Education
He graduated from Southeast High School in Springfield, Illinois and earned an Associate"s in Science in civil engineering from Lincoln Land Community College.
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Tim Wilkerson
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Career
He owns Wilkerson"s Service Center and Capital City Machine Shop in Springfield. Tim Wilkerson raced an alcohol funny car from 1990-1995. He began his national career in 1996.
He was the first funny car rookie to run over 300 mph and the first funny car rookie in the 4s.
He went to his first final at the NHRA United States Nationals in 1997. He finished 7th in points in 1998.
In 2006 he ran his career best speed of 330.47 mph. He ran his career best elapsed time of 4.723 in 2007 and he finished 15th in the season points.
He led the NHRA points standings until the 15th event late in the season.
He led the Countdown to the Championship and started at the top of the season-ending championship. He went to the final points event second in points and lost the championship to Cruz Pedregon.
Achievements
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He is married to Krista and has three children, Daniel (2007 NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Carolina Champion), Kevin, and Rachel. He won back to back NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Carolina Championships in 1994 and 1995. Wilkerson won his first race in Joliet, Illinois in 1999. On September 7, 2003 he won the famed United States Nationals. He also won in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2003. In 2004 he won two races one in Houston, Texas and one in Sonoma, California. In 2008 he won six races: Las Vegas, Nevada. Madison, Illinois; Englishtown, New Jersey. Denver, Colorado; Dallas, Texas. And Memphis, Tennessee.
