Everything in drag racing involves timing, just ask Del Worsham.

Being in the right place and the right time provided the foundation
that secured Worsham’s driving job with Alan Johnson's Al-Anabi Funny
Car team.

Sunday evening in the Pomona Fairplex media center, Worsham, a 22-time
NHRA Funny Car winner on the NHRA Full Throttle tour wanted to talk,
this after rain had forced postponement of the day’s racing following
one completed round of eliminations.

Lucas Oil Slick Mist, a polymer paint gloss intensifier used on glass,
chrome and vinyl surfaces that is marketed and distributed by Lucas Oil
Products, has been named the title sponsor of the upcoming NHRA Full
Throttle Drag Racing Series event at Firebird International Raceway
near Phoenix, it was announced today by NHRA officials.

The Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals will be contested Feb. 20-22 at
the popular dragstrip in Chandler, Ariz. The race will be televised by
ESPN2 and ESPN2HD.

Doug and Scott Kalitta always presented a
formidable one-two punch when they raced together under the Kalitta
Motorsports banner in Top Fuel. Nearly eight months after Scott’s
tragic death, the cousins are still winning.

The Kalitta team has always front-halved and back-halved the dragsters
to get the most out of the chassis, and the yellow 50th anniversary
dragster Doug Kalitta drove in Pomona utilized the same rollcage that
shielded Scott when he won the 2005 NHRA Winternationals crown.

This marked Doug's first victory in the season-opener and the third
time a Kalitta had won the opening event since Connie Kalitta triumphed
in 1967. This win represented his 31st and another one of life’s goals
he can scratch off the list.

Watching late model musclecars battle it out for supremacy on the quarter mile is part of what made the golden age of drag racing
in the sixties so very special. With that in mind, Battle of the Brands
is bringing some of that back with their new Ultra Street eliminator
for 2009.

“People still remember the epic battles between the Stock and Super
Stock musclecars from a generation ago,” said Bill Alexander, president
of the company. “Talks with our racers, fans, media partners and
manufacturers have also shown there’s still a strong interest in low
cost, entry level racing for late model street enthusiasts. That’s why
we decided to create the new Ultra Street class. It combines the best
of both worlds into a class that has all the ingredients to really take
off.”

There’s something about racing on a Tuesday that always seems to excite Ron Capps. Maybe that thrill can be traced to the fact that he’s undefeated on that particular day of the week.

Yes, Capps’ first win came on a Tuesday in Seattle, 1995, when he
defeated Cory McClenathan while driving Roger Primm’s Top Fuel dragster.

“There were about 40 people or so in the grandstands to celebrate with me,” Capps recalled.

For Capps, it was all about remaining motivated during a rainout.

This is the first of several new NHRA Full Throttle ads to debut in
2009. This commercial spot titled "Legend" features the Don "Snake"
Prudhomme talking about the old days when drag racing was truly go full
throttle or you will go home.

While his fast-running teammate was busy collecting records like they were going out of style, Jason Line was busy grabbing win lights at the NHRA Winternationals.

The former world champion collected his 16th career Pro Stock national event victory and the first at the NHRA Winternationals.

“I drove pretty good today and that feels good because I’ve been
criticized for that recently,” Line admitted. “I had a good hot rod,
probably the second best in the place today. To actually win here feels
really good.”

KALITTA, CAPPS AND LINE EARN WINS AT KRAGEN O’REILLY WINTERNATIONALS

Doug
Kalitta raced to his first Top Fuel victory in more than a year Tuesday
at the rain-delayed Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club
Raceway at Pomona.

Ron Capps and Jason Line also were winners in their respective
categories at the first of 24 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
events in 2009. The season-opening event, which had been plagued by
five straight days of rain delays, was finally completed under clear
blue skies.

Kalitta powered his Kalitta Motorsports dragster to a winning
performance of 3.822 seconds at 308.57 mph to take an emotional win
over top qualifier Antron Brown, whose Matco Tools dragster trailed
with a 3.847 at 307.16.

Top 10 point standings for the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
following the rain-delayed 49th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA
Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Final-round results for the professional categories from
Tuesday’s rain-delayed running of the 49th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA
Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. It is the first of 24
events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in 2009.