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Entire DSR Team Makes Major Commitment To Concussion Research
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Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) recently made history when all seven drivers of the winningest NHRA Drag Racing team, along with team patriarch and racing legend, Don Schumacher, pledged to donate their brains to the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF).
A total of 3,500 former and current athletes and veterans have pledged their brains for research since 2008, but DSR’s public declaration at Bandimere Speedway on July 20, during the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals marked the first time an entire team has committed.
Schumacher and his cadre of drivers, who experience intense vibrations, extreme g-forces and high-speed explosions behind the wheel of their 330-mile-per-hour, 11,000-horsepower nitromethane-burning race cars, will begin a comprehensive brain monitoring process for an in-depth brain profile.
The signing event was part of CLF Project Enlist, a program launched this week by CLF and DSR partner, Infinite Hero Foundation (IHF), to accelerate research on traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military veterans. IHF is a non-profit organization that combats the most difficult front-line issues—mental and physical—facing returning military heroes and their families.
After hearing of his pledge, each of Schumacher’s seven drivers—Jack Beckman, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Matt Hagan, Tommy Johnson Jr., Leah Pritchett and Tony Schumacher—followed suit, making the promise to donate their brains for the advancement of research on the effects of brain trauma in athletes and military veterans.
Schumacher hopes that his team’s public proclamation will help to remove the stigma associated with traumatic brain injuries and inspire others to step forward and make the commitment to pledge their brains to science.
A total of 3,500 former and current athletes and veterans have pledged their brains for research since 2008, but DSR’s public declaration at Bandimere Speedway on July 20, during the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals marked the first time an entire team has committed.
Schumacher and his cadre of drivers, who experience intense vibrations, extreme g-forces and high-speed explosions behind the wheel of their 330-mile-per-hour, 11,000-horsepower nitromethane-burning race cars, will begin a comprehensive brain monitoring process for an in-depth brain profile.
The signing event was part of CLF Project Enlist, a program launched this week by CLF and DSR partner, Infinite Hero Foundation (IHF), to accelerate research on traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military veterans. IHF is a non-profit organization that combats the most difficult front-line issues—mental and physical—facing returning military heroes and their families.
After hearing of his pledge, each of Schumacher’s seven drivers—Jack Beckman, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Matt Hagan, Tommy Johnson Jr., Leah Pritchett and Tony Schumacher—followed suit, making the promise to donate their brains for the advancement of research on the effects of brain trauma in athletes and military veterans.
Schumacher hopes that his team’s public proclamation will help to remove the stigma associated with traumatic brain injuries and inspire others to step forward and make the commitment to pledge their brains to science.
