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Checker, Schuck's, Kragen driver Del Worsham made the 4th-quickest Funny Car run in Friday's first session (a 5.268 under a scorching Denver sun,) and then made the 7th-best lap under the lights on Friday night, completing a pair of good laps under difficult conditions. The later run, a 4.983, landed him 7th with two sessions still to go on Saturday. His top speed of 317.64 mph was the best by a long way, with his teammate Phil Burkart posting the second fastest speed at 313.37.
"I'll admit we were even a little timid on the night run," Worsham said. "You're looking at a team that's made a few mistakes on Friday night this year, and we've paid a price for it. I sure as heck wasn't going to smoke the tires there, so we put a bit of conservative front-half on that lap, making sure we got it going without being edgy. Then, we laid the coals to it pretty hard in the second half. The big speed shows we had it running well from half-track on. The only downside to that, was that we let a little bit of ET get away by being soft at the hit.
"This race has a bit of an odd schedule, in that the last session tomorrow could stretch into the evening pretty easily if there are any delays at all. I don't see much shuffling going on in the top half during the first session on Saturday, but I'm also pretty sure we'll see some changes all over the place on the last run, if we get any shade and break from the heat at all. The good thing about this high/dry air is that it cools off fast once the sun goes behind the mountain."
WORSHAM'S SOLID RUNS ARE TOP-HALF MATERIAL
Checker, Schuck's, Kragen driver Del Worsham made the 4th-quickest Funny Car run in Friday's first session (a 5.268 under a scorching Denver sun,) and then made the 7th-best lap under the lights on Friday night, completing a pair of good laps under difficult conditions. The later run, a 4.983, landed him 7th with two sessions still to go on Saturday. His top speed of 317.64 mph was the best by a long way, with his teammate Phil Burkart posting the second fastest speed at 313.37.
"I'll admit we were even a little timid on the night run," Worsham said. "You're looking at a team that's made a few mistakes on Friday night this year, and we've paid a price for it. I sure as heck wasn't going to smoke the tires there, so we put a bit of conservative front-half on that lap, making sure we got it going without being edgy. Then, we laid the coals to it pretty hard in the second half. The big speed shows we had it running well from half-track on. The only downside to that, was that we let a little bit of ET get away by being soft at the hit.
"This race has a bit of an odd schedule, in that the last session tomorrow could stretch into the evening pretty easily if there are any delays at all. I don't see much shuffling going on in the top half during the first session on Saturday, but I'm also pretty sure we'll see some changes all over the place on the last run, if we get any shade and break from the heat at all. The good thing about this high/dry air is that it cools off fast once the sun goes behind the mountain."
