Paul Beckner
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Paul finished 3rd at the finale at Kershaw. Paul finshed the season in 2nd place which is a career high. He also finished with a career high 3 wins.
With Paul's 4th place finish at the road course in Rockingham, all Paul has to do is finish in the top 8 at Kershaw to finish second in the points.
Paul wins the Autumn 200 Championship at Florence Motor Speedway giving him his third win of the season.
Paul finished 2nd in Orange County and 7th at Greenville-Pickens.
Beckner Makes it Two in a Row in Rockingham
Paul started 12th at the Little Rock in Rockingham, North Carolina. He came through the field and was running in the top 5 at the halfway mark. Paul then went on to be in second and on the final lap, Timmy Hill spun out from the lead and Paul avoided the wreck through the grass. Paul won his second race in a row.
Below is the post-race interiew.
Interview
Paul :Be patient and take our time and let the people ahead of us make mistakes.
David:What was going through your mind at halfway?
Paul: I thought e had a top 3 car. At the beginning of runs we had a great car but on the long runs it got a little too tight to hang with the top 2.
David: With ten to go what did you think your chances of winning were?
Paul: I thought I had a good shot at winning because I noticed Timmy Hill was loosing brakes and overdriving the car.
David: When you saw the 4 car get sideways on the last lap, what was going through your mind?
Paul: How am I going to get around him if he does spin out. Also, when he does spin should I go high or low to avoid him?
David: When you took the checkered flag, were you thinking win or points or both?
Paul: I was thinking patience pays off in the long run along with what is the margin between first place, Timmy Hill, and us in second.
David: I noticed after the race you did something I have rarely heard you do. You thanked everyone for everything they did.
Paul: Yeah, Everybody puts in a lot of time into my racing and they also take their weekends to come help me out at the racetrack and that means a lot to me.
David: You've really matured from 4 years ago. Did you think you would be here then?
Paul: I thought I would have been here a lot sooner but I realized my attitude was getting me no where on and off the racetrack. I adjusted that and now I'm here.
David: You started with maybe 4 people and you've raced with people who moved up. How has this series and your team changed from when you started?
Paul:The series has always had plenty of good drivers. The top 6 cars were in contention to win every week. Our team has changed by how we work together now as to back when I started all the way up to last year, my attitude kept everyone from wanting to help me. Like I said, I got that straight and now we work together better.
David: When did you realize you needed to change your attitude?
Paul: When everybody basically said, "good luck, your on your own." Then I noticed I needed to change something in order to win and have people support me.
David: Was that the thing that changed from last year to the beginning of this year?
Paul: Of course, the team started getting along, we started talking good notes, worked hard week in and week out, and started running top 3 every week.
David: I noticed little things that changed. For example, if there was a little tear in the body, everyone would say, "whatever" cause it's a short track. Now they will fix it.
Paul: Exactly. Every little bit in racing counts. You don't look at the tire gauge and it says 23.8 then you say it's good. You put that extra 0.2 in it to be exact.
David: Precisely. So two-time winner, what's the next step for this team?
Paul: The next step is to work as hard as always and finish this season out with some more wins and a top 2 in points and we will go from there.
David: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Paul: I can't say. We will have to take one step at a time and see where the good lord takes us.
David: Thank you for your time and congratulations for your wins.
Paul: No problem man. Thanks again for all ya'lls support.
