With just a week remaining before  the starting lineup is determined for the NHRA Circle Track Challenge at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 17, “Fast” Jack Beckman is sitting pretty in the pole position.
 
The lineup for the Saturday night race will be determined by fan voting. Beckman currently leads the way with 28 percent of all votes cast going his way. Allen Johnson, who hails from nearby Greeneville, Tenn., is on the outside pole with 13 percent of the votes.
 
The rest of the starting lineup looks like this at the moment: Doug Herbert is third (12 percent), followed by Gary Scelzi (7 percent), Ron Capps (5.2 percent), Tony Schumacher (5.1 percent), Doug Kalitta (5 percent), Jeg Coughlin (4.5 percent), Antron Brown (4.3 percent) and Greg Anderson (4.2 percent).
 
Starting 11th would be J.R. Todd (3.7 percent), followed by Cory McClenathan (3.5 percent), Justin Humphreys (2.5 percent), Jason Line (2.2 percent), Kurt Johnson (1.8 percent) and Morgan Lucas (1.6 percent). With just a week remaining before  the starting lineup is determined for the NHRA Circle Track Challenge at Bristol Motor Speedway on May 17, “Fast” Jack Beckman is sitting pretty in the pole position.
 
The lineup for the Saturday night race will be determined by fan voting. Beckman currently leads the way with 28 percent of all votes cast going his way. Allen Johnson, who hails from nearby Greeneville, Tenn., is on the outside pole with 13 percent of the votes.
 
The rest of the starting lineup looks like this at the moment: Doug Herbert is third (12 percent), followed by Gary Scelzi (7 percent), Ron Capps (5.2 percent), Tony Schumacher (5.1 percent), Doug Kalitta (5 percent), Jeg Coughlin (4.5 percent), Antron Brown (4.3 percent) and Greg Anderson (4.2 percent).
 
Starting 11th would be J.R. Todd (3.7 percent), followed by Cory McClenathan (3.5 percent), Justin Humphreys (2.5 percent), Jason Line (2.2 percent), Kurt Johnson (1.8 percent) and Morgan Lucas (1.6 percent).
 
Fans still have plenty of time to have their say and vote for their favorite driver at www.bristoldragway.com <http://www.bristoldragway.com> . Voting will end Thursday, May 15.
 
The NHRA Circle Track Challenge takes place Saturday evening, after a big day of action at Bristol Dragway, home of the May 16-18 O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. The NHRA Circle Track Challenge is part of the Saturday Spectacular, a full program of racing at BMS, which also includes the Thompson Metal 150 UARA late model race, as well as several other feature events.
 
The NHRA drivers will compete in street stock cars – basic late model passenger cars with roll cages. They will drive the first segment of the race, then turn their rides over to their street stock partner, the owner of the car, who then will finish the race. An NHRA winner will be crowned after the first segment and the starting positions for street stock drivers for the final segment will be determined by the finishing order of their NHRA “teammate.” A second segment winner and an overall winner also will be crowned.
 
A 30-lap Pro Challenge event follows the NHRA Circle Track Challenge, followed by a 25-lap Charger race. The War Wizard, a monster truck, will be on hand to crush school buses and then the UARA stars will then take the green flag for a 150-lap event, followed by an appliance race, which features stock cars racing with major appliances strapped to their cars.
 
The NHRA Circle Track Challenge begins at 7:30 p.m. and NHRA drivers will be given the opportunity to practice the cars prior to the start of the race. The evening concludes with a fireworks show after the Thompson Metal 150 UARA feature race. Gates will open at 6 p.m.
 
General admission tickets are $15 with children 12 and under admitted free with a ticketed adult. Anyone attending the O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Saturday can show their ticket stub at the BMS gate and receive $5 off the ticket price.