Tim Wilkerson Notes and Quotes | NHRA Reading
Posted by: Kelly Topolinski
Wilkerson in Reading
1 win in 1 final round
Won 2003 (Cruz Pedregon)
Last year: Qualified No. 12, lost in second round to Ron Capps
Updated Career Stats heading into NHRA Reading
(Race 20 of 24 and the first race of six in the 2017 Countdown to the Championship)
No. 9 in Funny Car standings
464 races
776 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:
"I had a really good car last week in Charlotte, and I made some big moves there to try to change the car around and get it to act a little better – but it didn't quite work out. As soon as I leave one place, though, I don't worry about it anymore – I just go on to the next one and try to do better. I'm looking forward to getting to Reading and analyzing the track, and then we'll take it from there. I like Maple Grove, and I really like the area. It's an old, nostalgic place, straight out of the 70s or 80s. It's a cool place, and the track is usually pretty good. Heck, we'll take it any way we can get it, we just have to make good decisions this weekend."
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Funny Car Standings
(after Charlotte, Countdown to the Championship race 1 of 6)
1. Robert Hight, 2197
2. Ron Capps, 2153
3. Courtney Force, 2141
4. Tommy Johnson Jr., 2107
5t. Matt Hagan, 2102
5t. J.R. Todd, 2102
7. Jack Beckman, 2095
8. John Force, 2085
9. Tim Wilkerson, 2046
10. Cruz Pedregon, 2033
Race Info
33rd annual NHRA Nationals
Maple Grove Raceway
Reading, Pennsylvania
September 21-24, 2017
Run Schedule (all times ET)
- Thursday, September 21
- 8:45am – Sportsman qualifying
- Friday, September 22
- 8:45am – Sportsman eliminations
- 1:45pm – Pro qualifying session 1
- 4:15pm – Pro qualifying session 2
- Saturday, September 23
- 8:45am – Sportsman eliminations
- 12:45pm – Pro qualifying session 3
- 3:15pm – Pro qualifying session 4
- Sunday,September 17
Television Schedule (all times ET)
(As displayed on NHRA's Media Fact Sheet, September 20, 2017)
- Friday, Sept. 22, FS1 will televise one hour of LIVE qualifying coverage at 2:30pm
- Sunday, Sept. 24, FS1 will televise one hour of qualifying coverage at 1:30am
- Sunday, Sept. 24, FS1 will televise three hours of LIVE finals coverage starting at 2pm
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