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05/04/2008 - 09:28 PM
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Tim Wilkerson denied John Force Racing’s Mike Neff his first career win on the same day Neff’s boss made history at the 12th annual O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol.
Wilkerson earned his first win at his hometown track, his second of the season and seventh of his career when he drove his Levi, Ray & Shoup Chevy Impala SS to a 4.874-second finish at 317.27 mph to Neff’s 4.886 at 321.58 in his Old Spice Ford Mustang.
Early in the day, Force cemented his position as the most prolific Funny Car driver in NHRA history when he reached 1,000 round wins, the first driver to do so, in a first-round match-up with Ron Capps.
The win marked Wilkerson’s second
“The emotions are out of control,” Wilkerson said. “It was all I could do at the other end of the track just to get out of the car...It’ll get the monkey off our back. We ended up qualifying No. 1 a couple of times this year and couldn’t even get out of first round. We’re pretty proud (this win). My guys are just doing a terrific job working on my car, and the track was good all day.”
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