It’s said, “Good things come to those who wait.”
If that’s truly the case, Daniel Wilkerson should have plenty of success this season after waiting 17 years to replace his father, Tim Wilkerson, behind the wheel of the family’s nitro Funny Car.
At age 63, with 24 NHRA Wallys in his trophy case, the elder Wilkerson hung up his helmet during the offseason. He will now focus solely on tuning the SCAG Wilkerson Racing entry that is being driven by his 36-year-old son, Daniel Wilkerson.
The younger Wilkerson is technically a rookie even though he earned his NHRA Funny Car license way back in 2007.
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