He’s grown up in the sport and now sees a new day has arrived
Del Worsham has seen many changes to Funny Car racing over his eighteen years as a driver. (Roger Richards)
Del Worsham has experienced easier weekends than he did in attaining
the last man out status in the inaugural running of the NHRA’s
Countdown to the Championship.
At the final race of the first phase in Reading last August, Worsham
controlled his own destiny: win and he would get in. He was beaten in
the semis by eventual race and series champion Tony Pedregon.
“We sat around for days and days,” Worsham recalled of the rain-plagued
event. “We basically just raced one round of racing per day. It got to
the point where we had to win the race.”
Worsham was finally eliminated on Wednesday but not before learning a valuable lesson.