Rain forces Memphis final eliminations to Monday
Final eliminations for the 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals were rained out by persistent showers Sunday. The race is now scheduled to complete Monday, with the resumption of eliminations at Memphis Motorsports Park beginning at 9:30 a.m. local time (10:30 a.m. Eastern).
Sunday’s ESPN2 program will air as planned at 7 p.m. Eastern, and eliminations will air Monday night at the same time, 7-10 p.m. Eastern.
The Full Throttle Pros had a day of sitting and waiting Monday, and found ways to kill the time until officials were forced to call off the day’s activities at 3 p.m.
Jack Beckman
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, "Today I’ve 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 haven’t done anything on the race track, I took them on an extensive tour of the facility here.
"I’ve 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.
