Jack Beckman notes and quotes: NHRA Mid-South Nats postponed to Monday
DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2009 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES Round 3 of six in Countdown to 1 Playoffs Round 21 of 24 for season NHRA MID-SOUTH NATIONALS Memphis Motorsports Park Oct. 2-4, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net RAIN POSTPONES NHRA MID-SOUTH NATIONALS TO MONDAY JACK BECKMAN NOTES AND QUOTES MEMPHIS (Oct. 4, 2009) - Because of persistent rain, the NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park have been postponed until Monday at 10 a.m. Jack Beckman, driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car, who qualified second and faces Jeff Arend in the opening round of eliminations, commented on the rain delay: ³Well itıs cold and rainy," he said. "Today Iıve done the driver intros that we have in the Don Schumacher Racing hospitality area and met with the honorary crew members who bid at that auction we had to raise money for a special cause. Since we havenıt done anything on the race track, I took them on an extensive tour of the facility here. "Iıve signed some autographs for the fans who were hearty enough to come by in the rain. I signed a stack of items for our Mail Terminal Services employees who are going to one of the terminals soon, and hung out with the crew for awhile. ³A lot of people put so much into the psychology. Itıs simple, if it rains we donıt race and if it dries up, we do. Drag racing is interesting. For most other forms of motorsports, once the car starts you keep going until the race is over. With drag racing, on a good day, you are in the car four different times so youıve got to kind of even out your temperament or it can be a roller coaster ride sometimes. So I donıt care about the rain, really.² ***