In Funny Car, Fast Jack Beckman set the national ET record with a
pass at 3.879 seconds at 329.26 mph (track speed record). to take the
No. 1 qualifier spot, his second of the season and the 17th of his
career. Beckman will face Jeff Diehl in Sunday’s first round.
For Beckman, the national record did not come as a surprise.
“On our 3.91 from yesterday, we were actually kind of
conservative and I thought we easily could have got two hundredths on
that,” Beckman said. “And then, earlier today, (crew chief Jimmy Prock)
was talking about some splits that would have been even quicker than
that .879 … driving for Jimmy Prock, we can set records most places we
go.”
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