Reigning Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris took over the points lead in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive Saturday night when he earned his second consecutive win of the season. In a side-by-side 3.62-second final round against Todd \u201cKing Tut\u201d Tutterow, Harris turned on the win light by five thousandths of a second to claim the ProFabrication PDRA DragWars presented by PST Driveshafts event win. It was a rematch of the final round at the 2024 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series season opener at GALOT Motorsports Park, as well as the first GALOT win for the Pittsboro, North Carolina, native.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fredy Scriba earned his first career Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous win, taking over the points lead in the process. Reigning Menscer Motorsports Pro Street presented by Afco Racing world champion Bill Riddle collected his first event win of the season. Chris Powers, the 2021 Liberty\u2019s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition world champion, won to pad his points lead. Past PDRA Pro 632 world champion Amber Franklin Denton secured the 2024 world championship while also winning the event. Afco Racing Super Street presented by Menscer Motorsports points leader Dan Whetstine also won.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sportsman class victories went to Tim Lawrence in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines, Steve Furr in Laris Motorsports Insurance Elite Top Dragster presented by Greenbrier Excavating & Paving, Dave Muller in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman presented by Corbin\u2019s RV, and Joe Gary in Laris Motorsports Insurance Top Dragster presented by Younce RV. Lauren Freer picked up the win in Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by COMP Cams, defeating Michael Jackson in the final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The PDRA\u2019s rising stars in the Jr. Dragster classes also took part in DragWars, with TJ Harvey and Griffin Davis winning in Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products and Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products, respectively. Harvey, son of Pro Boost standout Travis Harvey, was quicker off the line in the Pro Jr. Dragster final round and posted a 7.937 to get the holeshot win over Ashton Halas\u2019 7.927, both on a 7.90 index. In an all-Virginia Top Jr. Dragster final round, Davis grabbed a sizable advantage on the starting line and ran a 9.009 on an 8.97 dial-in to turn on the win light over championship contender Kylie Varner and her 9.092 on a 9.03 dial-in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PRO BOOST<\/strong><\/p>\n Reigning Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris started his title defense season at GALOT by racing to the final round, but he fell into a slump that saw him drop his first-round matches at the next three races. Things picked back up in the middle of the season, and his rebound continued when he met Todd \u201cKing Tut\u201d Tutterow in the DragWars final round for a rematch of the season opener final round. With five PDRA world titles between the two, the final round lived up to expectations. Harris in his ProCharged Southern Diamond Company \u201cParty Time\u201d \u201969 Camaro left the line first by one thousandth of a second, then lit up the scoreboard first with a 3.622 at 207.53 MPH. Tutterow was just five thousandths behind at the finish line with his 3.626 at 207.88.\u00a0<\/p>\n Harris went into the weekend just over two rounds behind points leader Kurt Steding, who lost in the first round, so Harris is the new points leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI really didn\u2019t think about the points much because I had some crappy races earlier in the year and I really wasn\u2019t looking at it,\u201d said Harris, who thanked his team, including father Bob Harris and tuner Brandon Stroud, as well as partners like Southern Diamond Company, LAT Racing Oil, Hoosier Racing Tires, Alliance Racewear, and SP Tools. \u201cI kind of kissed the championship goodbye a little bit [earlier in the season], but we gained some momentum in Bristol and some guys had some bad luck and I had some good luck. Going into Virginia, keeping a lead is always good. It\u2019s easier to keep going than it is to try to catch sometimes. But all I can say is you just try to do the best you can every round. If you do that, you win a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n Harris qualified No. 1 and kept up that performance level through eliminations, starting with a 3.652 at 206.95 to defeat Melanie Salemi\u2019s 3.663. Second-round opponent Travis \u201cThe Carolina Kid\u201d Harvey went red by .004 on a 3.641 pass, while Harris posted a 3.635 at 207.08. He then left on Randy Weatherford in the semifinals and won with a 3.613 at 207.11 over Weatherford\u2019s 3.632, earning lane choice for the final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tutterow qualified third behind the wheel of Justin Smith\u2019s screw-blown Quik Fuel \u201969 Camaro before taking out Bubba Greene in the opening round with a low-of-the-round 3.643 at 207.94 to Greene\u2019s 3.721. He used a consistent 3.641 at 207.53 in the second round to knock out 2024 World Series of Pro Mod winner Derek Ward and his 3.657 at 207.78. Tutterow squared off with young gun Preston Tanner in the semifinals, laying down a 3.629 at 207.82 to finish ahead of Tanner and his 3.639 at 204.98.