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<\/figure>\nWith a win at the penultimate race of the season at GALOT Motorsports Park last month, Pro Nitrous young gun Marcus Butner put himself in a position to challenge three-time world champion Tommy Franklin for the 2025 season title. Throughout the World Finals weekend, Butner and tuner Jay Cox made the most of the opportunity, including beating Franklin in the second round. Butner had to go on to win the event, and he did just that. He met up with past Elite Top Sportsman world champion Buddy Perkinson in the final round, where both drivers left the line with .009 reaction times. Butner\u2019s Musi-powered \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d \u201969 Camaro edged out Perkinson at the finish line with a 3.647 at 207.53 to a 3.660 at 205.91. It was Butner\u2019s third win of the season and the fourth of his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe trusted all to God this weekend. We\u2019ve got the best team, the best tuner, and we\u2019ve got the best people on board,\u201d said Butner, who went on to thank Pat Musi Racing Engines, Liberty\u2019s Gears, Ty-Drive, Indy Gear, and Kinetic Engineering.\u00a0\u201cIt took every single person, every single minute of the year to get to where we are.\u00a0Hats off to them. I feel like we ran pretty good all year.\u00a0We had some bad luck.\u00a0I messed up in Michigan, turned it red, and let Tommy go win the race. You can look back, and hindsight is 20\/20. But\u00a0when we rolled into GALOT, we had our A game on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Butner had the sixth-quickest car in qualifying, but he was the quickest driver in the first round of eliminations, as he fired off a 3.603 at 209.98 to beat Chris Rini and his 3.674. The pass also broke the late Lizzy Musi\u2019s speed record set at the 2018 World Finals. It also gave Butner lane choice over Franklin in the second round. The two were separated by just .002 at the starting line, but Butner pulled ahead to win with a 3.671 at 208.10 over Franklin\u2019s 3.681 at 206.57. In the semifinals against No. 13 qualifier Cam Clark, Butner rolled to a 3.688 at 206.86 to defeat Clark\u2019s 3.723.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perkinson, who was appearing in his first final round, qualified No. 7 in his Musi-powered LAT Racing Oil \u201969 Camaro and got a first-round win over fellow Elite Top Sportsman world champion Tim Molnar in a 3.641-to-3.681 race. He got past No. 1 qualifier and 2024 world champion Fredy Scriba in the second round when he ran a 3.704 at 204.32 and Scriba lifted to a 6.573. Perkinson nearly lost on a holeshot to Billy Albert in the semifinals, as he ran a 3.679 at 205.82 to drive around Albert\u2019s 3.719 at 206.83 by just .002.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PRO BOOST<\/strong><\/p>\n Though Jason Harris had to relinquish the No. 1 car number he\u2019s worn for the past two seasons as the Pro Boost world champion, he did wrap up the 2025 season with his third consecutive World Finals title. After thrashing to make substantial repairs to his ProCharger-boosted Southern Diamond Company \u201cParty Time\u201d \u201969 Camaro before the final round, Harris met up with newly crowned world champion Ty Tutterow. A side-by-side 3.58-second race was on tap, but it was over on the starting line for Tutterow, who went red by .041 seconds on a 3.588 pass at 209.46. With the win light already on in his lane, Harris posted a 3.586 at 209.20 to get his first win of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems like I\u2019ve got the World Finals down pat, and I didn\u2019t really think so coming into this, but I feel like I\u2019ve been driving better and I really got my head out of my butt and started going back to my old ways,\u201d said Harris, who thanked Southern Diamond Company, Hoosier Racing Tire, Pro Line Racing, ProCharger, and TKM. \u201cI hope I can make Harold Denton proud, my dad, my family, my wife, and everybody who\u2019s stood behind me proud. We teamed up with John Doc this year, and they\u2019ve helped out with the thrash.\u00a0We borrowed tires.\u00a0We were borrowing stuff from Randy Weatherford.\u00a0We were borrowing stuff from Scott Lang. We were just trying our best.\u201d<\/p>\n Harris set low E.T. of eliminations with his 3.564 at 210.08 to beat rookie Frank Falter IV and a career-best 3.613 in the first round. A side-by-side race against teammate John Doc followed in round two, with Harris\u2019 3.621 at 208.71 topping Doc\u2019s 3.646 at 208.01. Harris ended up on a single in the semifinals when Kurt Steding couldn\u2019t make the run. Hoping to get lane choice for the final, Harris made a full pass and wounded his supercharger en route to a 3.651 at 186.46.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tutterow\u2019s path to the final started with the best race of Saturday night\u2019s opening round of eliminations, a side-by-side match against Johnny Camp. Tutterow moved first with a .010 reaction time to Camp\u2019s .032 and reached the finish line first with a 3.567 at 210.97 to Camp\u2019s 3.574 at 208.26. Another monster matchup followed on Sunday when he met championship challenger Melanie Salemi in the second round. Salemi left first by .007, but she slowed to a 4.195 at 139.17, allowing Tutterow to advance with a 3.706 at 206.20. That also sealed up the championship for Tutterow. He threw down a 3.601 at 209.65 paired with a .009 light to beat Randy Weatherford, who coasted to an 8.868.