Tim Wilkerson has 494 races to date, with 20 wins and 22 runner-up finishes. He has 42 overall final rounds and won the race here at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in 2016. He qualified No. 15 last year and lost first round. Jack Beckman's runner-up finish in Pomona gave him 402 round wins for his career and he becomes the 28th pro driver with 400 or more round wins. His 398 Funny Car round wins (he won 4 rounds in TF) ranks 7th best among all FC drivers in history. Jack has won this race three times. As much as a 3 vs. 14 matchup would seem to be, at this race in 34 years the #14 FC qualifier is 17 - 17 in the first round. Beckman and Wilkerson have each won 18 times against the other in prior events.

A number of TF'ers struggled with the left lane, but Beckman just powers right on down the track to make his first representative pass of the weekend and take a decisive win.

Wilkerson's Mustang was off key in the burnout and struggled down track after a uncharacteristic late leave.

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.156/280.08 mph.