Question

does the following text have an inappropriate shift in verb tense? if so, fix any verbs that don’t match the tense of the verb in bold. if not, submit the text without making any changes.
on april 18, 2009, the race - car driver mark martin won the nascar race at the phoenix international speedway in avondale, arizona, and becomes the first fifty - year - old to win since 1993.

Explanation:

El texto presenta un cambio inapropiado de tiempo verbal: el primer verbo está en pasado simple ("won") para un hecho específico del pasado, pero el segundo verbo está en presente simple ("becomes") para un resultado que también corresponde a ese hecho pasado. Se corrige el segundo verbo a pasado simple para mantener la coherencia temporal.

Answer:

Yes, there is an inappropriate tense shift. The corrected text is:
On April 18, 2009, the race-car driver Mark Martin won the NASCAR race at the Phoenix International Speedway in Avondale, Arizona, and became the first fifty-year-old to win since 1993.