It’s a three-car season in 2008 for longtime area street stock driver Andy Wilkinson of York. This year Wilkinson has added a NASCAR NAPA Late Model and a NASCAR Modified to his street stocker, making it a three-car stable flying the No. 15 colors. Wilkinson runs primarily at Junction Motor Speedway, but also finds his way to other dirt circles in the area when the schedule works out. Last weekend he took his first Late Model A-feature win at JMS, to which he added an eighth place finish in the Extreme Automotive Modified. Sunday he ran third in a the World of Dirt Racing League special event at Boone County Raceway in Albion. It’s all added up to a lot of seat time on the weekends and wrench time in between for Wilkinson, a repeat Street Stock points champion at JMS. Wilkinson said the team with which he’s associated this year includes hobby stockers driven by Cory Dumpert and Shane Schneider, too. Wilkinson said a sponsor bought the Modified car and added it to the mix, “Then about two weeks after that went through,” he said Steve Wright from Benedict bought last year’s Junction Motor Speedway point championship NAPA Late Model from John Bridges. “He wanted me to get it ready and drive it,” he said. Voilá! Just that quickly Wilkinson found himself running a three-car fleet. The Street Stock car runs when time allows. The other two take the track every time their respective divisions run at JMS. Wilkinson said he can’t bring hims ...
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It’s a three-car season in 2008 for longtime area street stock driver Andy Wilkinson of York. This year Wilkinson has added a NASCAR NAPA Late Model and a NASCAR Modified to his street stocker, making it a three-car stable flying the No. 15 colors. Wilkinson runs primarily at Junction Motor Speedway, but also finds his way to other dirt circles in the area when the schedule works out. Last weekend he took his first Late Model A-feature win at JMS, to which he added an eighth place finish in the Extreme Automotive Modified. Sunday he ran third in a the World of Dirt Racing League special event at Boone County Raceway in Albion. It’s all added up to a lot of seat time on the weekends and wrench time in between for Wilkinson, a repeat Street Stock points champion at JMS. Wilkinson said the team with which he’s associated this year includes hobby stockers driven by Cory Dumpert and Shane Schneider, too. Wilkinson said a sponsor bought the Modified car and added it to the mix, “Then about two weeks after that went through,” he said Steve Wright from Benedict bought last year’s Junction Motor Speedway point championship NAPA Late Model from John Bridges. “He wanted me to get it ready and drive it,” he said. Voilá! Just that quickly Wilkinson found himself running a three-car fleet. The Street Stock car runs when time allows. The other two take the track every time their respective divisions run at JMS. Wilkinson said he can’t bring hims ...