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After Friday's action was rained upon, and then finally cancelled when the rising dew point made the track unsafe, Del Worsham and the rest of the Funny Car class had to roll the dice on nothing more than two Saturday sessions in order to set the field. Worsham posted a fine 4.918 on his first run, landing him 7th after that initial session. Later on Saturday afternoon, he was on a similar run, but slowed when the left-side header pipes collapsed before the finish line, filling the inside of his car with sparks and smoke.
Worsham ended qualifying in the 13th spot in his Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Impala, and will face Tony Pedregon in round one.
"I didn't know what was going on at first, I was just seeing a lot of sparks and junk flying around," Worsham said. "It wasn't exactly hauling hard anyway, and we probably wouldn't have improved enough to get into the top half, so it is what it is. It wasn't that easy out there, to go from end to end, so I'm happy the car was cooperating and I'm happy we're in the show.
"You know, when it's a shorter qualifying deal like this, with just the two runs to sort everyone out, you can't help but worry about fluke problems, broken blower belts, oil leaks, or anything else that can spoil a run. If you wanted to be in this race, you had to deliver with at least one out of two runs today, and we did. Tomorrow might be a totally new deal, so we'll just come out here and aim to get past a very tough team in round one."
WORSHAM LANDS 13th AFTER SHORTENED QUALIFYING EFFORT
After Friday's action was rained upon, and then finally cancelled when the rising dew point made the track unsafe, Del Worsham and the rest of the Funny Car class had to roll the dice on nothing more than two Saturday sessions in order to set the field. Worsham posted a fine 4.918 on his first run, landing him 7th after that initial session. Later on Saturday afternoon, he was on a similar run, but slowed when the left-side header pipes collapsed before the finish line, filling the inside of his car with sparks and smoke.
Worsham ended qualifying in the 13th spot in his Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Impala, and will face Tony Pedregon in round one.
"I didn't know what was going on at first, I was just seeing a lot of sparks and junk flying around," Worsham said. "It wasn't exactly hauling hard anyway, and we probably wouldn't have improved enough to get into the top half, so it is what it is. It wasn't that easy out there, to go from end to end, so I'm happy the car was cooperating and I'm happy we're in the show.
"You know, when it's a shorter qualifying deal like this, with just the two runs to sort everyone out, you can't help but worry about fluke problems, broken blower belts, oil leaks, or anything else that can spoil a run. If you wanted to be in this race, you had to deliver with at least one out of two runs today, and we did. Tomorrow might be a totally new deal, so we'll just come out here and aim to get past a very tough team in round one."
