Tim Wilkerson Racing Notes and Quotes - AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
Posted by: Kelly Topolinski
Wilkerson in Dallas
1 win in 1 final round
Won 2008 (defeated Tony Pedregon)
No. 1 in 1998, 2008
Last year: Qualified No. 10, lost in first round to Ron Capps
Updated Career Stats heading into NHRA FallNationals
(Race 22 of 24 and the fourth race of six in the 2017 Countdown to the Championship)
No. 9 in Funny Car standings
466 races
779 rounds
20 wins
19 runner-up finishes
39 overall final rounds
19 No. 1 qualifier awards
Career best e.t.: 3.844 (2017 Phoenix)
Career best speed: 333.74 (2016 Topeka)
Wilkerson quotes:
"We're excited to get out there this weekend and try our best, and hopefully everything will cooperate. There are a lot of Countdown implications right now when these other guys are out there winning and we're middle of the pack but go out first round. It's impossible to catch up, but hopefully, this weekend we can figure out a way to do that. Maybe what we need to do is just forget about the Countdown and run our cars the best way we know how. However the chips fall, that's where they are.
"This weekend it will be fun to watch Daniel race. I wish I could be standing on the starting line to watch him every time, but half the time I'm strapped in my car. I'm excited, though. Hopefully I'll be able to stand there and watch him make the first run. This is a real neat deal with Summit Racing for him to run this special car for the event, and we sure do appreciate all they do for us."
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Funny Car Standings
(after St. Louis, Countdown to the Championship race 3 of 6)
1. Ron Capps, 2,395
2. Robert Hight, 2,349
3. Courtney Force, 2,287
4. Matt Hagan, 2,238
5. Tommy Johnson Jr., 2,191
6. J.R. Todd, 2,168
7. Jack Beckman, 2,228
8. John Force, 2,197
9. Tim Wilkerson, 2,130
10. Cruz Pedregon, 2,096
Race Info
AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
Texas Motorplex
Ennis, Texas
October 12-15, 2017
Run Schedule (all times ET)
Friday, October 13
8:30am – Sportsman eliminations
2:15pm – Pro qualifying session 1
5:15pm – Pro qualifying session 2
Saturday, October 14
8:00am – Sportsman eliminations
1:15pm – Pro qualifying session 3
4:15pm – Pro qualifying session 4
Sunday, October 15
11am – Eliminations
Television Schedule (all times ET)
(As displayed on NHRA's Media Fact Sheet, October 13, 2017)
Friday, Oct. 13, FS1 will televise one hour of live qualifying coverage at 6:00 p.m. (ET).
Sunday, Oct. 15, FS1 will televise one hour of qualifying coverage at 2:30 a.m. (ET).
Sunday, Oct. 15, FS1 will televise three hours of live finals coverage starting at 2 p.m. (ET).