Don Schumacher, the successful NHRA team owner and drag-racing pioneer, has passed away at 79 after privately battling lung . revealed his death Thursday, saying the Motor Sports Hall of Famer succumbed to 'to illness-related complications.'Born in and raised in , Schumacher went on to become a drag racer and helped found the Funny Car class, winning approximately 70 percent of the 560 matches in which he raced, according to the Hall of Fame.
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