Yorkville’s Burkart waiting for another chance in NHRA

YORKVILLE – Bring up his future as a Funny Car drag racer, and going nowhere, fast, isn’t what Yorkville’s Phil Burkart Jr. has in mind.

“It’s about the dream that you choose and how far you’re willing to go to chase it, and I’m flying thousands of miles to chase mine,” said Burkart a few days ago, before leaving for California and the 2008 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) series opener at Pomona Raceway....

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