Tony Schumacher blazes to victory at Bristol on Sunday. Video courtesy NHRA.
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00:00That is the story for both of these drivers now.
00:02They come in having run within 5,000ths of each other in the semis.
00:10Tony Schumacher has a massive starting line advantage, and he won 4.23.6, a tire-smoking
00:15final.
00:16Schumacher leaves with an 80 light.
00:18Something happened to Doug Coletta, and for the first time since Seattle of 2022 and the
00:2287th time in his career, Schumacher's a winner again.
00:28And Tony Schumacher just said these are heavier than I remember, and it was a gauntlet of
00:32a battle between you and Doug Coletta and yourself.
00:35Tony, when you look at the parity that's in the top fuel class right now, the competition
00:41right now, some of the hardest you've seen in your career.
00:44Best I've ever seen.
00:45You know, and every now and then I'll say that and I'll post something, and a whole
00:48slew of fans will be like, oh, man, back in the 60s, there were 200 cars that would show
00:51up like this.
00:52Okay.
00:53But there was Big Daddy, Shirley, and then a bunch of cars, right?
00:56And now there's like 10.
00:57You don't know who's going to win.
00:5912 cars.
01:00Look, we were 12th.
01:0112th and 14th in the final round there.
01:02So epic.
01:03You know, the fans, like I say, each round, the fans are the ones winning.
01:06But for Leatherwood Distillery, Michael Walter brewing right here in our backyard, Joe from
01:11Texas dot com.
01:12We love you guys.
01:13Rack Financial.
01:14All the people that support me.
01:15We can get our butts kicked.
01:16But I always tell my wife, I say, we're one run away from having that car that can go
01:20out and win.
01:21And we're there now.
01:22Obviously, we just won this race.
01:23That was an ugly one.
01:24But I hit the gas.
01:25I think he might have double stepped it.
01:26I heard a lot of noise.
01:27I thought, am I that late?
01:28It was a long tree.
01:29But that is just such a great thing.
01:31That's a Coletta, man.
01:32That's a champion now.
01:33We're all proud to call him that.
01:34But love you guys.
01:35NHRA Bristol.
01:36Seventh win, baby.
01:37Peace.