Denver

TELEVISION: ESPN2 will air same-day television coverage of eliminations 
from 9 p.m. until 12 midnight this evening (Sunday , June 26).  The 
elimination show encores on the "Deuce" early Tuesday morning, June 28, 
from 3 until 4:30 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 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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