Del Worsham was back at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona by eight this morning, ready to defend his provisional pole slot in Saturday’s two qualifying sessions. Although Worsham suffered a broken tail bone, there’s nothing doctors can do to help the healing.

His Chuck Worsham-led Team CSK added a bit of padding for Del’s seat and sent him out this morning with a repaired Chevy Monte Carlo body shell on a former Mike Ashley chassis, which Ashley used when he and Worsham were teammates. Worsham’s rear wing, destroyed in yesterday’s wreck, was replaced by a spare from teammate Phil Burkart’s Havoline special edition car.


Del Worsham was back at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona by eight this morning, ready to defend his provisional pole slot in Saturday’s two qualifying sessions. Although Worsham suffered a broken tail bone, there’s nothing doctors can do to help the healing.

His Chuck Worsham-led Team CSK added a bit of padding for Del’s seat and sent him out this morning with a repaired Chevy Monte Carlo body shell on a former Mike Ashley chassis, which Ashley used when he and Worsham were teammates. Worsham’s rear wing, destroyed in yesterday’s wreck, was replaced by a spare from teammate Phil Burkart’s Havoline special edition car.

Worsham needed a few stitches to close the right shin wound he suffered during his dual roll-overs yesterday evening in qualifying, where Worsham retained the top spot based on his Thursday 4.712-second pass.

Worsham completed 900 feet of his run in the early afternoon, but Team CSK decided to sit him down for the final round of qualifying later in the afternoon. Del was happy with his physical condition after the run, but with the swap out of so many mechanical parts, the team decided to make preparations for eliminations on Sunday.

“I’m feeling pretty good, really, but we thrashed all night to get this car together and this body fixed and we have a lot of work to do,” Worsham explained. “We wanted to get out there and see how the car ran and how I felt. I think we aced it on both accounts.

“Needless to say, we broke a lot of stuff yesterday and we blew it up on Thursday too, so our parts are a little beat up and everything needs to be serviced and carefully looked over.” Worsham isn’t used to driving this particular car, so “we need to tweak the way I sit in it and how the steering works. I’d love to run and I think we’re on the edge of our first run in the 4.60s, but this is the smarter way to go about this.”