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n One round after securing his second consecutive Pro Street world championship, Ethan Steding cruised to a final-round victory lap of a win over No. 1 qualifier Richard Reagan. Steding in his roots-blown P2 Contracting \u201cCollege Fund\u201d \u201924 Camaro jumped off the starting line ahead of Reagan and held the lead through the 660-foot finish line, winning with a 3.925 at 196.79 to Reagan\u2019s 3.920 at 198.58. It was Steding\u2019s third win in four consecutive final rounds and his fourth overall win on the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis is real rewarding,\u201d said Steding, who thanked parents Kurt and Wendi, tuners Ty and Todd Tutterow, crew member John Redfield, and supporters like P2 Contracting, Red Line Oil, and Ty-Drive. \u201cI think I was about 400 points out at one point, and me and Blake [Denton] have been going at it all year long. Honestly, it\u2019s my team.\u00a0Without them, I wouldn\u2019t be here.\u00a0We fought hard and I came around as a driver and we just kept taking it and that\u2019s what you have to do. It\u2019s a lot of stress on your back, 100 percent, but whenever you surround yourself with great people, it relieves you a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Steding qualified second and unleashed a 3.899 at 197.59 on John Carinci and his 4.067 in the opening round of eliminations on Saturday night. When racing continued on Sunday, Steding got around 2023 world champion Bill Riddle and his 4.022 at 190.75 with a 3.944 at 196.70, which set low E.T. of the round. Steding\u2019s biggest round of the year came in the semifinals, where he laid down a 3.950 at 196.50 to finish just .011 seconds ahead of championship challenger Blake Denton and his 3.957 at 195.99. That sealed the deal on Steding\u2019s second Pro Street title and third in the series, counting his 2021 Pro Jr. Dragster title.\u00a0<\/p>\n Reagan, who came into the World Finals as the defending event winner, qualified No. 1 and set a new class E.T. national record in qualifying. He was one of the quickest drivers in a thrilling first round on Saturday night with his 3.89 at 199.20 to beat Joel Wensley Jr.\u2019s 3.994. The Rutledge, Tennessee-based driver dodged a bullet in the second round, as Marty Merillat went red by .006 on a 4.173 pass, while Reagan lifted to a 4.541 at 137.99. In the semifinals, he matched retired NFL star Fletcher Cox\u2019s .035 reaction time and charged to a 3.955 at 197.42 to beat Cox and his 6.751.\u00a0<\/p>\n EXTREME PRO STOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n Newly crowned two-time Extreme Pro Stock world champion Alan Drinkwater added one more event win to his 2025 scorecard when he defeated rising star Jordan Ensslin in the final round. To secure his fourth win of the season, Drinkwater left the starting line first in his Kaase-powered Flatout Gaskets \u201908 Mustang and turned on the win light with a 4.077 at 177.98. Ensslin, who won the Summit PDRA ProStars race on Thursday, posted a close 4.079 at 176.72 in the runner-up effort.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis kind of puts a seal of approval on everything,\u201d said Drinkwater, who thanked his team and partners like Flatout Gaskets, Ram Clutches, Kaase Racing Engines, and AED Carburetors. \u201cAll weekend I\u2019ve been super comfortable in the car and I knew we were going to be tough to beat. In the final, sitting there in the pre-stage bulb, everything just felt good, and as soon as we left, I didn\u2019t see nothing beside me and it\u2019s just a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n Drinkwater was unopposed in the opening round, as Jeremy Huffman couldn\u2019t make the run, while Drinkwater set low E.T. of eliminations with a 4.046 at 179.11. He led wire-to-wire in his semifinal match with Elijah Morton, running a 4.080 at 178.00 to Morton\u2019s 4.092 at 185.97.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ensslin earned a first-round bye run by qualifying No. 1 in his Allen-powered Poke County Pro Stock \u201cSeabiscuit\u201d \u201909 Mustang. He ran a 4.051 at 178.02 to earn lane choice over 2018 world champion Steven Boone in the semifinals. Though Boone grabbed a holeshot advantage, he rattled the tires and coasted to a 5.669 behind Ensslin\u2019s winning 4.100 at 176.33.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO 632<\/strong><\/p>\n Carson Hoyle ended his Pro 632 rookie season with a decisive win to claim his first career PDRA 660 Man trophy in a professional class after stepping up from a fruitful Pro Jr. Dragster career. He used a combination of quick reaction times and a consistently quick race car to work his way through a tough path to the winner\u2019s circle. In the final round, he cut a .005 reaction time and powered to a 4.147 at 170.43 to defeat Kyle Salminen and his 4.212 at 170.30.