McClenathan bows out to teammate in Atlanta second round

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 8 of 23
30th annual SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS
Atlanta Dragway - Commerce, Ga.
May 14-16, 2010

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MCCLENATHAN BOWS OUT TO TEAMMATE IN ATLANTA SECOND ROUND

COMMERCE, Ga. (May 16, 2010) - No. 4 qualifier Cory McClenathan advanced to
the second round of Top Fuel eliminations at the 30th annual NHRA Southern
Nationals before bowing out to his Don Schumacher Racing teammate Tony
Schumacher in the quarterfinal. He remained in second place in the point
standings.

Driving the FRAM Top Fuel Dragster, McClenathan defeated Shawn Langdon in
the opening round with a 3.897-second elapsed time at 312.93 mph to
Langdon's 4.003/308.71. "Cory Mac" also aced Langdon at the starting lights,
famous for his stellar reaction times against both McClenathan and his
fellow competitors. McClenathan beat him out of the gate with a .065 light
to Langdon's .069 (.000 is perfect).

The three-time Atlanta champion, with lane choice in the quarterfinal over
Schumacher, then struck the tires in that round shortly after hitting the
throttle. Schumacher also lost traction, but recovered first to take the
victory with a 4.258/209.79 to McClenathan's 9.068/72.47.

"To have it just not even go anywhere, was disappointing," said McClenathan.
"I don't know if Todd and Phil (crew chiefs Okuhara and Shuler) found it
yet, but something was wrong somewhere. So, we're going to have to do our
homework. I know the FRAM guys will find it, they're that good, and we'll go
to Topeka next weekend.

"The good thing is our teammate went on, the bad thing is we lost another
early round (lost first round in St. Louis two weeks ago). We have to quit
losing these early rounds. That hurts us points-wise.

"We rebounded for this event and qualified well and the FRAM car has been
going down the track, but something bit us and it's probably a little part
somewhere along the way. We'll find it."

Next up for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is the 22nd annual
NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, Kan., May 21-23.

UNOFFICIAL TOP FUEL POINT STANDINGS, after eight events:
1. Larry Dixon, 767 (winner today)
2. Cory McClenathan, 655
3. Doug Kalitta, 630
4. Tony Schumacher, 620
5. Antron Brown, 528
6. Brandon Bernstein, 446 (runner-up today)
7. Morgan Lucas, 409
8. Shawn Langdon, 391
9. David Grubnic, 306
10. Steve Torrence, 301

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