JCM Racing Pre-Race Report: Norwalk

Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Event 10 of 20

Summit Motorsports Park

Norwalk, Ohio

June 28 – 30, 2024

Note:

• Joe C. Maynard returns to the seat of the JCM Racing/Leatherwood Distillery A/Fuel Dragster this weekend in Norwalk. Maynard has competed in various divisional events since last joining the NHRA Mission Foods Series tour in Pomona, Calif., and will be looking to collect his second national event win behind the wheel of the Samsel Racing owned-and-operated-machine.

TONY SCHUMACHER

Driver of the Waltrip Brewing Co./Leatherwood Distillery Top Fuel Dragster

NHRA Norwalk Nationals Event Highlights:

2007 event champion

2023 NHRA Norwalk Nationals Event Recap:

Qualified 12th; First round exit (defeated by Austin Prock in E1)

Last Event (Richmond):

Qualified 13th; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Shawn Reed in E1; defeated by Antron Brown in E2)

2024 Statistics:

Nine races; one national event win, two runner-up finishes, one Mission #2Fast2Tasty win

Career Statistics:

564 races; 87 wins, 88 No. 1 qualifiers

Noteworthy:

Schumacher raced to victory at the inaugural NHRA Norwalk Nationals in 2007

Quotable:

“We’ve had a heck of a run these last three races, going to the finals in Epping, winning Bristol. Virginia was really hot and we’re going to another hot track this weekend, and those are my favorite. They’re brutal, and it’s uncomfortable getting in a car under those conditions, but that’s what I love about them the most. You really have got to cowboy up. We’re headed to America’s race track. I’m looking forward to the fans, the fireworks, and a great show by us racers.”

About JCM Racing:

Established in 2022, the Maynard family’s JCM Racing organization is a multi-car NHRA team founded by Joe Maynard and his late wife Cathi. The executive staff operates out of Clarksville, Tennessee, while the team’s racing headquarters is located in Brownsburg, Indiana. JCM Racing owns nine national event wins to date.

Tony Schumacher, the winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history, drives the organization’s full-time entry in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Piloting JCM Racing’s second Top Fuel dragster is Swedish transplant Ida Zetterström, the 2023 European FIA Top Fuel champion. In 2024, Schumacher will compete for his ninth Top Fuel championship title, while Zetterström will battle for the honors of NHRA’s Rookie of the Year during her inaugural season racing on U.S. soil. Zetterström is scheduled to run a full season campaign alongside Schumacher in 2025.

Also competing under the JCM Racing banner are Joe C. Maynard and Shelby Maynard. The father/son duo made their NHRA debuts in 2024 with Joe C. racing an A/Fuel Dragster in the Top Alcohol Dragster category, while Shelby competes in the Jr. Dragster ranks.

In an effort to support future generations of drag racers, JCM Racing operates a Driver Development program, which currently lends support to Sportsman racers, and one Jr. Drag Racer from each of NHRA’s seven divisions.

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