For his career Tim Wilkerson is 279 - 271 in Rd. 1. He is 12 -6 in Rd. 1 this year.

Wilkerson gets the advantage off of the line. DeJoria gets about 300 feet out, has traction problems and has to back off of the throttle. Wilkerson has problems late in the run but hangs on for the win.

Tasca will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next round.