Drivers
- Series: Funny Car
- Car: Levi, Ray and Shoup Chevy Monte Carlo
- Crew Chief: Fred Mandolini
- Birth Date: December 29, 1960
- Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, classic cars
- Home Town: Springfield, Illinois
Fast Facts:
- Career Wins: 5
- Career Final Rounds: 13
- Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.759 seconds
- Career-Best Speed: 324.67 mph
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- Became the seventh Funny Car driver to break the four-second barrier in 1996.
- Runner-up at the 1997 U.S. Nationals in first career final round.
- Finished seventh in the points standings in 1998 for best career season until 2003. No. 1 qualifier at the U.S. Nationals.
- Won first national event at Chicago in 1999.
- Finished 12th in the standings in 2002 despite missing seven national events. Qualified for every race entered and advanced to the semifinals a career-best five times.
- Won career-best 23 rounds in 2004 and scored second-straight seventh-place points finish.
Tim Wilkerson is the team owner/driver of the Levi Ray & Shoup Chevy Monte Carlo Funny Car. In 2005, Wilkerson finished 11th in the POWERade standings, just a few points shy of a third consecutive top-10 finish. Wilkerson was runner-up at the Craftsman Nationals in St. Louis and qualified a season-best No. 2 at the Pontiac Performance Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
TRACK STATS
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2005 Season
- Runner-up at St. Louis.
- Ran career-best speed at Brainerd.
- Qualified a season-best No. 2 at Columbus
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2004 Season
- Won two events for the second consecutive season.
- Tied career-best finish in final point standings.
- Established career-best for speed (323.75 mph) and elimination rounds won (23).
- Qualified No. 1 at Gainesville and Brainerd.
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2003 Season
- Won the prestigious Mac Tool U.S. Nationals, from the No. 15 qualifying spot.
- Tied career-best finish in the final Funny Car standings.
- No. 1 qualifier at Pomona 1 and Denver.
- Highest round-win total (19) since 1998.
- Recorded career-best performance numbers.
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2002 Season
- Finished 12th in the standings despite missing seven national events.
- Qualified for every event he entered.
- Advanced to the semifinals a career-high five times.
