Beckman collects No. 6 in Chicago qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2007 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 9 of 23
TORCO RACING FUELS ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS
ROUTE 66 RACEWAY
Joliet, Ill.
June 8-10, 2007

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BECKMAN COLLECTS NO. 6 IN CHICAGO QUALIFYING

JOLIET, Ill. (June 9, 2007) - "Fast" Jack Beckman collected the No. 6 Funny
Car qualifying position for this weekend's Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA
Nationals, recording his quickest lap of 4.769 seconds at 317.42 mph on
Friday night.

His other laps produced a 6.810/130.43, a 5.964/157.17 and a solid
4.871/318.02 in the final pass, in the heat of the day.

"Awesome," said Beckman. "This is what we need to do. This is exactly what
we need to do. You hate to make it sound like a cliché, but you have to
qualify. Look at today, Robert Hight had never had a DNQ and he had one
today, Mike Ashley won the last race and DNQ'd, not to mention Brandon
Bernstein, who won Top Fuel in Topeka and he DNQ's. We've got to qualify to
start clawing our way back up into the Skoal Showdown and into the Countdown
to the Championship.

"We're in the top half, which is awesome, although I'm not sure if that
matters here. We're ready to start winning rounds. I think every lap I get
I'm feeling more comfortable in the car. I think the MTS Dodge crew is
seeing that confidence in me and it feeds off of it. I hope we're going to
see a snowball effect in the next few weeks.

"This is the acid test, this next six-race swing after this weekend. Can't
wait."

Beckman squares off against Scott Kalitta in first round of eliminations on
Sunday.

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