PRO EXTREME

Randell Reid

With just 11 entries, the NAS Racing Pro Extreme class did not meet the threshold (13) for a 16-car field, so Randell Reid led an eight-car field into eliminations with a 3.54 at 213.00-mph qualifying pass.

Points leader Jason Scruggs ran 3.56 at 216.27 to start his ScruggsFarm.com '69 Camaro from the number-five position, then beat Mustafa Buhamaid with a 3.55 at 216.93 in round one of racing before making a 3.54 solo run at 217.84 mph in the semis when Reid's car broke on the starting line.

That set up a final-round match against Todd Tutterow, who won the PDRA Spring Nationals in April. Tutterow, from Lewisville, NC, steered his GALOT Racing '69 Camaro to a 3.59 at 213-mph win over Dubai's Badir Ahli in round one and won with a holeshot against Brandon Snider in the semi-finals.

Jason Scruggs

In the final, Scruggs left with a .015 advantage, then posted another 3.54-seconds pass at 218.19 mph while Tutterow faced traction issues and slowed to 4.39 at just 120.52 mph. It was Scruggs' fifth win of the year and almost clinched his position at the top of the points list with just the PDRA World Finals left to run in October at Richmond, VA.

"We went out looking to run a high-.53 or low-.54 and that's exactly what we run so that makes us pretty happy. I felt like we got lucky to win our last race (last month in Memphis) when we didn't make a good run in the final, so it feels good to win one this way," Scruggs said. "I also want to thank everyone that helps us, everyone at ScruggsFarm.com, Hoosier Tires, the guys at MVM wheelie bars, Flatout Gaskets, Snyder Lencodrive, just everybody that helps us."