{"id":7161,"date":"2025-09-30T00:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:19:24","slug":"points-leader-prevails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"Points Leader Prevails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>California&#8217;s <strong>Del Worsham<\/strong> won the Funny Car division for the <strong>IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series<\/strong> event held at Darana Dragway \u2014 West Salem, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Del earned both the $50,000 winners&#8217; purse and his 2nd prestigious IHRA Ironman trophy of the season. with the races live-streamed on IHRA.TV and SPEED SPORT 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Del became the first repeat winner this season for the Funny Car class when he beat Terry Haddock in the final round &#8211; using a hole shot start with an effort of 3.823 secs at 269.95 mph &#8212; within the 1\/8th mile format event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haddock had a slightly better time and speed at 3.282 seconds and 271.25 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9e72fdea-b3cc-2fe1-1f70-b923ecdab20e-scaled-e1759191522148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9e72fdea-b3cc-2fe1-1f70-b923ecdab20e-scaled-e1759191513474-1024x608.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7164\" width=\"508\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6abb590e-bfef-5c0a-f482-e5dcbef6eefb-scaled-e1759113884974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6abb590e-bfef-5c0a-f482-e5dcbef6eefb-scaled-e1759113875748-1024x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7156\" width=\"505\" height=\"233\"\/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Del Worsham<\/strong> won his 2nd IHRA fuel Funny Car event of 2025 last weekend in Ohio.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Worsham, who had qualified #1 had dispatched Joe Morrison in the semifinals and Jacob Slater in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been to all four final rounds this season, matching his own mark of four straight final rounds in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What a day. We&#8217;ve closed the deal in two of them now,&#8221; Worsham said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been to all the finals, and I&#8217;ve had tough competition. Every time, the car next to me goes to the finish line, and always makes a full run. That makes it tough because it makes no room for error. A lot of hard work went into this one.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worsham had the quick run of 3.320 seconds at 265.02 mph to position himself at the top of the Funny Car leader going into Saturday&#8217;s eliminations. Terry Haddock was next quick at 3.391 seconds and 241.29 mph. Dale Creasy, Joe Morrison and Jody Austin rounded out the top five &#8211; for the presented 8-car field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IHRA&#8217;s Outlaw Nitro Series for 2025 has one race left for it&#8217;s season calendar &#8211; coming up at Galot Motorports Park in NC (Nov. 5-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Posted with files by IHRA Communicaitons &amp; Bruce Biegler<br>Photos by Robert Richard\/BME Photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25_ihra_logo-e1757974910574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/nitrofccanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25_ihra_logo-e1757974910574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7107\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California&#8217;s Del Worsham won the Funny Car division for the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series event held at Darana Dragway \u2014 West Salem, Ohio. Del earned both the $50,000 winners&#8217; purse and his 2nd prestigious IHRA Ironman trophy of the season. with the races live-streamed on IHRA.TV and SPEED SPORT 1. 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