NHRA
Bristol: Jack Beckman Saturday notes
BECKMAN MISSES FIELD IN BRISTOL BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 17, 2008) - Jack Beckman missed qualifying for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals today at Bristol Dragway. This is the second straight event for which the driver of the Valvoline/Mail ...
Published: May 18, 2008, 9:20 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
BECKMAN MISSES FIELD IN BRISTOL
BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 17, 2008) - Jack Beckman missed qualifying for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals today at Bristol Dragway. This is the second straight event for which the driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T has failed to qualify.
Under cool, sometimes windy conditions on Friday and warmer, sunnier ones on Saturday, Beckman struggled to make full passes down the quarter-mile. His qualifying attempts included a 5.685-second pass at 219.26 mph, followed by a 4.933/318.84, a 4.932/266.21 (good for No. 15) and finally an 11.307/76.60.
"To DNQ two races in a row is difficult to accept," said the popular, fan-friendly Beckman. "Clearly this is something that if we want to remain a top-10 car we need to fix now. We have four Funny Cars here at Don Schumacher Racing and we need to pick up the performance on all of them. It's time to put our heads together collectively and sort through the issues.
"It's a very difficult position for (new crew chief) Johnny West. He came in, changed some things on the race car and we got four runs. It showed a lot of promise on run three. Unfortunately, it spun the tires further down track than you would expect, and dropped a couple of cylinders and made a hard move left.
"And then we thought we had what we needed for Q4 and we were looking at the run (on the computer) and there's nothing obvious about it. It's just trying to marry 8000 horsepower to the concrete out there and it wasn't ready for it.
"We got four darts to throw, just like everybody else. There's no excuses. Were going to test Monday, we're going to try some things. I will guarantee we will improve our position. The problem is it's a difficult time to be trying to do that right now, eight races into the season. So, we're battling against time to get enough quality test runs to pick up our program.
"But, we're not done winning races this year. So, I'm upset and I'm optimistic."
-credit: dsr
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Bristol: John Connolly Saturday notes
Next article Bristol: John Force Racing Saturday notes
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jack Beckman
Hight, Torrence are champions, Kalitta, Beckman take Pomona wins
NHRA
NHRA
Pomona II
Hight, Torrence are champions, Kalitta, Beckman take Pomona wins
Krawiec takes Pro Stock Motorcycle world title and No. 1 qualifier
NHRA
NHRA
Pomona II
Krawiec takes Pro Stock Motorcycle world title and No. 1 qualifier
B. Force, Beckman, Anderson and Ellis current No. 1 qualifiers at season ending NHRA finals
NHRA
NHRA
Pomona II
B. Force, Beckman, Anderson and Ellis current No. 1 qualifiers at season ending NHRA finals
Latest news
NASCAR VP explains Carson Hocevar, Josh Berry penalties
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Martinsville II
10 h
NASCAR VP explains Carson Hocevar, Josh Berry penalties
Colton Herta to run Cadillac FP1 in Brazil as FIA superlicence quest continues
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Mexican GP
10 h
Colton Herta to run Cadillac FP1 in Brazil as FIA superlicence quest continues
NASCAR issues penalties to Carson Hocevar and Josh Berry for Martinsville brake-checks
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Martinsville II
12 h
NASCAR issues penalties to Carson Hocevar and Josh Berry for Martinsville brake-checks
NASCAR making progress with short track show but drivers still want more
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Martinsville II
12 h
NASCAR making progress with short track show but drivers still want more
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe