Don Schumacher Passes. RIP

[DavidKFla]

https://dsrperformance.com/blogs/ne...eaves-lasting-legacy-after-battle-with-cancer

 

[Boris]

RIP

 

[vortecd]

Wow. I guess that was why he sold off most of his teams

 

[jroyk]

RIP

 

[drag racer]

Wow. I guess that was why he sold off most of his teams

I don't think so. My hunch is he wanted to shift gears from the year to year worry of chasing big sponsor $ to keep his house cars out there (especially as he started to get on in years) to more stability of manufacturing things. His empire is still huge and growing. His HQ is one of the most modern machine shops in the world - and rents out shop space that his teams used to occupy to other fuel teams, builds chassis, and manufactures the billet Hemi engines and most parts in them, plus has branched off into doing high end manufacturing for commercial and military customers. Very, very smart businessman, and early driving legend in the sport. RIP, sir.

 

[vortecd]

Alan Johnson Racing



Don Schumacher was a very competitive racer that brought the best out of all of us. He was responsible for bringing record amounts of sponsors into drag racing and always presented a class act to be emulated by all. Whether it was the history we made while winning 5 consecutive championships under the US Army, or the championship battles we had against him throughout the years, Don inspired us to be the best we could be. The drag racing world will miss him.