MCCLENATHAN SEEKS SECOND CAREER VICTORY AT FRAM-AUTOLITE NATIONALS
If there were one race
that Cory McClenathan would love to win for his team's sponsor it would be this
weekend's 21st annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals, the final stop on the
Western Swing (Denver, Seattle and Sonoma, Calif.) and the 15th of 24 2008 NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series events. The driver of the FRAM Top Fuel dragster
wants to present the winner's trophy to FRAM and earn his second career victory
at Infineon Raceway.
He enters this weekend's
event fifth in the Top Fuel point standings following a quarterfinal effort
last Sunday in
If there were one race
that Cory McClenathan would love to win for his team's sponsor it would be this
weekend's 21st annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals, the final stop on the
Western Swing (Denver, Seattle and Sonoma, Calif.) and the 15th of 24 2008 NHRA
POWERade Drag Racing Series events. The driver of the FRAM Top Fuel dragster
wants to present the winner's trophy to FRAM and earn his second career victory
at Infineon Raceway.
He enters this weekend's
event fifth in the Top Fuel point standings following a quarterfinal effort
last Sunday in
"Infineon Raceway is
a fantastic track," said McClenathan, who won the FRAM-Autolite Nationals
in 1997 and was runner-up in 1993. "It's going to be hot there and that's
right up (crew chief) Mike Green's alley and I think that's going to be good
for us. The FRAM dragster seems to run really well in hot weather and I think
we're going to see some this weekend.
"The folks at
Infineon Raceway treat us great. We're going to a lot of Children's Charities
events this week and making appearances on behalf of FRAM, so it's going to be
a little crazy. We'll arrive Wednesday and go right to work and we'll stay very
busy. But after that we're going to head to Cabo San Lucas down in
