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DSR announces multimillion dollar expansion at headquarters near Indianapolis beginning with four new Okuma CNC machines

BROWNSBURG, IN – Don Schumacher Racing opened a shop in 1998 in Indianapolis big enough for a one-car team DSRfor Tony Schumacher who drove it to the 1999 NHRA world championship.

Today, team owner Don Schumacher announced plans for major improvements to the 120,000-square-foot headquarters he built in 2005 that’s DSR’s seven NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car teams.

The location in Brownsburg about 10 miles west of downtown Indy, unveiled the first phase of expansion plans that has begun with an addition to its Machine Shop for four state-of-the-art CNC (Computerized Numerical Control machining) units including an Okuma MA-60HB II that is capable of machining six engine blocks out of billet aluminum blocks in a continuous run. DSR currently has 12 CNC machines.

DSR (1681 E. Northfield Driver in Brownsburg) currently has 125 full-time, year-round employees including those on its seven race teams, fabrication and machine shops, hospitality, merchandising, graphic design, marketing, public relations and management.

When DSR heads to 24 Mello Yello events across the country, its convoy includes a convoy of at least 19 18-wheelers, seven SUVS and a traveling staff of nearly 100.

“Don Schumacher Motorsports builds nearly 400 parts for professional drag racing teams and we will grow that number with our new machine shop and are exploring expanding that business into other high technology industries,” said Schumacher, a hall-of-fame drag racing team owner and driver who won the NHRA U.S. Nationals Funny Car title in 1970.

“We have the best machinists in not only racing but in the industry, and our success on the track certainly has proven that,” he said Friday before the announcement during the 10th annual DSR Open House to benefit the Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. DSR has raised more than $300,000 for Riley Kids.

DSR will start today’s four-day 61st annual NHRA U.S. Nationals ranked 1-2 in Top Fuel and 1-2-3 in Funny Car. Through the first 17 races of the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, DSR has won 13 Funny Car titles with its four 2015 Dodge Charger R/Ts and eight Top Fuel titles along with resetting the four NHRA world records within the past month in the premier Mello Yello categories.

DSR is working with tooling and technology partner Sandvik Coromant – the global leader in supplying cutting tools, tooling solutions and know-how to the metalworking industry – on the upgraded machine shot project. DSR machinists rely on Sandvik and this weekend DSR’s Top Fuel dragster driven by Khalid alBalooshi will carry the red and yellow colors of Sandvik Coromant (sandvik.coromant.com).

DSR has a total of 13 world championships – including eight by Tony Schumacher in the U.S. Army dragster that began in 1999 with his first – and a record 261 NHRA event titles.

While the machine shop expansion has begun, Schumacher plans major changes to its existing structure at the east end of the building.

“We want to be able to further expand our operation if the opportunity arises,” said Schumacher, who stated in March that he would like to add a fourth Top Fuel dragster team.

“I’ve always said the harder you work the luckier you get and at DSR all my wonderful staff believe in making their own luck.”

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