WILKERSON REMAINS ATOP NHRA FUNNY CAR POINTS
Mon, 2008-06-09 12:30
There’s something about a points lead that changes a driver.
For Tim Wilkerson, he used to rarely give the points standings a glance following an event. Now he’s fixated on the point tallies.
Each time the Springfield, Ill.-based driver checks to see if he’s still on top. Since the NHRA Midwest Nationals early last month, he’s walked away from the experience with a smile on his face.
Wilkerson still leads the points following a quarter-final finish this past weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Chicago.
There’s something about a points lead that changes a driver.
For Tim Wilkerson, he used to rarely give the points standings a glance following an event. Now he’s fixated on the point tallies.
Each time the Springfield, Ill.-based driver checks to see if he’s still on top. Since the NHRA Midwest Nationals early last month, he’s walked away from the experience with a smile on his face.
Wilkerson still leads the points following a quarter-final finish this past weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Chicago.
When someone can holeshot fourteen-time champion John Force like Wilkerson did in the first round they deserve the points lead.
Wilkerson ran a 4.919 to Force’s quicker 4.904. His margin of victory was .0024 seconds which translates into about 13 inches.
“That was a good run, there’s no doubt about that,” said Wilkerson. “We have to keep John behind us in the points chase. We need to keep everybody behind us. Unfortunately, Ashley (Force) is going to catch up with us a little because she had a better weekend.”
One round later he was outran by Gary Densham.
“We would have liked to go another round or two,” said Wilkerson. “And I really thought we could but the car just slowed down. I don’t know why. I’m looking at the data trying to figure out what happened to it. Everything worked like it was suppose to, it just looked like a dog. I don’t think it would have gone a .88. I was looking for a .89 at the best, so I don’t think we’d had enough for Gary anyway. He ran quickest of the session, and good for them. They made a good run.
“We had a good weekend overall. We had a pretty good car. It went down the track every run outside of our first one when we had our little mishap with the broken fuel line. We still have a good car, so we’ll go to the next race and try again.”
For Tim Wilkerson, he used to rarely give the points standings a glance following an event. Now he’s fixated on the point tallies.
Each time the Springfield, Ill.-based driver checks to see if he’s still on top. Since the NHRA Midwest Nationals early last month, he’s walked away from the experience with a smile on his face.
Wilkerson still leads the points following a quarter-final finish this past weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Chicago.
There’s something about a points lead that changes a driver.
For Tim Wilkerson, he used to rarely give the points standings a glance following an event. Now he’s fixated on the point tallies.
Each time the Springfield, Ill.-based driver checks to see if he’s still on top. Since the NHRA Midwest Nationals early last month, he’s walked away from the experience with a smile on his face.
Wilkerson still leads the points following a quarter-final finish this past weekend during the NHRA Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Chicago.
When someone can holeshot fourteen-time champion John Force like Wilkerson did in the first round they deserve the points lead.
Wilkerson ran a 4.919 to Force’s quicker 4.904. His margin of victory was .0024 seconds which translates into about 13 inches.
“That was a good run, there’s no doubt about that,” said Wilkerson. “We have to keep John behind us in the points chase. We need to keep everybody behind us. Unfortunately, Ashley (Force) is going to catch up with us a little because she had a better weekend.”
One round later he was outran by Gary Densham.
“We would have liked to go another round or two,” said Wilkerson. “And I really thought we could but the car just slowed down. I don’t know why. I’m looking at the data trying to figure out what happened to it. Everything worked like it was suppose to, it just looked like a dog. I don’t think it would have gone a .88. I was looking for a .89 at the best, so I don’t think we’d had enough for Gary anyway. He ran quickest of the session, and good for them. They made a good run.
“We had a good weekend overall. We had a pretty good car. It went down the track every run outside of our first one when we had our little mishap with the broken fuel line. We still have a good car, so we’ll go to the next race and try again.”
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