Don Schumacher Racing
Beckman, Capps top-four in Gatornationals Funny Car qualifying, Brown carries momentum from Phoenix win to No. 4 position
dragster led Don Schumacher Racing on Friday in the opening day of the 45th annual NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville, Fla.Jack was the quickest Funny Car in the first session with a time of 4.108 seconds and settled for the No. 2 provisional position heading to Saturday’s two sessions at 12:45 and 3 p.m. (EDT) heading to Sunday’s championship eliminations.
Tony not judging early season success on won-loss record, eager to arrive at Gatornationals with new test-proven tune-up
BROWNSBURG, IN – Not much rattles Tony Schumacher. His confident demeanor around his U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster has 
been built on seven NHRA world championships, 72 event titles in 125 championship rounds and by owning nearly every record in drag racing’s premier category.
He has learned that championships aren’t determined until after the last of 24 events on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.
You might think that someone so accustomed to winner’s circle interviews and celebrations would be distraught that he’ll arrive at this weekend’s NHRA Gatornationals with his U.S. Army team led by crew chief Mike Green and assistant Neal Strausbaugh ranked eighth in points and a 1-2 record through the first two events of the season.
ANTRON BROWN TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AT MID-FLORIDA TECH ON MARCH 13
ORLANDO, FL – Antron Brown, 2012 NHRA Top Fuel world champion and driver of the Don Schumacher Racing-owned Matco 
Tools dragster, will visit Mid-Florida Tech in Orlando on March 13. Mid-Florida Tech was the winner of the prestigious 2013 Golden School Award.
“I love doing these school visits with Matco Tools and speaking to the students,” Brown said. “I have been in their position before when I was in school in New Jersey. Having the opportunity to give back to these students and speak to them about their future and their career paths is something I enjoy. These students and mechanics are the future and it’s great to meet them. Mid-Florida Tech is a new school for us and it’s always satisfying to meet a new group of students.”
Longtime DSR assistant John Collins promoted to crew chief for Tommy Johnson Jr.’s Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T
BROWNSBURG, IN – Don Schumacher Racing’s Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team will have a distinct Iowa flavor when it arrives at Gainesville, Fla., next week for the NHRA Gatornationals.
John Collins, in his seventh season with DSR and fifth as an assistant crew chief to Rahn Tobler, has been promoted to crew chief for the Make-A-Wish team with driver Tommy Johnson Jr.
“I sold my (auto repair) shop in 2000 to move here for the opportunity to succeed,” Collins said. “And DSR is the organization where you can succeed.”
NHRA champion Antron Brown to visit Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 3
BROWNSBURG, IN – Antron Brown, the 2012 NHRA Top Fuel world champion and driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster 
for Don Schumacher Racing, will visit Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on Monday, March 3.
Brown will speak to students about life choices, setting goals and achieving dreams at 7 p.m. in the Junker Center on the campus of Penn State Behrend. A former student-athlete at Mercer College in New Jersey, Brown also will talk about his NHRA Drag Racing career where he has amassed 42 career wins, including the NHRA’s most recent stop near Phoenix on Feb. 23.
Brown drives Matco Tools dragster into Phoenix winner’s circle to give DSR its 220th NHRA Mello Yello Series event title
event title of the year when he won for the 42nd time in his career and third time in six years near Phoenix.
Antron defeated Brittany Force, who advanced to the final round for the first time ever with a time of 3.755 seconds at 324.20 mph to her 3.793 at 322.40 at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
In Funny Car, Tommy Johnson Jr. and the Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T team advanced the furthest for Don Schumacher Racing’s Funny Car teams when he went to the semifinals. Johnson also was the No. 2 qualifier for the Terry Chandler-sponsored DSR team that promotes awareness for Make-A-Wish America.
DSR Finaly Qualifying Reports from Wild Horse Pass
CHANDLER, AZ – Experimenting with a 10,000-horsepower Funny Car sounds dangerous, but it is exactly what crew chief Rob Flynn did with Jack Beckman’s Valvoline MaxLife Funny Car in the fourth and final qualifying session at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
Beckman, Valvoline team lead DSR Funny Cars near Phoenix, Matco’s Brown moves up to No. 5 after first day of qualifying
CHANDLER, AZ – It wasn’t a banner day for Don Schumacher Racing Friday on the opening day of the 30th annual NHRA national event near Phoenix, but trophies aren’t distributed until after championship eliminations on Sunday.
Jack Beckman and the Valvoline MaxLife Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car led by crew chief Rob Flynn produced DSR’s best Funny Car effort with a second-session effort of 4.055 seconds at 314.09 mph to earn the No. 4 provisional qualifying position heading to Saturday’s last two sessions at 2 and 4:30 p.m.
“That first run was pretty good for us but Rob and the crew showed how much progress they’re making on the last one,” said Jack, who has won three titles at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park (formerly Firebird). “We are working together and growing together as a team.”
Jaock Beckman leads off DSR Pre-Phoenix Report
BROWNSBURG, IN – If the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series decided to add a second national event near Phoenix on its schedule each year, Jack Beckman wouldn’t complain.
Hagan takes DSR’s Mopar Express Dodge to championship round of Winternationals to open season; Massey goes to semifinals
POMONA, CA – Matt Hagan came to close to matching his performance last November at Pomona, Calif., in the Mopar Express Lane/Rocky Boots Dodge Charger but reigning Funny Car champion John Force extracted revenge in the Circle K NHRA Winternationals Sunday to open the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.
In Top Fuel, Spencer Massey led the Don Schumacher Racing dragsters by advancing to the semifinals with the Battery Extender Powered by Schumacher team.
At last year’s season-ending NHRA Finals at Pomona, Hagan defeated Force in the championship round and set an NHRA speed record. Force reversed those results Sunday by beating Hagan and taking the record.
