SCRUGGS SAGA ENDS ON POSITIVE NOTE
Sat, 2009-07-25 18:33
Jason Scruggs took delivery of his spare race car just a few minutes after 4 am Saturday morning, the final
day of the ADRL U.S. Drags II in Dinwiddie, Va.
Ten hours later he was leading the Pro Extreme division.
The defending ADRL Pro Extreme champion crashed his primary race car, a new 1967 Camaro from Garrett Race Cars during Friday practice, and after discussions with his crew, called a fellow farming friend Matt Hutchison to deliver his championship-winning Dodge Stratus. Jason Scruggs took delivery of his spare race car just a few minutes after 4 am Saturday morning, the final
day of the ADRL U.S. Drags II in Dinwiddie, Va.
Ten hours later he was leading the Pro Extreme division.
The defending ADRL Pro Extreme champion crashed his primary race car, a new 1967 Camaro from Garrett Race Cars during Friday practice, and after discussions with his crew, called a fellow farming friend Matt Hutchison to deliver his championship-winning Dodge Stratus.
Hutcheson was working on the farm and dropped what he was doing to not only load the car but drive all night and deliver in the wee hours of the morning.
“We started on the car right then,” said Scruggs discussing what he did when the car rolled out of the trailer.
Truth be known, Scruggs said the team was ready to hit the strip before 9 am and they could have been ready to go even earlier.
“We had a little trouble with the engine but that had nothing to do with the car,” Scruggs said prior to making his qualifying run. “We hope we are ready but we haven’t run this car in a long time and we changed some stuff around since we don’t run that car with our combination and we had a one-shot deal.”
Having just once chance to make the field fit the team's “grab the jugular” attidue.
“We really don’t know how to race soft,” Scruggs admitted. “These cars are so good and fast, that you really can’t back the car down too much. We just hoped for the best and it worked out for us.”
The best equated to a 3.765 elapsed time at 202.45 miles per hour.
Scruggs said the Camaro will return to competition at the ADRL Gateway Drags in St. Louis, Mo.
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Ten hours later he was leading the Pro Extreme division.
The defending ADRL Pro Extreme champion crashed his primary race car, a new 1967 Camaro from Garrett Race Cars during Friday practice, and after discussions with his crew, called a fellow farming friend Matt Hutchison to deliver his championship-winning Dodge Stratus. Jason Scruggs took delivery of his spare race car just a few minutes after 4 am Saturday morning, the final
Mark Walter/Dragstory.com
Ten hours later he was leading the Pro Extreme division.
The defending ADRL Pro Extreme champion crashed his primary race car, a new 1967 Camaro from Garrett Race Cars during Friday practice, and after discussions with his crew, called a fellow farming friend Matt Hutchison to deliver his championship-winning Dodge Stratus.
Hutcheson was working on the farm and dropped what he was doing to not only load the car but drive all night and deliver in the wee hours of the morning.
“We started on the car right then,” said Scruggs discussing what he did when the car rolled out of the trailer.
Truth be known, Scruggs said the team was ready to hit the strip before 9 am and they could have been ready to go even earlier.
“We had a little trouble with the engine but that had nothing to do with the car,” Scruggs said prior to making his qualifying run. “We hope we are ready but we haven’t run this car in a long time and we changed some stuff around since we don’t run that car with our combination and we had a one-shot deal.”
Having just once chance to make the field fit the team's “grab the jugular” attidue.
“We really don’t know how to race soft,” Scruggs admitted. “These cars are so good and fast, that you really can’t back the car down too much. We just hoped for the best and it worked out for us.”
The best equated to a 3.765 elapsed time at 202.45 miles per hour.
Scruggs said the Camaro will return to competition at the ADRL Gateway Drags in St. Louis, Mo.
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