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After winning back to back events, St. Louis and Bristol, Del Worsham and the Al-Anabi Toyota Funny Car had not been past the quarterfinals until this weekend. Worsham worked his way past Matt Hagan, Jeff Arend, Ron  Capps and then Tim Wilkerson to take the win in the NHRA Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park, the 25th of his career.

This is unreal,” said Worsham. “I had nothing but trust in these guys.”

These guys are the tandem of Dickie Venables and Scott Elliott.

“What they brought is just enormous amounts of experience. Experience you can’t buy. All the championships and all the runs and their dedication to the car and this team showed today.”

The biggest challenge, at least for Worsham was the semifinal run against Ron Capps.

“I’m not going to say I was surprised to win any of the rounds today, but Ron Capps he just whips me like a little boy. To get by him today was definitely a big moment for myself.”

While the win over Capps was huge, the first round win over Matt Hagan might never have happened. Sitting in the car, Worsham was going through his normal routine when he suddenly panicked.

“I had a pretty good feeling this morning. I’m in the car, it’s right before first round and I am feeling the reverser and it just feels too loose and the reverser cable wasn’t hooked up. Right before they are ready to start the car I am screaming for the clutch guy. When you find things like that, it’s just your day.”