Trying to win a championship yet prepare for the inevitable dogs on Tony Schumacher …
Tony Schumacher spent much of his time during the NHRA U.S. Nationals
weekend fielding questions about the impending departure of crew chief
Alan Johnson.
Johnson announced on Saturday in Indianapolis that he intends to leave
the U.S. Army team in pursuit of a new role as team owner with backing
from Al-Anabi Motorsports.
Six races are left in the 2008 season and for now, that’s Schumacher’s focus.
“I’ve said it a million times I said it before this weekend, I wake
up in the morning and I believe in God and I have a beautiful family,
and that’s what my focus is 99 percent of the time,” Schumacher said.
"Alan leaving a race team is not going to make me any less of a father
or a husband. I’ll still come home and enjoy life.”