Nitro Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson is having a resurgence this season.

Wilkerson, however, would like to forget what happened to him during his semifinal matchup with Jack Beckman Sunday at the Kansas Nationals in Topeka.

Almost immediately after leaving the starting line Wilkerson's Funny Car took a hard right and the nose of his car hit the retaining wall in his lane. The car then spun around and coasted into the wall on the opposite side.

Fortunately, Wilkerson was unhurt and he explained what happened.

“Obviously, it had an oil line fall off of it on the starting line,” Wilkerson said. “It got into its own oil and started spinning like a cop car. I’m fine; I’ve been hit harder than that back when I was playing with my kids. I’m just disgusted that we did that to the new car. It’s our only car. Maybe Murf McKinney can get it back together for Epping, or we can talk Brian Stewart into letting us borrow our old car.”