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NHRA podcast: Tony Schumacher
By Kelly Crandall - May 25, 2022, 1:38 PM ET

NHRA podcast: Tony Schumacher

Tony Schumacher is ecstatic to be a full-time NHRA Top Fuel driver again after a few years of only being able to run here and there.

  • Embracing the new challenge of being on a single-car team, working with a new crew chief, and building a team with new guys
  • How it feels to be back
  • Forgetting bad habits in his time away; how hard it was to be left without a ride
  • If doubt crept in as years went by of whether he’d get another full-time ride
  • Depth of the Top Fuel class
  • How the relationship with dad works
  • Being a big guitar player and taking it everywhere
  • Not trusting hotel pillows
  • Growing his own peppers
  • Still being ‘The Sarge’ despite not driving the Army car
Kelly Crandall
Kelly Crandall

Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.

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