Beckman on The Race Reporters July 7

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                            Monday, July 5, 2010
 
 
NHRA FUNNY CAR DRIVER JACK BECKMAN
ON THE RACE REPORTERS RADIO SHOW;
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 7 P.M. EDT;
POWERUPCHANNEL.COM 
 
 
      The conversation will be more than drag racing when NHRA Funny Car
driver  and cancer survivor  Jack Beckman is the Newsmaker of the Week
guest on The Race Reporters radio show, Wednesday, July 7, 7 p.m. EDT, on
www.PowerUpChannel.com <http://www.powerupchannel.com/> .
 
    Beckman, a race winner and Full Throttle championship contender in the
Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger fielded by Don Schumacher
Racing, is fourth in points heading into NHRA¹s Western Swing of three
consecutive events. A drag racing instructor, he debuted in Top Fuel in 2005
before getting the Funny Car opportunity with Schumacher the following
season. Beckman quickly set national elapsed time and speed records and won
his first event in Las Vegas. He was third in 2008 points.
 
     Beckman, a retired U.S. Air Force sergeant, will talk racing in the
show¹s third segment, then share his personal story in the last segment.
 
     Media panelists will include NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart; and Stan
Creekmore, of CompetitionPlus.com.
 
     Host Michael Knight and The Race Reporters won the first-place prize in
the Best Podcast category in the 2009 American Auto Racing Writers and
Broadcasters Association annual journalism competition. It is the top-rated
show on the Power Up Channel and is now in its second season offering a
³good, hard, honest Constitutionally-protected conversation on the
motorsports issues of the day.²
 
     Recently, Knight won a gold and silver medal in the International
Automotive Media Awards, making a total of more than 40 awards for
journalism, public relations and contributions to motorsports received in
his career.
     
     The Race Reporters can be heard ³live,² downloaded into an iPod, or
accessed for listening on a delayed basis by clicking on the show icon at
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upcoming guests, at the show¹s home page,
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also re-airs several times later in the week (check PowerUp¹s daily
programming listing.)
 
     Knight is a 40-year motorsports industry insider. Newsmaker guests have
included Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, John Force, Ashley Force Hood, Dario
Franchitti, Joey Logano, Gil de Ferran, Tony Schumacher, Brad Keselowski,
Kenny and Brandon Bernstein, Randy Bernard, Arie Luyendyk, Scott Pruett,
Adrian Fernandez, Graham Rahal, Larry Dixon, Robert Hight, Ron Capps, Antron
Brown, Paul Tracy, Robby Gordon, David Reutimann, Melanie Troxel, Hurley
Haywood, Patrick Long, Max Papis, Simona De Silvestro, AJ Allmendinger, Bob
Tasca III, Bryan Sperber, Robin Braig, Terry Angstadt, Scott Atherton, John
Daly, Mark Kent, Lee White, Jamie Allison, Brian Wolfe and Chris Economaki.
     
     PowerUpChannel.com was launched in June 2009 by VoiceAmerica.com, the
largest producer and distributor of live Internet-based talk radio. There
are over 1,000 hours of weekly programming on its VoiceAmerica and WorldTalk
Radio Networks.  
 
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Contact:  Michael Knight, 480-661-5240
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