Daniel Wilkerson and the SCAG Power Equipment Ford Mustang team picked up their first Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory of the season Saturday while qualifying for the American Rebel Light Beer Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park just outside of Richmond.
Racing three-time world champion Ron Capps in the finals, Wilkerson handled the SCAG Mustang to the quickest pass of the third qualifying session with a 4.038-second pass at 320.74 mph. Capps came up short with a clean pass at 4.063 and 315.12.
“I’m just so proud of this whole SCAG Ford team,” said Wilkerson who earns three bonus championship points as well as a cash prize. “I feel like I’ve hosed this a couple times, and my team has been working through it so well. I’m so blessed, I’m so lucky to get to work with SCAG Power Equipment, Summit, Ford. My family isn’t here; they were there in Bristol. I put them through a lot of crap doing this and I’m sad they aren’t here, but I guess it just means we have to win the thing again next week in Norwalk, Ohio.”
In the first round, Wilkerson, in a rematch of the semifinal from the Thunder Valley Nationals, took down Paul Lee. Wilkerson made his quickest pass of qualifying, 4.022 at 320.36, to defeat Lee, who had to shut off early, coasting to a 4.521 at 191.43.
Wilkerson is qualified No. 4 for race day and will race against teammate Dave Richards. Richards and the BlueBird Turf / Versatran team are qualified 13th after a 4.267 pass. In Top Fuel, the SCAG Toyota dragster of Justin Ashley is qualified No. 9 and will faceoff with Doug Foley first round.
Eliminations at the American Rebel Light Beer Virginia NHRA Nationals begin Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Fans can catch qualifying action on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) Sunday at 2:00 p.m. ET and eliminations coverage on FOX Broadcasting Network (FOX) Sunday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
This story was originally published on June 22, 2025. 
