Jack Beckman returns to the Don Schumacher Racing team for his second full
season in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, driving the Dodge Charger
R/T Funny Car sponsored by Valvoline and Mail Terminal Services.
A DSR
major associate sponsor in 2007, Valvoline comes on board for the first time as
a primary backer of the car that holds the national top speed record of 333.66
mph. Mail Terminal Services, a primary sponsor in 2007, returns for the second
straight season with DSR, this time as a major associate sponsor. Valvoline will
also be an associate sponsor on all the DSR team vehicles.
"By stepping
up our support of Don Schumacher Racing and Jack Beckman, Valvoline rounds out
its NHRA program in a big way," said Rob Stravitz, vice president for global
brands for Valvoline. "Valvoline now has a bigger presence with a stellar Funny
Car team and driver and we will continue to push the technology envelope through
our technical partnership with DSR."
Mail Terminal Services' president
and CEO Rodger Comstock, along with wife Karen, will continue the popular "Mail
from Home" program throughout the 2008 season. This program allows fans and
competitors an opportunity to sign unique cards in the DSR hospitality area and
at a kiosk within the U.S. Army Racing Zone at NHRA national events, with
messages to the U.S. troops overseas, which are then distributed free to
war-zone camps by MTS. The number of postcards distributed by MTS to war-zone
troops reached the 90,000 mark by the end of 2007.