Drivers
- Series: Funny Car
- Car: Checker Schuck's Kragen Chevy Monte Carlo
- Crew Chief: Chuck Worsham
- Birth Date: February 11, 1970
- Hobbies: Fishing, golfing
- Home Town: Chino Hills, California
Fast Facts:
- Career Wins: 21
- Career Final Rounds: 32
- Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.723 seconds
- Career-Best Speed: 331.36 mph
Del Worsham rolled to his eighth consecutive top 10 Funny Car points finish in 2005 after scoring a pair of victories at Englishtown and Indianapolis. Worsham also won the $100,000 Skoal Showdown for Funny Cars at Indianapolis which added some extra cash to his Labor Day payoff, and his eighth place year-end finish was the ninth time in the last 10 season that the Checker Schuck's Kragen Chevrolet driver had recorded a top-10 finish. Worsham's best season as a Funny Car driver was in 2004 when he captured five national-event victories, advanced to six final rounds and finished second in the points standings. He also posted a pair of third-place points finishes in 2001 and 2002.
CAREER
- Made professional debut at 1990 NHRA Finals at Pomona (Calif.).
- Named 1991 NHRA Rookie of the Year and became the youngest driver, at age 21, to win a Funny Car event.
- Earned a position in the Castrol 4-Second Club in 1998. Along with father and grandmother, named recipients of the Blaine Johnson award.
- Won four events in 2001, finished third in the points standings and nominated Funny Car Driver of the Year by Car Craft magazine.
- Has won at least one event in six of the last seven race seasons.
- Has captured 21 of his 24 career victories since 2001.
- Has earned five top-five and 11 top-10 professional points finishes. Has finished in the top 10 of the Funny Car standings in nine of the last 10 years.
- Most prolific year was 2004 when he captured five victories, advanced to six final rounds and finished second in the Funny Car points standings.
TRACK STATS
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2005 Season
- Earned eighth straight top-10 points finish.
- Won the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis and the $100,000 Skoal Showdown for Funny Cars.
- Ran top speed of the meet at Indianapolis, Memphis and Sonoma.
- Won Englishtown.
- Ran career best e.t. at Chicago in September and career best speed at NHRA Finals.
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2004 Season
- Career-best finish in the final point standings, and his fourth consecutive finish in the top four.
- Tied John Force for category lead for victories in the season with a career-best five wins.
- His win at Phoenix moved him atop the point standings for the first time in his career.
- Qualified for all 23 events, upping his streak to 67 consecutive events without a DNQ dating back to Gainesville 2002.
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2003 Season
- Finished in the top 10 for the fifth consecutive season and eighth time overall.
- Won 31 elimination rounds, the second-highest season total of his career.
- Established career best numbers for time and speed.
- One of four Funny Car drivers to qualify for all 23 events.
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2002 Season
- Matched a career-best finish in the standings.
- Earned four victories for the second-straight season and was the runner-up twice.
- Matched a career-best with 35 elimination round victories.
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2001 Season
- Finished third in the standings.
- Won four events.
