Joe Amato (dragster driver)
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Joe Amato is an American dragster driver, who won the National Hot Rod Association's Top Fuel championship on five occasions and scored 52 event victories, most of them with crew chief Tim Richards. H
Amato relaxing in his pit area as an owner at the 2001 Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, 2001
Amato after winning the 1979 Gatornationals
Amato dragster doing a burnout at the Mile High Nationals in the Denver
Tony Schumacher (drag racer)
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Anthony Donald Schumacher is an American drag racer who is an eight-time NHRA Champion. He is the son of former Funny Car driver Don Schumacher and was a driver for his father's multi-team organizatio
Joe Amato (dragster driver)
…and West Palm Beach, Florida. Amato has married three times. In 2008, Amato's record of five championships in the Top Fuel division was beaten by Tony Schumacher, who won his sixth championship that year. Amato's corporate office is in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania…
Schumacher at Sonoma Raceway in 2026
1999 dragster
2000 dragster
Tony Schumacher (center, to the right of the U.S. Army soldier) and crew with 2009 Top Fuel championship trophy