Cory McClenathan will represent Don Schumacher Racing and the NHRA Thursday
evening, May 15, at the 6th annual 2008 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
Muscle Team event at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, which is open to the
public. The driver of the FRAM Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series will lend his support to help provide opportunities for local
children living with neuromuscular disease to interact with some of their
favorite athletes.
Muscle Team® 2008 pairs children with neuromuscular
diseases and celebrity athletes as “buddies” for the evening. In addition to
mingling with athletes in an intimate setting, the evening will include live
entertainment, food and silent and live auctions. Other athletes scheduled to
participate include NASCAR luminaries Matt Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle,
and others.
According to the organizers, this is not a formal, sit-down,
black-tie affair; rather, it is an interactive, casual and fun evening where
guests have access to their favorite professional athletes. Professional
athletes and celebrities will put their muscle behind the fight against
neuromuscular disease. By playing on the same team and shooting for one very
special goal, they are expected to score big and raise funds to help children in
the Greater Charlotte area who are living with a neuromuscular
disease.