Bob Tasca admits the .001 light cut by Jack Beckman threw him off his rhythmn keeping him from a win he wanted not just for himself, but for Ford.

“We want to win, that’s why we come,” said Tasca. “Unfortunately, for us Jack guessed the tree, period. You can’t cut a .001 light.

“I heard him and it actually messed me up because I heard his car and didn’t see the light go on. I had a decent light but I was still confused. I hit the gas; I looked for the win light and didn’t see it on. So I said, ‘Either I was really late, but I knew I was late. We drove right into tire smoke.”

Bob Tasca admits the .001 light cut by Jack Beckman threw him off his rhythmn keeping him from a win he wanted not just for himself, but for Ford.

“We want to win, that’s why we come,” said Tasca. “Unfortunately, for us Jack guessed the tree, period. You can’t cut a .001 light.

“I heard him and it actually messed me up because I heard his car and didn’t see the light go on. I had a decent light but I was still confused. I hit the gas; I looked for the win light and didn’t see it on. So I said, ‘Either I was really late, but I knew I was late. We drove right into tire smoke.”

Even though Beckman was long gone, Tasca ran as if he still had a chance.

“People might watch it on TV and ask, ‘Why did you drive the race car when Jack was almost at the finish line?’ I took it as an opportunity to learn just how to pedal the car. I was able to crack the throttle and feel the car. I did probably one of the best pedal jobs I’ve ever done in a race car. I did it knowing that Jack had won the race but knowing that I had an opportunity on a national event prepped track to learn a little bit and tune my driving skills. I did what I wanted to do. Jack made a great run, it was his race to win.

For Ford and Motorcraft/Quick Lane and are whole program, we moved up in the points and put a lot of points on some other drivers.” 

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