After winning eight consecutive rounds of competition resulting in back-to-back national event victories, guess what Del Worsham did?

If you guessed made more runs, then you are correct.

Worsham, 39, of Chino Hills, Ca., and the Alan Johnson/Al Anabi team packed up the hauler one day after their NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals victory and headed south to Commerce, Ga., for two days of extensive testing aimed at preparing themselves for the impending hot weather months of the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing tour.

“After winning eight straight rounds, we tested for two days right after Bristol to work on some different set ups,” Worsham explained. “That showed the commitment to winning this team has, and it’s great to be a part of it. We learned a lot in those two days, and we are confident about the rest of the season.”

Back to back wins only inspires driver …

After winning eight consecutive rounds of competition resulting in back-to-back national event victories, guess what Del Worsham did?

If you guessed made more runs, then you are correct.

Worsham, 39, of Chino Hills, Ca., and the Alan Johnson/Al Anabi team packed up the hauler one day after their NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals victory and headed south to Commerce, Ga., for two days of extensive testing aimed at preparing themselves for the impending hot weather months of the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing tour.

“After winning eight straight rounds, we tested for two days right after Bristol to work on some different set ups,” Worsham explained. “That showed the commitment to winning this team has, and it’s great to be a part of it. We learned a lot in those two days, and we are confident about the rest of the season.”

Worsham’s Bristol triumph, the 24th of his career, represented his second with the first year team comprised of a veteran crew. He is currently second in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings; he trails first place Ron Capps by 57 points.
 
“It’s just unreal the way this team has come together in the last three races; we’ve won two in a row, but the turnaround really started at Atlanta,” Worsham admitted. “The last round of qualifying got us into the race, and then we lost in the first round as the No. 16 qualifier.  Those were two pretty strong runs that showed us we were headed in the right direction.”

In winning, Worsham added, the team took two different routes to the winner’s circle.

“Our two wins were pretty different,” Worsham said. “At St. Louis, we were getting outrun throughout the day, but we got better each round and were able to step it up enough to beat Ron Capps in the final. At Bristol, it felt like we were the car to beat all day. In the semifinals, we blew up but still advanced. I saw our whole race team really come together that day when the Top Fuel crew jumped in with our Funny Car guys to replace everything before the final round. The result of that team effort was low ET of the weekend, and our second straight win.”

A third win would suit Worsham fine considering he’s never won Topeka and last year failed to qualify. 


 

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