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Originally Posted by badzracing
I think it had A WHOLE LOT more to do with the fact that his dad is multi-millionaire Don Schumacher... It's a nice story and helpful advice, but if you don't win the lottery or have a real friendly uncle ( not to friendly/ touchy/ feely), pro drag racing pro drag racing probably isn't for you...I'd say the odds are similar to becoming a pro football, baseball, basketball...etc player
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I asked him that too, and he said his dad gave him nothing until after three years in a top fuel dragster. He got the ride on his own, and raced for three years before his dad thought about starting a team and offered him the dragster he has now. I'm sure the name helped, but just two minutes talking to him and you can tell he is a very charismatic, well spoken, extremely professional person. He conveys the image that sponsors pay for. He even said it, he spends 4.5 seconds in the dragster per run, maybe a total of 20 seconds in the dragster per weekend, but hours talking with people each day. It's your personality and professionalism that sponsors want.