DARREL BECKHAM...#18
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I HAVE WATCHED DARREL RACE AT MT. VERNON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO MEET HIS MOTHER....AND TONIGHT I MET HIS BROTHER DAVID...
DARRLEL LIVES IN MT. VERNON AND MAINLY RACES AT THE MT. VERNON RACEWAY...
WHEN I ASKED DARREL WHAT INSPIRED HIM TO START RACING HE TOLD THAT IT WAS HIS FRIENDS.... HE TOLD ME THAT A FELLOW RACE CAR DRIVER WHO NO LONGER DRIVES."JESSIE CALAHAN HAS INFLUENCED HIM GREATLY..
I ASKED HIM WHAT HE FELT IT TOOK TO BE A GREAT RACE CAR DRIVER AND HE TOLD ME DEDICATION AND A LOT OF TIME.....
HIS LONG TERM GOAL WOULD BE TO WIN A TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP AT MT VERNON OR FLORA..
HE SAID HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITOR IS BOBBY WILKINS..
WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT HE WOULD CHANGE IF HE COULD-----------***now i get mostly wishing they had started earlier....first time I got this answer and I understood....DARREL SAID HE WOULD CHANGE HIS LUCK...
I don't know how many times this season I have seen Darrel have to pull off the track without completing.... he blew a lot of engines at the start............YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE NOW DARREL..KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...
HIS MOST MEMORABLE EVENT TO DATE WOULD BE TAKING 2ND AT FLORA 3 YEARS AGO...**and he was working on it tonight....said that Jerry Anderson is the one that beat him before....
HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT SO FAR IS PLACING 3RD IN POINTS AT MT. VERNON LAST YEAR...
HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS BROTHER DAVID AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ANGELA FOR ALL THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT...
SAID THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND ANGELA IS HIS CREW CHIEF AND HIS CREW IS HIS BROTHER DAVID AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ANGELA... I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD CREW THERE....
HE TOLD ME HE IS PLANNING ON GOING UP TO A MODIFIED BY NEXT YEAR... WELL GOODLUCK DARREL...GLAD YOU ARE COMING TO CLAY COUNTY...
AND THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE INTERVIEW...
CJ