| Famed
“Blue Max” to race at Goodguys 47th
March Meet presented by Clay Smith Cams
Del
and Chuck Worsham’s “Blue Max”
1977 Ford Funny Car, a perfectly crafted replica
of Raymond Beadle’s NHRA Championship winning
race car will be in competition at the Goodguys
47th March Meet, March 10-12 at Auto Club Famoso
Raceway in Bakersfield. Though the car has made
several exhibition-only runs, this will mark its
competition debut. The Worshams are familiar to
drag racing fans as the Orange, CA based father
and son team have fielded Funny Cars on the NHRA
PowerAde circuit since 1997 and currently campaign
the two-car Checker, Schuck's, and Kragen - sponsored
team.
Their
Blue Max replica created quite a stir when it made
its first exhibition appearance at last season’s
O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals in Ennis, Texas.
On its first full run down the track, the ‘Max
logged a 5.97 elapsed time – then the quickest-ever
run for a Goodguys/VRA legal Nostalgia Funny Car.
The current ET record for the class is held by Larry
Pettit at 5.92 seconds. With their professional
drag racing experience, they stand a good chance
to win the event, but they will have their hands
full in Bakersfield as a field of at least 15 Nostalgia
Funny Cars is expected.
The
Nostalgia Funny Car class was added to the Goodguys
Vintage Drag Racing events in 2003. The fledgling
class is the talk of the industry and the Worsham’s
were bitten by the Nostalgia bug in 2003 when they
attended the Goodguys March Meet to help their friend
Nathan Bugg with his retro Funny Car. “We
had a blast at the March Meet the last two years,
camping in the pits and helping out our friends.
So, we decided to recreate the Blue Max –
one of my dad’s all time favorite race cars.
So far, the car has gotten a lot of attention when
we’ve had it in our pits at the NHRA races.
It's amazing how many fans remember these historic
race cars,” said Del Worsham. “We’re
looking forward to going out and just having fun
at this year’s March Meet. The NHRA Tour is
awesome and it’s our living, but its hard
work. We’re racing the Blue Max Nostalgia
Funny Car to have fun.”
With
close to 600 racing entries in 14 classes, The Goodguys
March Meet is the world’s largest vintage
drag race. Event gates open at 8am daily. For more
information on the event, visit www.good-guys.com
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