Worsham gets best of Schumacher in NHRA
Sunday, Mar. 13, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Del Worsham defeated seven-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher in the final round Sunday of the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway to become the 15th driver to win Top Fuel and Funny Car events.
The other winners at the second of 22 NHRA races this season were Mike Neff (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
Worsham was four-thousandths slower (0.044 to 0.040) on the tree and eight-thousands quicker (3.858 to 3.866) on the track for a finish-line winning margin of 0.004.
It was Worsham's first win in Top Fuel after compiling 25 victories in Funny Car over the last 15 years.
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