| Del Worsham is in seventh place in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings; he trails sixth place by 17 points and fifth place by 73 points. He is 31 points ahead of eighth place.

| Worsham has two wins this season; he visited victory circle at St. Louis and Bristol. Last weekend in Brainerd, Worsham was the No. 8 qualifier; he defeated Jerry Tolliver before losing to Jack Beckman in the second round of eliminations.

| One year ago in Reading, Worsham was the No. 9; he defeated Bob Tasca before losing to Cruz Pedregon in the second round of eliminations. Worsham has never won at Maple Grove Raceway.

| Worsham 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.

Worsham prior to Reading:

"We made some progress at Sonoma and then a little more at Brainerd so I think we are continuing to move in the right direction. When we tested before Brainerd, I think that really helped our guys learn a few more things about the car and how it reacts to the changes we make. We have two races left before the field is set for the countdown so it's officially crunch time. I really appreciate how hard our guys have worked all season to get our team where we all know it can be. I've never won a race at Reading, and I can't think of a better time to get back to victory circle than this weekend."

For additional information on Del Worsham, please visit http://www.alanjohnsonracing.com to view his full bio.

Courtesy of Rob Goodman