Brian Corradi joins Don Schumacher Racing as crew chief on Matco Tools Dodge Funny Car

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
    
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BRIAN CORRADI JOINS DON SCHUMACHER RACING AS CREW CHIEF ON MATCO TOOLS DODGE
FUNNY CAR
    
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 15, 2005) - Don Schumacher today confirmed that Brian
Corradi will be the crew chief on the Matco Tools Iron Eagle Dodge Stratus
Funny Car for the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
    
"The 2005 season was a tough one for the Matco Tools Dodge Funny Car team,"
said Schumacher. "Changing crew chiefs mid-season was not an easy decision
to make. I am happy to bring on board Brian Corradi at the beginning of a
new season so that he may work closely early on with the other crew chiefs
on my championship-winning team and come into 2006 well prepared to contend
for another title for DSR.
    
"I have the utmost confidence in Brian's ability to take on this task and
know that he will be an outstanding addition to the team."
    
Corradi, 38, became crew chief for Don and Dean Skuza in 2003 after joining
that operation in 1996. He was assistant crew chief from 2001 until 2003.
Corradi also worked on Frank Pedregon's Funny Car team for 10 races this
year.
    
"It will be different," he said of his new position with Don Schumacher
Racing, where he will work in cooperation with Todd Okuhara. "I'm used to
working with a close-knit family racing team, with the Skuzas. The most
people we had in the crew was six guys. I feel this is a challenge I need to
take."
        
Corradi was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in Macedonia, Ohio, and
currently lives in Broadview Heights, Ohio, with wife Jackie and sons Nick,
17, and Sean, 15.
    
He will commute between the Brownsburg, Ind., DSR shop and his Ohio home.
    
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