(Joe McHugh photo)

Photos by Ron Lewis and Joe McHugh

Del Worsham continued his impressive start to the season by racing to the Top Fuel victory Sunday, May 1, at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Royal Purple Raceway.

Jeff Arend (Funny Car), Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event near Houston.

TOP FUEL

ROUND ONE: Morgan Lucas, 5.624, 177.56 def. Terry McMillen, 5.530, 146.93; Del Worsham, 3.874, 319.45 def. Bob Vandergriff, 8.663, 74.91; Antron Brown, 3.925, 317.27 def. Doug Foley, 5.334, 130.29; Doug Kalitta, 5.417, 117.11 def. T.J. Zizzo, foul; Tony Schumacher, 4.887, 149.18 def. Troy Buff, foul; Larry Dixon, 3.886, 318.09 def. Clay Millican, 3.941, 306.67; Spencer Massey, 3.861, 302.69 def. Steve Torrence, 4.273, 269.03; David Grubnic, 4.037, 296.05 def. Brandon Bernstein, 4.895, 169.59

QUARTERFINALS: Schumacher, 3.991, 298.93 def. Lucas, 4.938, 157.65; Dixon, 3.864, 319.90 def. Brown, 3.966, 305.42; Worsham, 3.896, 317.87 def. Grubnic, 3.971, 307.72; Kalitta, 3.947, 317.12 def. Massey, 5.580, 126.15

SEMIFINALS: Worsham, 3.896, 315.42 def. Kalitta, 5.055, 148.28; Dixon, 3.889, 317.27 def. Schumacher, 5.432, 137.00