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve made great progression all season, and to cap it off like this and go into next year with a win, it\u2019s amazing,\u201d said Hoyle, who thanked ATI Performance Products, Nitrous Outlet, Pat Musi Racing Engines, Maxima Racing Oil, Meziere Enterprises, stepdad Chris Rini, and Jamie and Johnny Miller of Red Hat Mafia. \u201cI\u2019m confident in this team and my guys. I just needed to do my part. That\u2019s all I needed to get it done. It\u2019s been a crazy year with two cars, first time doing it, but we\u2019ve done a great job. The crew\u2019s done a great job and I\u2019m really thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n Hoyle qualified fourth and made the second-quickest pass of the opening round, a 4.121 at 171.62, to drive around Nicole Liberty and her 4.166. He was the only driver to dip into the 4.10s in the second round with his 4.167 at 170.08 over championship runner-up Walter Lannigan, who lifted to a 5.297. Hoyle then beat two-time world champion Jeff Melnick on a holeshot in the semifinals, running a 4.157 at 170.64 to Melnick\u2019s 4.156.\u00a0<\/p>\n Salminen, who got his first career win at the spring Virginia race in his Musi-powered \u201903 Cavalier, used a holeshot advantage and a 4.186 at 170.99 to defeat rookie Jeff Pittman and his quicker 4.130 at 180.00 in the first round. He posted a 4.220 at 170.32 in the second round to hold off Brian Clauss and his 4.283 at 168.35. Salminen improved to a 4.217 at 170.62 on a semifinal bye run.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUPER STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n Super Street rookie Carson Perry closed out a career-best weekend with his first career PDRA national event win after defeating 2024 world champion Dan Whetstine in the final round. Perry in his Barry Allen AMC-powered Greenbrier Excavating & Paving \u201900 Camaro won the Summit PDRA ProStars all-star race on Thursday night and claimed his first career No. 1 qualifier award on Saturday. He ran a pair of 4.50s to reach the final round, where he ran it out to a 4.595 at 156.57 after Whetstine went red by .029 seconds on a 4.780 at 154.00 pass.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWell, to win ProStars was special because we\u2019ve kind of been struggling all year,\u201d said Perry, who thanked his family, Alan and Kevin O\u2019Brien, Barry Allen, and Patrick Barnhill. \u201cTo finally get it together was something, then to win both of them, you can\u2019t ask for a better weekend. And I can\u2019t ask for a better car. It makes my job easy when the car runs good, so it just all came together at one time. I know [Whetstine] went red, but we were gonna give him a good run.\u201d<\/p>\n Perry\u2019s march through eliminations started with a 4.531 at 157.37 to knock out fellow rookie Brooks McMath and his 4.706 at 157.47. He drove around championship runner-up Austin Vincent, laying down a 4.589 at 156.46 to Vincent\u2019s 4.666.\u00a0<\/p>\n Whetstine in his ProCharged \u201cRed Velvet\u201d \u201891 Mustang made the second-quickest pass of the first round, a 4.546 at 160.46, to get past Dustin Mewborn, who couldn\u2019t make the run. Whetstine then had issues in the semis, pedaling to a 4.836 at 153.91, but opponent Billy Taylor had bigger issues and slowed to a 6.315.\u00a0<\/p>\n TOP SPORTSMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n A quicker reaction time and a 4.052 on a 4.03 dial-in helped Ron Whitlock in his ProCharged GXP take home the Elite Top Sportsman win over South Chesterfield, Virginia\u2019s own Randy Perkinson in the final round. Perkinson recorded a 3.886 on a 3.85 dial-in in his ProCharged \u201967 Mustang to take runner-up honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n By just one thousandth of a second, Joe Roubicek red-lighted away his chance at a second world championship and a World Finals win in the final round of Top Sportsman 48. His opponent, newly crowned Pro 632 world champion Jeff Melnick, was ready for a race, though, as he threw down a 4.142 on a 4.14 dial-in in his ProCharged Exotic Fabrication \u201902 Avenger to get the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n TOP DRAGSTER<\/strong><\/p>\n After taking out Elite Top Dragster points leader Alan O\u2019Brien in the first round, two-time world champion Steve Furr was on a mission to win the World Finals. A third world championship would follow. But final-round opponent Linzie Coleman had other plans, as he left the line .007 ahead of Furr and recorded a 3.775 on a 3.77 dial-in in his ProCharged \u201917 American dragster to narrowly defeat Furr, who drove his ProCharged \u201913 American dragster to a 3.804 on a 3.79 dial-in.\u00a0<\/p>\n Past Pro Jr. Dragster standout Will Creasman raced to victory in Top Dragster 48 when he defeated fellow North Carolinian James Albertson in the final round. Creasman got a .015 advantage on the starting line and posted a 4.267 on a 4.25, while Albertson went 4.254 on a 4.22 dial-in.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series will celebrate its 2025 world champions at the PDRA Championship Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 12 during the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show weekend in Indianapolis.\u00a0<\/p>\n This story was originally published on October 5, 2025. 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