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Del Worsham - Funny Car Driver
Residence: Chino Hills, Calif.
Hometown: Whittier, Calif.
Date of Birth: February 11, 1970
Crew Chief: Dickie Venables
Al-Anabi Racing Team Owner: HH Sheikh Khalid Al-Thani
Al-Anabi Racing Team Manager: Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson Racing Owner: Alan Johnson
2010 wins/final rounds: 0/1
Career wins/final rounds: 25/39 (.641)
2010 No. 1 qualifiers: 1
Career No. 1 qualifiers: 5
Career-best points finish: 2nd (2004)
Countdown to the Championship appearances: 2
First professional start: Pomona 2, 1990
Career-best elapsed time for quarter mile: 4.712 seconds for quarter mile (Pomona 2, 2006)
Career-best elapsed time to 1000 feet: 4.038 seconds (Pomona 1, 2009)
Career-best speed for quarter mile: 331.36 mph for quarter mile (Pomona 2, 2005)
Career-best speed to 1000 feet: 313.15 mph (Norwalk 2010)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Wife: Connie
- Children: Katelyn and Madelyn
- Height/weight: 5’, 9” / 180 lbs
- Hobbies: playing with the children, reading, golf
- Notable: Drove for his family’s race team since the beginning of his career in 1990 before joining the Al-Anabi Racing Toyota Camry-Solara Funny Car team in 2009.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2009: Finished seventh in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings in the first season with Ala-Anabi Racing; won consecutive races in the spring at St. Louis, Mo. and Bristol, Tenn.; made the Countdown to One NHRA Playoffs for the first time and won a countdown race in Richmond, Va., his third and final win of the season.
- 2008: Finished 13th in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points; won once and earned 11th career berth in US Smokeless Showdown with dramatic final-race qualifying effort.
- 2007: Finished ninth in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points; earned fourth-career No. 1 qualifier; advanced to the semifinals three times.
- 2006: Finished 11th in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points; reset career-best elapsed time with 4.712-second pass at Pomona 2.
- 2005: Finished eighth in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points; won three races including the U.S. Nationals and the Skoal Showdown non-points event; set track speed record with 328.14 mph pass at Indianapolis; reset career best elapsed time with 4.723-second pass in Joliet, Ill.
- 2004: Finished career-best second in NHRA POWERade Funny Car point standings; won career-best five races; led point standings for first time in career; reset career bests 329.75 mph speed in Joliet, Ill. and elapsed time with 4.728-second pass at Pomona 2.
- 2003: Finished fourth in NHRA POWERade Funny Car points; won three races; lowered career-best elapsed time to 4.764 at Joliet, Ill.; earned eighth-career Budweiser Shootout berth.
- 2002: Finished third in NHRA POWERade Funny Car point standings; won four races; nominated by Car Craft as Funny Car Driver of the Year.
- 2001: Finished third in NHRA Winston Funny Car point standings for the second-consecutive year; won four races; one of only three Funny Car drivers to qualify for all 24 races; lowered career best elapsed time at Reading, Pa. with 4.778-second pass; set new career mark for round wins in a season with 35; nominated by Car Craft Magazine as Funny Car Driver of the Year.
- 2000: Finished eighth in NHRA Winston Funny Car point standings recording sixth-career top-10 points finish; family-owned team increased program to include second Checker-Schuck’s-Kragen Pontiac Funny Car team
- 1999: Finished seventh in NHRA Winston Funny Car point standings winning one race; earned berth in prestigious Big Bud Shootout on a dramatic come-from-behind final qualifying lap at Brainerd, Minn.
- 1998: Finished 10th in NHRA Winston Funny Car standings; Worsham Family honored with Blaine Johnson Award at Winston Awards Ceremony.
- 1997: Finished 11th in NHRA Winston Funny Car point standings; team acquired primary sponsorship from Checker-Schuck’s-Kragen Auto Parts; runner-up at Winston Invitational all-star race.
- 1996: Finished seventh in NHRA Winston Funny Car point standings driving the only unsponsored Funny Car in the Winston Top 10 point standings.
- 1995: Finished 16th in NHRA Winston Funny Car points competing in 17 races in the Worsham & Fink Nitro Funny Car; drove two races in Top Fuel dragster owned by Roger Primm.
