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There’s team ownership in drag racing and then there’s Don Schumacher’s approach.

The veteran team owner carried six nitro teams into battle during the 2010 with all six qualifying for the NHRA’s Countdown to 1 playoff system. Two of those cars finished within striking distance of world championships.

Equally impressive, Schumacher has managed to maintain major sponsorships and create new opportunities for marketing opportunities in the midst of a still challenging economic environment.

Attitude’s CompetitionPlus.com caught up with Schumacher on Thursday afternoon to discuss the latest news with his DSR operation as well as an insight into how he views drag racing.

When former nitro racer Whit Bazemore became an avid cyclist in his spare time, it was a hobby intended to provide rehabilitation for his severely injured legs, not to mention relaxation and fitness away from the grueling grind of the NHRA drag racing tour. Today, his hobby has become his job. At least temporarily.

Bazemore, who flirted with the microphone as a pit reporter on ESPN2’s coverage of Full Throttle Drag Racing, plans to continue his affair with television but this time into cycling.

Bazemore recently completed filming the pilot as the host of the forthcoming series Two Wheels – One Planet, a 30-minute bike show focusing on the cycling lifestyle.

After an extremely successful debut of the new Nitro Jam format in 2010, Feld Motor Sports is pleased to announce an exciting 2011 schedule that includes three new markets and a return to some of the top motorsports facilities in the country.

Highlighting the 2011 schedule is a return to the eighth largest market in the United States as Nitro Jam returns to San Antonio Raceway in the spring. Nitro Jam will also add two more major markets to the schedule in Pittsburgh and Tucson as the Nitro Jam series travels to Pittsburgh Raceway Park and Southwestern International Raceway all during the first half of the 2011 Nitro Jam season.

Todd Tutterow’s duties last year in the Arabian Drag Racing League only included tuning a car.

His first foray into driving in Qatar is quickly off to a fine start.

The 2009 Pro Extreme World Champion in the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) is the leader after two rounds of qualifying on Thursday during Round 1 of the eight-race series in the Arabian Drag Racing League at Qatar Race Club.

In a loaded field, Tutterow took an early lead in Pro Extreme, going 3.74, which comes on the heels of going as quick as 3.68 in what was a productive test session.

As reported early last month by Attitude's CompetitionPlus.com (http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/16040-clanton-confirms-big-money-camaro-coming), outlaw Pro Mod racer Bil Clanton is building a new '69 Camaro.

The University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) and Terry McMillen’s Hoosier Thunder Motorsports announced a unique year-long partnership today that will make
UNOH the Major Associate sponsor on McMillen’s Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season.

The University of Northwestern Ohio is located in Lima Ohio and grants master’s, baccalaureate and associate degrees through their Colleges of Technologies, Business, and Distance Learning. The College of Technologies has a storied racing history with its involvement in ARCA, NASCAR, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the UNOH Perfect Storm 150 contested at the Bristol Motor Speedway and the UNOH Southern Slam 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Now UNOH joins McMillen on the NHRA tour to add drag racing to its list of racing involvement.

Mike Garland blames Paul Rowe, a west coast model builder. Four months from now he’ll still blame him.

Garland, a talented professional drag racing model builder, says it was a model built by Rowe, a 1/16th scale Pro Street/Pro Mod Firebird hybrid which has led him down a new path in his model building career.

His newest project is one of his most challenging endeavors.

Garland is presently working on a scratch-built project with a 1941 Willys resin body from Flash Point Motorsports. Unlike the standard model car kit, there’s no box with molded parts and directions.

Christopher Buck, owner of Top End Miniatures, a leading manufacturer of Pro Modified resin bodies for model cars, sent us a few shots of the incredible 1:16th scale work belonging to Wayne Stevens Jr. and Clay Kemp.