Top fuel driver Del Worsham in the nose to Al-Anabi teammate Larry Dixon by four thousandths of a second to win the second annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA width of four nationals at zMAX Dragway Sunday. The other winners in the fourth of the 22 races of the NHRA Full Throttle drag racing series 2011 season were Jack Beckman (funny car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock).
Worsham gave four thousandths Dixon to the starting line (.064 to. 068 as but it was faster than Dixon (3.813 at 3.821) on the runway for a margin of victory NET de.0048, or about half a foot in eighth mil.)
"I told (team manager) Alan (Johnson), it would be only a matter of inches... and it was," said Worsham, who won for the second time this season and opened a lead of 77 points on Dixon point Top Fuel classification.
The funny car final was also a close finish with Beckman (4.120, 309.63) crosses the band as a Dodge Charger its Aaron, just Bob Tasca boat powered with faculties/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang (4.137, 311.05) for his first victory this year and 10th of his career.
"Del spoke with a peak too early." "I am not worried about that, I would like just to peak," said Beckman, who won for the first time in more than a year (Phoenix, 2010).
In Pro Stock, four times, and defending champion of the series Anderson, neighbor Mooresville, N.C., hunted down finalist Greg Stanfield (6.559, 211.10) on the right of the band with a 6.556 s pass to 211.39 km to win (par.005) for the first time this year.
"I like this race track and the best part of it is it is home for me." Just a day of great, great. "I am a very happy person," said Anderson, who extended his streak of NHRA-best consecutive seasons with at least a victory at 11.
Also of note for Anderson, who led the Summit Racing Pontiac GXP, it was his 66th career victory, taking him in one of the Tony Schumacher (67) for fifth place on the list of record victories in three of the Kenny Bernstein and the NHRA (69) for fourth place.
The 2011 NHRA Full Throttle series resumes in two weeks with the 24th annual O'Reilly Auto parts NHRA nationals spring at the Royal Raceway Park in Houston.
Final finishing order (1-16) for occupational categories at the second annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com NHRA width of four nationals at zMax Dragway.THE TOP FUEL:
1 Del Worsham. 2 Larry Dixon; 3 Spencer Massey. 4. Shawn Langdon. 5 Doug Kalitta; 6 Tony Schumacher. 7 Steve Torrence; 8 Antron Brown. 9 Terry McMillen; 10 Morgan Lucas; 11 Bob Vandergriff; 12 Doug Herbert; 13 Brandon Bernstein. 14 David Grubnic. 15 Doug Foley; 16 Dom Lagana.
FUNNY CAR:1 Jack Beckman; 2 Bob Tasca III. 3 Tim Wilkerson; 4 Jim Head. 5 Mike Neff. 6 John Smith. 7 Robert Hight; 8 John Force; 9 Dale Creasy Jr.; 10 Tony Pedregon; 11 Cruz Pedregon. 12 Johnny Gray; 13 Jeff Arend; 14 Ron Capps; 15 Matt Hagan.
PRO STOCK:
1 Greg Anderson. 2 Greg Stanfield; 3 Dave Connolly. 4 Vincent Nobile; 5 Allen Johnson. 6 Erica Enders. 7 Mike Edwards. 8 Ron Krisher; 9 Larry Morgan. 10 Kurt Johnson. 11 Line Jason; 12 Rodger Brogdon; 13 Ronnie Humphrey; 14 V. Gaines; 15 Warren Johnson. 16 Shane Gray.
Fuel - top- Del Worsham, dry 3.813, mph 319.82 beats Larry Dixon, s 3.821, 319.90 mph and Spencer Massey, 3.892 sec, 304.67 mph and Shawn Langdon, s 3.974, 294.31 mph.Funny car - Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 4.120, 309.63 beats Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 4.137.
311.05 and Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 4.158, 306.95 and Jim Head, Toyota Solara, 4.242, 268.17;
Pro Stock - Greg Anderson, Pontiac GXP, 6.556, 211.39 beats Greg Stanfield, GXP, 6.559, 211.10 and Dave Connolly, Chevrolet Cobalt, 6.585, 210.73 and Vincent Nobile, Dodge Avenger, 17.216, 50.05;
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