Del Worsham tries to get ahead of cut
There's a good article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin about Del Worsham trying to get into the countdown, if you overlook that the reporter called him Bill.
A year ago, in the inaugural NHRA Countdown to the Championship, Chino Hills Funny Car driver Del Worsham missed the cut by 38 points when he lost in the semifinals in Reading, Pa., to eventual winner Tony Pedregon.
Pedregon went on to win the series championship.
As the Powerade Drag Racing Series returns to Reading this weekend, Worsham is once again on the brink of ...
Read the full article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Ashley Force fastest qualifier at Brainerd
Ashley Force topped the qualifying field at the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. Ashley Force ran her Castrol GTX Mustang 4.110 seconds E.T. at 299.40 MPH to secure the position on Friday. Qualifying ended with four John Force racing cars in the top five positions. John Force qualified second with a 4.112 second E.T. at 301.27 MPH run, that was 0.002 behind his daughter Ashley. Robert Hight ran a 4.119 second E.T. at 300.26 MPH for the third spot and Mike Neff took the fifth spot with a 4.176 second E.T. at 298.80 MPH.
Del Worsham and his Checker Schuck’s Kragen Impala managed to be the only competitor to break through John Force Racing's domination of qualifying, by running a 4.152 second E.T. at 291.01 MPH for the forth qualifying slot. Worsham is currently 12th in points and is hoping to break into the top ten this weekend to make it into the Countdown to One. He'll have to earn two more points than Bob Tasca III and 42 points more than Jack Beckman to make the countdown.
Tags: Ashley Force, Del Worsham, John Force, Mike Neff, NHRA, Robert HightDrag racing circuit takes steps toward mainstream
June 18, 2008 by Robert
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Great news for drag racing! Checkout this article from Cox News Service:
Anticipating NASCAR-like growth spurt, sport markets itself to broader audience
The National Hot Rod Association appears to be positioning itself for a growth period similar to the one NASCAR enjoyed in recent years as that sport broadened its fan base from mostly automotive enthusiasts to mainstream America.
The NHRA itself has taken several key steps recently — the hiring of the giant sports-marketing firm IMG and adding the powerhouse ad agency Edelman to help steer its public-relations campaign. And a new track is ...
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Drag racing is a family affair
The drag racing community is extremely tight and families have long histories with one another. Just look at the Force and Worsham clans.
John Force and Chuck Worsham have competed against one another for years in Funny Car, Force as a driver/owner and Worsham as a owner/tuner for son Del of Chino Hills.
Last Sunday in Houston, Del denied...
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Tags: Del Worsham, John ForceDel Worsham Wins in Funny Car at Spring Nationals
Del Worsham defeated Ashley Force to win the Funny Car final round at the NHRA O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston over the weekend. Worsham's K&N Filters/Checker Schuck’s Kragen Chevy Impala ran an impressive 4.93 second elapsed time against Force’s 4.97 second run.
For more details on Sunday's race, check out this story at NHRA.
Tags: Ashley Force, Del Worsham, SpringNationalsWorld’s fastest drag racers speak out against bane of illegal street racing
They'd always start with a cruise toward Washington, D.C., to V Street. Cars lined both sides of the road. Then the bragging began. Stakes on the illegal street races were raised as high as $5,000 to $10,000. Justin Humphreys' '89 Mustang GT 5.0 could run a high 10 on the street, he said.
“It had nitrous and all that good stuff,” Humphreys said. “Back when I was young, I had 15 to 20 friends that all had
Tags: Del Worsham, NHRA, Nitro, race, racing, Robert HightTim Wilkerson qualifies first in Phoenix, Worsham and A. Force DNQ
Rain cancelled Friday's NHRA Funny Car qualifying, leaving drivers with only two Saturday sessions to get into the Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix.
Tim Wilkerson impressively leads the field into eliminations on Sunday. With only two sessions to qualify, the list of those that didn't make the field is surprising. Del Worsham experienced the disappointment of not qualifying his Checker Schuck's Kragen sponsored Impala at his sponsor's event. Del wasn't the lone DNQ though. Ashley Force, Melanie Troxel, Bob Tasca III and Terry Haddock were also unable to qualify.
Tags: Ashley Force, Bob Tasca III, Del Worsham, Force, Funny Car, Haddock, Melanie Troxel, NHRA, Phoenix, race, Terry Haddock, Tim Wilkerson, Wilkerson, WorshamSaturday NHRA qualifying adds intensity
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"I think that's a lot better and I'm glad they thought about it and did something like this," said Del Worsham, the CSK-sponsored Funny Car driver from Chino Hills. "Basically, what it sounds like to me is that when we have one of our Friday night `home-run sessions' and then have a hot Saturday...
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by Louis Brewster, Sports Editor, San Bernardino County Sun