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Archive for July, 2011

National Hot Rod Association driver Del Worsham was born February 11, 1970 in Whittier, California. He has accumulated 28 victories throughout his career, 25 of them were in the Funny Car Series and three of them were in the Top Fuel Series.

At age 21 Del became the youngest driver to win a Funny Car competition and was named Rookie of the Year for the NHRA division. He finished second in 2004 to John Force in the Funny Car Series, which was his best finish for the Point Read the rest of this entry »

There has been some tough competition so far in the Full Throttle Series in 2011. Today’s race 10 in Chicago will wrap up the first half of the season. There are 6 more races to go until all competitors except the top 10 are eliminated. At that time the remaining competitor’s points will be adjusted to a 10 point spread and the 1 driver will be assigned a 30 point lead over the 2 spot and these 10 will compete in the last 6 championship races.
After race 9 in Read the rest of this entry »

Funny Cars. Screaming, thundering, high-horsepower, altered wheelbase drag cars everyone loved to see on the starting line. But how did they get the name “Funny Car?” This question has been the subject of debate for years.

Many argue that it all started in the winter of the 1963-64 drag racing season when the Martin Bros. pioneered what is believed to be the first funny cars, placing supercharged, fuel-injected pump gas engines in production line cars. Those first cars were Dodge 330 sedans, three in number. However, there was no exhibition Read the rest of this entry »

NHRA drag racer John Harold Force is the owner and driver of John Force Racing. He has been in the business since 1978 beginning his driving career with a Corvette, Monza. Force’s successful career includes 132 victories. He became the Funny Car champion driver 15 times and 17 times he became a champion car owner.

John Force is a true champion who knew when to step down. In 2009 he didn’t win a single race, so he parked his car and promoted a new crew chief. He then won his 15th NHRA Championship.

Force has shown resilience in a brutal and dangerous sport. Read the rest of this entry »