| Del Worsham won the O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway on
May 3. He defeated Jerry Toliver, Tim Wilkerson, Tony Pedregon and Ron Capps on his way to
victory. It was his first victory of the season and the first for the Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing
Funny Car team. Worsham is currently second in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings;
he trails first place Ron Capps by 119 points.
| The Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing Funny Car has been a consistent qualifier most of the
season. Through the seven races, Worsham's average qualifying position is 6.57. Throw out
qualifying No. 16 at Las Vegas at Atlanta, and Worsham's average qualifying position is 2.34.
| Last year at Bristol Raceway, Worsham was the No. 12 qualifier and lost to Robert Hight
in the first round of eliminations. Worsham has never won at Bristol Dragway.
Worsham prior to Bristol:
"A lot has changed since St. Louis; everybody's still excited about it. It was as exciting as any
other win in my career. To win with this new team is awesome; we've been saying for a long time
that if we ever got some consistency, we could get to the winner's circle so to finally do that
feels really good. It all started with the last qualifying run and our first-round loss at
Atlanta. We had those two solid runs, and then two solid qualifying runs in St. Louis before
starting eliminations. So we definitely found something at Atlanta.
"I knew it was just a matter of time; this team is very talented, and getting to watch Alan (team
owner Alan Johnson) and Aaron (crew chief Aaron Brooks) work together and make their moves is
really nice. All I have to do is sit back and drive the car, and it's a great feeling.
"Everybody has their jobs. I work just as hard as the driver as I did when I was doing everything
at our family team, but you only have so much that you can give. Now I can put 100 percent of my
effort into driving the car instead of spreading myself pretty thin to get everything done. The
way the Funny Car class is now; it's so competitive, and this approach is what it takes to be
successful. We have our first win now; I hope it's the first of many."
For additional information on Del Worsham, please visit http://www.alanjohnsonracing.com to
view his full bio.
About Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing:
Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing is a partnership between Alan Johnson and His Highness Sheikh Khalid
Bin Hamad Al Thani. The team is a two-car NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Team fielding entries in
Top Fuel and Funny Car competition. At the forefront of this partnership is Al Thani's goal to
promote the domestic and international awareness of Motorsports in the nation of Qatar. Johnson is
an eight-time NHRA Top Fuel Championship crew chief. For additional information on Alan Johnson,
please visit http://www.alanjohnsonracing.com
