2015 PDRA NORTH-SOUTH SHOOTOUT - BUDDS CREEK, MD RESULTS
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EVENT FINAL - WINNERS CROWNED IN THE HOT AND HUMID MID-ATLANTIC
A parade of familiar faces made its way through victory lane at Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) Saturday night after a long, hot weekend of eighth-mile drag racing in the inaugural NAS Racing PDRA North-South Shootout. Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) superstar star Jason Scruggs led the march with his third NAS Racing Pro Extreme event title this year.
"Everybody I ran today was tough; there are no easy rounds in Pro Extreme anymore," Scruggs said after defeating Lorenzo "Killer" Brooks, Mustafa Buhumaid, Wesley Jones and Badir Ahli in the final. "I was a little late on the tree against Mustafa, so I guess that was my lucky round, but other than that everything went pretty much like we hoped it would."
Also getting multiple pro class wins for the year were Rickie Smith with his second in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, Anthony Disomma with his second Precision Turbo Pro Boost title, Chris Garner-Jones with his third-in-a-row Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle crown, and Phil Esz, who also won for the second time in Toefco Pro Open Outlaw competition.
In the PDRA sportsman classes Randy Perkinson won his first MagnaFuel Top Sportsman trophy, while Jordan Wood won a consolation race for Top Sportsman non-qualifiers. Meanwhile, Justin Melton prevailed in Dart Top Dragster, Tia Tutterow won her first Huddleston Performance Pro Jr. Dragster title and Tyler Colbert got the job done in Huddleston Top Jr. Dragster. Additionally, in the first of two special appearances with the PDRA this year by the Disomma Racing Engines Outlaw 10.5 class, Jerry Mitrovic took the trophy home to Toronto, Canada.
ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS
FRIDAY QUALIFYING - SCRUGGS, FRANKLIN AND DISOMMA LEAD FIRST DAY QUALIFYING
Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Pro Extreme driver Jason Scruggs set a new track record Friday night at Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) in qualifying number one for the inaugural NAS Racing PDRA North-South Shootout.
Also placing first with one more qualifying session to go before eliminations begin late afternoon on Saturday were Tommy Franklin in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, Anthony Disomma in Precision Turbo Pro Boost, Eric McKinney in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Phil Esz in Toefco Pro Open Outlaw.
The Mickey Thompson Outlaw 10.5 Championship Series is running a race in conjunction with the PDRA event and Maryland's own Chuck Ulsch currently holds the top spot, while in the PDRA sportsman classes John Benoit heads up the MagnaFuel Top Sportsman field and Craig Sullivan leads in Dart Top Dragster after Friday's three scheduled qualifying rounds.
Additionally, with just two qualifying rounds completed, points leaders David Roloff and Mia Schultz lead in Huddleston Performance Pro Jr. Dragster and Top Jr. Dragster, respectively.
SESSION TWO
FRIDAY - Session One
