14
Aug
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 [...]
10
Aug
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 [...]
18
Jun
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 [...]
7
Apr
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, [...]
31
Mar
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 [...]
7
Mar
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 [...]
24
Feb
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. [...]
17
Jan
San Bernardino Sun, CA -
“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 [...]