BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Eight-time Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher will showcase a new logo on his 12,000 horsepower Leatherwood Distillery dragster when the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season kicks off this weekend with the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla.
CraftPoint Concepts, an industry leader in commercial casework, joins Joe Maynard’s JCM Racing team as an associate partner to Schumacher, who returns to Gainesville Raceway as a class leader with five wins at the historic facility.
CraftPoint Concepts, which boasts NSF and UL certifications, specializes in the engineering and construction of custom-designed commercial kitchens, waiting rooms, locker rooms and dining spaces, among others.
“Most in the NHRA space know me as a team owner but the reality is, I have my hand in a lot of different businesses outside of racing,” Maynard said. “We opened Shelby’s Trio last March. It was a dream of my late wife, Cathi, to open a restaurant and she could think of no better place to do that than Clarksville. We came up with a concept that we felt would best serve the patrons of our community by providing three distinct dining establishments. The first floor features Joe’s Garage, an American eatery with muscle cars on display in the type of environment where you’d want to take your family.
“The second floor is Trattoria di Cat, an elevated dining Italian restaurant, and the third floor features Skyline 500, the very first rooftop bar in Clarksville. Needless to say, there’s a lot going on at Shelby’s Trio, and we needed to know that our kitchens and bar areas would be outfitted to meet the needs of a bustling, fast-paced environment.
“CraftPoint Concepts drew up the layout of our kitchens, all of which were designed to maximize the efficiency of our back-of-the-house team and flow of the kitchen. The actual caseworking itself was built to withstand moisture and damage from any liquids or grease, and everything has been built out with consideration to the equipment we have. All of this alleviates the likeliness of any sort of failure. Having to replace equipment could cripple a business for weeks or months. I have peace of mind knowing that we were outfitted to avoid that from the get-go. CraftPoint Concepts provides custom millwork on a national scale. I would highly encourage any business owner who requires caseworking in their establishment to look into using CraftPoint.”
Schumacher’s Top Fueler will feature CraftPoint Concepts branding on the rear wing, and when his JCM Racing teammate Ida Zetterström debuts on the NHRA circuit later this summer, her car will also carry the CraftPoint logo.