Every day at the drag strip and in the NHRA Funny Car paddock is Father's Day for the Wilkersons.
Tim Wilkerson and Daniel Wilkerson are father and son—both looking forward to another Father's Day together—but they don't always root for each other.
Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson is a 62-year-old, 23-time winner in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.And while Tim and Daniel are father and son—both looking forward to another Father's Day together—they don't always root for each other. Sometimes Tim's SCAG Power Equipment Ford Shelby Mustang ends up going head-to-head with Green's Daniel Wilkerson-tuned, Bond Coat Ford Mustang on the drag strip, like they did this past weekend at the Thunder Valley Nationals.
"My whole life, I've been hanging out with him racing, so the dream would be to do it for a living, and that's what we wound up doing," Daniel said. "I get to go hang out with one of my best friends everyday. It's pretty special." "At Joliet, we qualified fifth every run, which is kind of weird," Tim said. "You're never the same one, every run. At the end of the race, we were fifth in points. It was my 23rd win. Two days later, it was my anniversary — 5-23 .
"I think he's right." Daniel said when asked about where Mom stands. "She always says, 'Oh, good luck, be safe.' I know what that means—it means 'You're going down, kid."
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