Wilkerson tops Funny Car qualifiers
May 4, 2008 by Robert
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Tim Wilkerson topped the Funny Car qualifiers for the fourth time in seven attempts in the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals, making a quarter-mile pass at 4.744 seconds and 326.16 mph Saturday. "I feel pretty fortunate that we were No.1...
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Tags: Midwest Nationals, Tim WilkersonWilkerson Top Qualifier Again
Wilkerson's stellar year continues as he earned a start from the top of the Funny Car field for the fourth time in seven races, this time with the lowest e.t. of the season. The driver of the Levi, Ray, and Shoup Chevy Impala flew to a 4.744 at 326.16 mph in the first session of the day and held onto the lead despite the incredible efforts of three drivers: Mike Ashley, whose eleventh-hour ...
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Hal Pilger: Wilkerson wins respect of Forces
MADISON — Three weeks ago, Ashley Force was on the verge of making racing history at Las Vegas when Springfield driver Tim Wilkerson beat her in the Funny Car finals.
Wilkerson’s first National Hot Rod Association victory since 2004 thwarted Ashley’s attempt to become the first woman to win...
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Wilkerson riding best start to Madison race
NHRA returns to St. Louis this weekend and Hal Pilger has a story about hometown racer Tim Wilkerson's awsome start to the season:
Wilkerson has considered Gateway International his home track since his earliest days in drag racing, and in recent years his Springfield-based sponsor, LRS, has orchestrated groups of up to 700 central Illinois fans who have engulfed Gateway as Wilks’ Warriors.
All the support is terrific, Wilkerson said, adding he and his team...
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Tags: Tim WilkersonCory Mac & Tim Wilkerson end droughts in Vegas
Cory McClenathan claimed his first Top Fuel win in more than a year, and Tim Wilkerson ended a winless drought that extends back to the 2004 Sonoma event during the final rounds of the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. McClenathan, in his first full season as a member of Schumacher Racing, won his 30th career title when he defeated recent Houston winner Antron Brown in the final, 4.65 to 4.70. Wilkerson, the top qualifier at two of the season’s first five events, relegated Ashley Force to a runner-up for the second-straight event following a close 4.96 to 4.99 final.
Read the full story about the Summit Nationals by Kevin McKenna at NHRA.com
Tags: Ashley Force, Tim WilkersonWilkerson tops Funny Car field at SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals – International Herald Tribune
LAS VEGAS: Tim Wilkerson moved into position for his third No. 1 qualifier of the season Friday, leading the Funny Car field in the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals with a quarter-mile pass of 4.850 seconds at 318.24 mph....
Tags: Tim WilkersonWilkerson climbs into seventh place in NHRA Funny Car
Springfield drag racer Tim Wilkerson is off to a pretty good start after the first three races of the National Hot Road Association season.
Wilkerson has climbed into seventh place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings — five points in front of John Force — following his third-place finish in Sunday’s ACDelco Gatornationals...
Read full story by Hal Pilger in the Springfield State Journal Register
Tags: Tim WilkersonWilkerson tops Funny Car qualifying at Firebird International (USA Today)
Tim Wilkerson raced to his second consecutive No. 1 qualifying position of the Funny Car season Saturday, topping qualifying for the Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway.
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