Alan Johnson Al-Anabi Racing
| Del Worsham is currently second in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings; he
trails first-place Ron Capps by 119 points. Worsham has two wins this season; he visited victory
circle at St. Louis on May 3 and Bristol on May 17. One race ago at Topeka, Worsham was the No. 13
qualifier; he defeated Mike Neff before losing to Tim Wilkerson in the second round of
eliminations.
| Until he lost in the second round of eliminations at Topeka, Worsham had won nine
consecutive rounds of eliminations. Worsham now has 24 wins in his Funny Car career; he is seventh
on the NHRA's all-time Funny Car wins list trailing sixth place by just two wins.
| Last year at Route 66 Raceway, Worsham did not qualify for eliminations, but he has won
three races at the Joliet, Ill. track, 2001, '02 and '04.
Worsham prior to Route 66 Raceway:
"Just about everyone on our team is looking forward to Joliet. It's very fast race track. I've
had success there, Aaron (crew chief Aaron Brooks) has had success there, Alan (team owner Alan
Johnson) has had success there, so all of us, especially Aaron, are really looking forward to the
race this weekend. With all the success we've all had at Joliet, we have high hopes, but it's not
just that.
"This weekend could be the last really fast race track we have until the fall so we're all looking
forward to getting there to let it all hang out. After this weekend, we go to Englishtown, (N.J)
and then to the Western swing, and most of those tracks can be hot, humid or both. We're getting
into the summer races so we'll all have to pull it back and just try to get down the race track
instead of seeing how fast we can go every time.
"We've won a couple of races now, so we definitely have our confidence, but we still need to work
on our warm-weather tune up. It was hot in Topeka; we didn't win, but we had a good first round.
We just need to keep getting things dialed in for the tracks we have coming, and we'll be more than
competitive."
For additional information on Del Worsham, please visit 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
and the rest of the team, please visit www.alanjohnsonracing.com.
