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24TH ANNUAL NHRA LUCAS OIL NATIONALS
BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY – BRAINERD, MINN.
AUGUST 11-14, 2005

Qualified: # 2 (4.501 seconds at 328.62 mph)
Eliminations:
Round 1: McClenathan (8.827/101.87) lost to Mitch King (4.973/240.73)


Loss of traction McClenathan’s downfall at BIR

BRAINERD, Minn. (August 14, 2005) – After a lengthy delay to clean the 
track after an oil down, Cory McClenathan fell victim to tire smoke – 
loss of traction – at the 24th NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals at BIR, Brainerd 
International Raceway in the opening round of eliminations.   

McClenathan, driver of the Carrier Boyz Racing FRAM AirHog Top Fuel 
dragster, sat for approximately 45 minutes in the car before the clean 
up was complete, at which time crew chief Todd Smith made a decision to 
switch from the left lane to the right.  At the green light McClenathan 
immediate went up in smoke and could now only focus on the next race as 
Mitch King moved to the next round.
“Normally, after an oil down, the lane that the Safety Safari works on 
is 100-percent better,” said Smith.  “I, along with a few other crew 
chiefs, visually checked both lanes and we all agreed that the right was 
the better of the two lanes -- thus the change.  If I had it to do over, 
I don’t think I would have done anything different.

“After looking at data, we can’t blame it on anything.  I just made a 
bad call in hindsight but it would have probably done the same thing in 
either lane.  We didn’t make the right call for the track we ran on at 
the time we ran on it.  That was too bad because we had a consistently 
good car throughout qualifying.”

Unofficially, McClenathan leaves the Lucas Oil Nationals No. 9 in the 
POWERade point standings.  He now has 797 points.

NEXT RACE: With another race immediately following, Chip Ellis and G 
Squared Motorsports move straight to Memphis, Tenn., for the NHRA 
O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park, Aug. 19-21.

TELEVISION: ESPN2 HD will air three hours of same-day television 
coverage of eliminations beginning at 7 p.m. this evening (Aug. 14).  
The elimination show repeats on ESPN2 HD early Monday morning, Aug. 15, 
from 2:30 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™ 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.

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