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HOUSTON, March 30, 2008 - Del Worsham ended a two-year victory drought by driving his Checker Schuck's Kragen Chevy Impala SS past the Ford of Ashley Force for his 22nd career win but first since the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis in 2005. Worsham defeated Jerry Toliver in Round 1, fellow Chevy driver Tim Wilkerson in Round 2 and 14-time Funny Car champ John Force in the semifinals before facing off against Force's daughter, Ashley, who was looking for the first career Funny Car win of her young career. In the final round Worsham had a winning elapsed time of 4.933 seconds at 316.60 mph to Force's 4.971 e.t. at 302.62 mph. "What a great day," Worsham said. "I don't think one person working on the car was on our car in '05. We've just got a bunch of young kids that are really excited and really hungry. Everything just came together. I'm not going to say it was without trouble today - we had problems in the pits, we had problem in warm-ups, we had problems with our timer box - but it all came together. My Dad made some great calls on the starting line. It was getting hotter all day and going away, and he kept up with it and didn't get crazy. He had a great day. "As bad as I felt about the first two races, and I felt really bad about it, it was a lot different than last year when we didn't qualify because the car ran well. We'd go out and test and it would make runs and I kept saying we could win a race, we just have to get everything right. We even tried today to fail, you know, try and do things and brake and not go down the track. But we kept up with it, and I could just tell by the way it was running that this day was going to come again, I just didn't know when and didn't know it was going to be this quick. It finally happened and here it is. It's tough, but the fans are what keep you excited out here. That's why you come out here. The fans out here thye come out here and support you and your family and it keeps everybody together. I've been driving 18 years now, and it just keeps me going." FUNNY CAR RESULTS - MARCH 30, 2008 Winner - Del Worsham (Chevy Impala SS), 4.933ET/316.60MPH Runner-up - Ashley Force (Ford), 4.971ET/302.62MPH No. 1 Qualifier - Cruz Pedregon (Chevy Impala SS), 4.834ET/319.29MPH Top 10 - 1. Cruz Pedregon (Chevy Impala), 260; 2. Jack Beckman (Dodge), 249; 3. Tony Pedregon (Chevy Impala), 233; 4. Robert Hight (Ford), 232; 5. Ashley Force (Ford), 231; 6. John Force (Ford), 219; 7. Gary Densham (Chevy Impala), 208; 8. Tim Wilkerson (Chevy Impala), 204; 9. Del Worsham (Chevy), 187; 10. Jim Head (Toyota), 156.