FINAL ADRL DALLAS RESULTS
The Flowmaster American Drag Racing League closed the books on its 2007 season
and opened up its 2008 campaign over the weekend at Texas Motorplex, with Jason
Scruggs (Pro Extreme), Dennis Radford (Pro Nitrous), Mike Hill (Extreme 10.5)
and Ron Clark (Pro Extreme Motorcycle) winning event titles Saturday night at
the AlphaTrade ADRL World Finals.
One night earlier, Scruggs, Jamie
Hancock (Pro Nitrous), Steve Gorman (Extreme 10.5), and Bill Vose (Pro Extreme
Motorcycle) earned the 2007 ADRL world championships in their respective classes
by winning their three-round AlphaTrade Battle for the Belts eliminators.
Scruggs was the only driver to double-up at the World Finals, finishing
his stellar weekend with a 3.870 to 3.933 win Saturday night over Joey Martin in
the Pro Extreme final. His closest call of the day came in the semifinals, where
Frankie Taylor ran a stout 3.81/197.05 but still lost to Scruggs' 3.79/202.88 in
what was the quickest side-by-side pass in ADRL history.
The Flowmaster American Drag Racing League closed the books on its 2007 season
and opened up its 2008 campaign over the weekend at Texas Motorplex, with Jason
Scruggs (Pro Extreme), Dennis Radford (Pro Nitrous), Mike Hill (Extreme 10.5)
and Ron Clark (Pro Extreme Motorcycle) winning event titles Saturday night at
the AlphaTrade ADRL World Finals.
One night earlier, Scruggs, Jamie
Hancock (Pro Nitrous), Steve Gorman (Extreme 10.5), and Bill Vose (Pro Extreme
Motorcycle) earned the 2007 ADRL world championships in their respective classes
by winning their three-round AlphaTrade Battle for the Belts eliminators.
Scruggs was the only driver to double-up at the World Finals, finishing
his stellar weekend with a 3.870 to 3.933 win Saturday night over Joey Martin in
the Pro Extreme final. His closest call of the day came in the semifinals, where
Frankie Taylor ran a stout 3.81/197.05 but still lost to Scruggs' 3.79/202.88 in
what was the quickest side-by-side pass in ADRL history.
Radford won his
first career ADRL national event title with a string of steady low-4.0-second
passes in eliminations. He wrapped up the title with a 4.00 to 4.37 win over
alternate Tim Savell in the final. Savell was attempting to join Brian Daniels
(Huntsville, 2006) as the only alternate to ever win an ADRL event
title.
After a first-round loss Friday in the AlphaTrade Battle for the
Belts eliminator, Hill bounced back strongly to claim the Extreme 10.5 title on
Saturday. Hill clobbered all three of his foes on Saturday, eventually winning
the World Finals trophy with a 4.26 (the quickest pass ever run on 10.5 tires)
to 4.50 final-round win over Kenny Kneece, who lost his second straight ADRL
final.
Clark, the No. 2 qualifier, held off No. 13 Brian- Carr to win
the Pro Extreme Motorcycle title, 4.29 to 4.36. Both riders were competing in
their first career ADRL final rounds.
All points earned from the 2007
AlphaTrade ADRL World Finals will carry over into the 2008 season and count
toward next year's Battle for the Belts points standings. The ADRL's complete
2008 schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.
2007 ADRL event winners
Pro
Extreme
Houston: Mike Bell
Valdosta: Joe Baker
Huntsville: Jason
Scruggs
Radford: Bubba Stanton
Norwalk: Bubba Stanton
Rockingham:
Josh Hernandez
Dallas: Jason Scruggs
Pro Nitrous
Houston: Charles
Carpenter
Valdosta: Johnny Pilcher
Huntsville: Johnny Pilcher
Radford: Doug Riesterer
Norwalk: Charles Carpenter
Rockingham: Jim
Halsey
Dallas: Dennis Radford
Extreme 10.5
Houston: Rodney
Rosenstiel
Valdosta: Mike Hill
Huntsville: Mike Hill
Norwalk: David
Janes
Rockingham: Brad Personett
Dallas: Mike Hill
Pro Extreme
Motorcycle
Valdosta: Steve Drake
Huntsville: Jack Young
Norwalk:
Eddie Gonder Jr.
Rockingham: Bill Vose
Dallas: Ron Clark