Del Worsham and Al Anabi: How Did They Come To Work Together?
July 22nd, 2011 | 
Author: 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 Standings Series.
Worsham teamed up with Al-Anabi Racing in 2009 after almost seeing an end to his 17 year racing career. Al-Anabi is owned by the second heir to the throne of Qatar, Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani, a 22-year-old drag racing fan. Del was asked to join the team by Al-Thani and eight-time NHRA championship crew chief Alan Johnson.
After just seven races, Worsham was able to bring home a victory while driving an Al-Anabi Racing Toyota winning the O’Reilly Midwest Nationals.
Prior to his partnership with Al-Anabi, Del had only raced for his father Chuck Worsham. When their sponsor CSK Auto Inc. told them they were out, Del needed a new racing team and fortunately found it with Al-Anabi.
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