Tim Wilkerson admits his first round foul against John Force on Sunday during the NHRA AAA Finals was
the most expensive red-light loss he’s ever endured in his career. The
driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Chevrolet Monte Carlo forfeited the
opportunity to contend for $500,000.
He sure could have used that check to cover some of the expense
incurred with fending off the heavier financed/sponsored teams
throughout the season.
“I just got in too deep,” Wilkerson said of his first and only
red-light of 2008. “I had good lights in qualifying, but I just got it
in too deep. Both of us were amped up on the starting line.”
Two-thousandths of a second separated them – in the red-light. Wilkerson drifted deeper into the negative.