Despite more than two decades in drag racing and some previous experience in the long, narrow cars of Top Fuel, Del Worsham figured he would have an adjustment period switching over from racing Funny Cars.
Few drivers have made a smooth transition from one to the other and Worsham figured it’d be no different for him.
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Mike Neff raced to his third win of the season Sunday as racing came to an end at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. Del Worsham, Vincent Nobile, and Eddie Krawiec also won in their respective categories at the 10th of 22 events in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Neff drove his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang to a 4.211-second run at 289.94mph past Ron Capps in the final round to collect his third win of the season and fourth career win. It was also Neff’s fifth final-round appearance in the past six races  … More
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Robert Hight raced to his fourth Funny Car victory of the season Sunday and in the process set the national speed record at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were winners at Bristol Dragway in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.Â
Hight gained momentum with a consistent string of powerful runs  … More
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Sweden’s Jens Eklund has been sending huge-horsepower Audis down drag strips since last decade. His latest car stands out for its mind-twisting mashup of the A5’s lithe form with that typically hand-made muscularity of a drag car. The result? Awesomeness writ huge.
The car is powered by a 1000hp, turbocharged 5-cylinder engine rather than  … Pictures & More
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