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BECKMAN BANKS NO. 10 IN BRISTOL QUALIFYING BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 16, 2009) - "Fast" Jack Beckman qualified the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car in No. 10 for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway today under hot ...
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BECKMAN BANKS NO. 10 IN BRISTOL QUALIFYING
BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 16, 2009) - "Fast" Jack Beckman qualified the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car in No. 10 for the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway today under hot conditions and no sign of the predicted rain.
Beckman set his quickest pass of 4.184 seconds at 298.07 mph during the cool Friday night session, which placed him 10th. He then held that spot through the final two attempts, which produced a 4.661/190.46 and a 4.325/282.95.
"A little frustrating," said Beckman, this year's Atlanta champion. "Last year our big strength was hot race tracks and, whatever is different in the car this year, it hasn't been responding exactly the same. So, after we smoked the tires in Q3 we decided to make a big change, get the car to go the finish line, and look at that data.
"And that might have been one of those moves where it's not a tune-up that we'd use for race day, but with the things that we learn from that big change we can now go back and split the difference and have a competitive car."
Beckman faces 14-time Funny Car champion John Force in the opening round of Sunday's eliminations, against whom he leads in head-to-head career round wins: 7-5.
-credit: dsr
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