It\u2019s safe to say that Tony Schumacher is more than ready to get back in the cockpit of his Top Fuel dragster to continue the fight for success this 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing season. This weekend at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Schumacher will be piloting the Okuma Top Fuel Dragster from April 12 to 14, 2024. <\/p>\n
Despite being the most successful driver in NHRA Top Fuel history, Tony Schumacher seeks his first four-wide Wally trophy, having come close with runner-up finishes in previous four-wide events at Charlotte and Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Schumacher enters the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with strong momentum following his Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory in Phoenix and a runner-up finish at the NHRA Winternationals. As part of a new three-race primary partnership with Okuma, Schumacher aims to continue his exceptional performance in Las Vegas, Charlotte, and later in Dallas.<\/p>\n
Schumacher\u2019s friendly rivalry with Justin Ashley adds an intriguing layer to the upcoming races. <\/p>\n
\u201cI love going to a four-wide because even Justin Ashley can\u2019t put me out of those rounds! All I\u2019ve got to do is beat everyone else, which I\u2019ve done all year with the exception of Gainesville, and I\u2019m good,\u201d said Schumacher. \u201cI can finish second to him twice and then win in the finals. But all jokes aside, he\u2019s my Achilles heel lately. He\u2019s a great leaver and we\u2019ve got mutual respect for each other and we\u2019re making our own natural rivalry. No one has to build it, no one has to fake it. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a great, great car. We ran low E.T. and would have beat every car except for Justin\u2019s car on that (Phoenix E1) run. (NHRA announcer) Alan Reinhart says it often, this is a \u2018right place, right time kind of sport,\u2019 and I\u2019ve said that a million times too because that\u2019s just the way it is,\u201d he added. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve been in a situation where my run won, but would\u2019ve lost to everyone else, or my run lost, but would\u2019ve beat everyone else. But, at the end of the day, we have a car that\u2019s fifty times better than what we\u2019ve had the last few years. We\u2019re ready to race. We\u2019re showing up with a car that can perform. My light that round against Justin was third-quickest, it just got whooped by the guy who had the first-quickest. So, we\u2019re not dropping the ball; it\u2019s just we had a team step up to race us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The JCM Racing\/Leatherwood Distillery A\/Fuel Dragster will also be a key contender, piloted by Mike Lewis, VP of JCM Racing. The car, owned by Samsel Racing and previously driven by Joe C. Maynard, promises high performance after its double victories earlier this season in Gainesville, Fla.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published on April 11, 2024. <\/p>\n
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