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Tony Schumacher

Team: Don Schumacher Racing
Team Website: www.shoeracing.com
Series: NHRA
Series Website: www.nhra.com
Division: Top Fuel Dragster

The Car:

• 2005 Hadman Chassis
• 300" wheelbase (25 feet from front axle to rear axle centerlines)
• American Racing wheels
• Goodyear tires (replaced every 2 runs)
• Alan Johnson fuel system
• J.T. Stewart pneumatic clutch system
• Strange Engineering 12" aluminum rear end assembly
• Strange Engineering carbon-fiber brake system
• ARP fasteners
• Impact safety equipment and parachutes
• Rolling weight - 2,225 pounds

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The Engine:

• 500-cubic-inch TFX aluminum hemi (8000 horsepower)
• Nitro-methane racing fuel (12 gallons per run)
• Billet steel crankshaft (replaced every 8 runs)
• PSI 14-71 supercharger > Gates Belts & Hose
• Fel-Pro Gaskets > Alan Johnson aluminum hemi heads & manifold
• Venolia forged aluminum pistons
• MSD dual ignition systems
• Childs & Albert aluminum connecting rods

Performance:

• Best quarter-mile elapsed time - 4.437 seconds (NHRA national record - Joliet, IL. -- 10/05)
• Best finish line speed - 337.58 MPH (Brainerd, MN, 8/05)
• 0 to 100 MPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run)
• 0 to 200 MPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run)
• 6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land)
• 6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin 'chutes at 300 MPH

 


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