- 1994: Finished 19th in NHRA Winston Funny Car points running five races; finished 13th in NHRA Winston Top Fuel point standings running 12 races; missed 12-weeks of season due to burns suffered in engine fire.
- 1993: Finished 13th in NHRA Winston Funny Car points running a limited schedule; drove eight races in Top Fuel finishing 19th in points; recorded a Top Fuel top speed of 300.20 mph.
- 1992: Finished fourth in NHRA Winston Funny Car points; ran full season.
- 1991: Finished sixth in NHRA Winston Funny Car points in first full season as 21-year old professional; won two races becoming youngest driver ever to win a Funny Car trophy; named NHRA Rookie of the Year.
- 1990: Made NHRA professional debut at Winston Finals in a Nitro Funny Car.
CAREER STATISTICS
| 2009 |
24 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
25-21 |
| 2008 |
24 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
11-16 |
| 2007 |
23 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
18-21 |
| 2006 |
23 |
11 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
12-20 |
| 2005 |
23 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
22-21 |
| 2004 |
23 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
41-18 |
| 2003 |
23 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
31-20 |
| 2002 |
23 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
35-18 |
| 2001 |
24 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
35-20 |
| 2000 |
23 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
17-22 |
| 1999 |
22 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
12-20 |
| 1998 |
22 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
13-19 |
| 1997 |
22 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
10-21 |
| 1996 |
19 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
17-17 |
| 1995^ |
17 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
3-10 |
| 1995* |
2 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0-0 |
| 1994^ |
5 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2-3 |
| 1994* |
12 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
1-3 |
| 1993^ |
12 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
7-11 |
| 1993* |
8 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3-6 |
| 1992 |
18 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
24-18 |
| 1991 |
18 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
25-15 |
| 1990 |
1 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0-1 |
| Total |
411 |
|
25 |
13 |
55 |
115 |
158 |
4 |
45 |
364-341 |
^Competed in both Top Fule and Funny Car
*Top Fuel statistics
PLAYOFF STATISTICS
| Year |
No. Races |
Won |
R/U |
Semi. |
Qtr. |
1st Rd. |
No. 1 Qfy. |
DNQ |
W-L |
| 2009 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7-6 |
| Total |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7-6 |
CAREER FINAL-ROUND RECORD
2010:
Englishtown runner-up (Bob Tasca III)
2009:
St. Louis winner (Ron Capps)
Bristol winner (Tony Pedregon)
Richmond Winner (Tim Wilkerson)
2008:
Houston winner (Ashley Force)
2007:
St. Louis runner-up (Ron Capps)
Sonoma runner-up (John Force)
2005
Englishtown winner (Ron Capps)
Indianapolis winner (Frank Pedregon)
2004
Phoenix winner (Tony Pedregon)
Gainesville winner (John Force)
Columbus winner (Gary Scelzi)
Dallas winner (Cruz Pedregon)
Chicago 2 winner (John Force)
Pomona 2 runner-up (John Force)
2003
Gainesville runner-up (Gary Densham)
Houston runner-up (Tony Pedregon)
Bristol winner (Whit Bazemore)
St. Louis winner (John Force)
Pomona 2 winner (Cory Lee)
2002
Pomona runner-up (John Force)
Phoenix winner (John Force)
Chicago 1 winner (Scotty Cannon)
Denver winner (Tony Pedregon)
Memphis runner-up (Tony Pedregon)
Dallas winner (Bruce Sarver)
2001
Houston winner (John Force)
Chicago 1 winner (John Force)
Columbus runner-up (John Force)
Sonoma winner (Jim Epler)
Pomona 2 winner (Whit Bazemore)
1999
Seattle winner (Whit Bazemore)
1998
Chicago runner-up (Whit Bazemore)
1993
Pomona 1 runner-up (John Force)
1992
Atlanta runner-up (John Force)
Englishtown runner-up (Chuck Etchells)
Indianapolis runner-up (Cruz Pedregon)
1991
Atlanta winner (Mark Oswald)
Englishtown winner (Mark Oswald)
Career No. 1 Qualifier Record
2010
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