Tim Wilkerson has a gentle voice, a happy face and drag racing by the throat.
For years, he has raced with bandaids and bubble gum on a shoestring budget.
For years, he has been consigned to the second tier.
For years, he has been in the shadow of John Force, Tony Pedregon and Gary Scelzi.
Not this year.
He is the best story in motorsports, the second coming of Alan Kulwicki, who stunned NASCAR when his single car team won the Winston Cup championship in 1992.
In a sport with four Force entries, three Don Schumacher entries and two from the Pedregon brothers, Wilkerson is leading the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing championship. He has fewer resources than Kenny Bernstein and Del Worsham, yet six times this season he has held Sweet Wally Purebred over his head, the trophy that goes to every winner who is a real life Underdog.
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