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO NITROUS<\/strong><\/p>\n Maryland\u2019s Fredy Scriba has been having the best season of his PDRA Pro Nitrous career, starting with two runner-up finishes in the first three races. He then won the Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars all-star event to hoist his first PDRA 660 Man trophy, but a points-earning win eluded him until Saturday night. Lined up against nitrous Pro Modified legend \u201cTricky\u201d Rickie Smith in the final round, Scriba won when Smith went red on a 3.872 at 205.16 pass. Scriba was ready for a race, though, as he set low E.T. of race day with his 3.684 at 206.54 in his Musi-powered \u201cSorcerer\u201d \u201969 Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n With points leader Jim Halsey suffering a weekend-ending crash in Friday\u2019s final qualifier and No. 2 in points Tommy Franklin losing in the opening round, Scriba took over the points lead with just one race remaining. The three drivers are separated by less than a round.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve done a good job tuning, just not a good job driving the whole year,\u201d said Scriba, who thanked his parents, Fred and Anne, his crew, engine builder Pat Musi, chassis builder Robert Hayes, partners like Ty-Drive, Liberty\u2019s Gears, Neal Chance Converters, and Pro Wire, as well as his wife and kids cheering him on from home. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m driving a lot better, so hopefully it\u2019s showing now a little bit. You\u2019ve got to have both. If you don\u2019t have both, you\u2019re not going to go rounds. We\u2019ve got some stuff to work on, but we\u2019re ecstatic. We made two finals earlier in the year, won ProStars, but it means a lot to win one of these points races. The competition is really tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re more than happy no matter what happens at the next race,\u201d Scriba added. \u201cI think this has been an awesome year. We\u2019ll just go up there and do our best. That\u2019s all we can do. We have nothing to hang our heads about, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n Scriba qualified third and won the first round with a 3.717 at 204.63 next to a red-lighting John Vergotz. He cut a .016 reaction time and set low E.T. of the second round, a 3.709 at 205.10, to beat Brian Shrader and his 3.71 in a rematch of the final round at the season opener. His reaction times helped him win in the semifinals, where he posted a 3.721 at 204.82 to hold off Marcus Butner and his 3.718 for a holeshot win.\u00a0<\/p>\n Smith, who qualified No. 8 in his Musi-powered Parkway Ford \u201922 Mustang, eliminated past Elite Top Sportsman world champion Buddy Perkinson in the first round on the strength of a 3.718 at 204.11. A consistent 3.717 at 204.51 followed on a second-round single. Like Scriba, a holeshot advantage helped him advance to the final round when he ran a 3.708 at 205.13 to defeat Tony Wilson and his 3.703.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n Reigning Pro Street world champion Bill Riddle suffered first-round exits at the first three races of the season, but he\u2019s finding some late-season success to close out the season. He qualified No. 1 at the most recent event at Bristol, then he reached his first final round of the season at DragWars. He turned that into a win by making the only 3-second pass of eliminations, a 3.981 at 188.81, to deny first-time finalist Richard Reagan, who pedaled his way to a 4.456 at 182.26. The win was the culmination of lots of work to repair body damage, wounded parts, and even his RV.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t even explain it because we\u2019ve had nothing but issues,\u201d said Riddle, who thanked his daughter, Brooke, for helping him run the car this weekend, as well as teammate Dan Norris, who helped after his first-round loss to Reagan. Riddle also thanked partners like Corrigan Race Fuels, Mickey Thompson, Motorsports Unlimited, SSI Superchargers, and Red Line Oil. \u201cWe went to Milan Dragway to do some testing and ended up winning the race but hurt the transmission since it has a whole season on it. Then the motorhome broke down. I wasn\u2019t sure if I was even coming here until a couple of days ago. Fortunately, we were able to put it in the winner\u2019s circle.\u201d<\/p>\n Riddle qualified third and used a 4.056 at 188.33 to move past Mauro Caringi in the first round of eliminations. He was the second-quickest of the second round with his 4.025 at 188.83 to defeat rookie standout Brian Weddle and his 4.065. The Michigan-based driver then set low E.T. of the semifinals, a 4.008 at 189.52, to take out points leader Ethan Steding, who posted a 4.027 at 191.10.\u00a0<\/p>\n Reagan had a career-best day after qualifying eighth in his screw-blown \u201990 Mustang. He ran a 4.037 at 192.47 over Norris and his 4.035 on a holeshot in the first round, then pedaled to a 4.592 at 171.62 to beat teammate and No. 1 qualifier Scott Kincaid and his 4.70 in the quarterfinals. His 4.015 at 193.21 was the second-quickest pass of the semifinals, knocking out two-time world champion Tim Essick and his 4.117.\u00a0<\/p>\n EXTREME PRO STOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n Chris Powers\u2019 bid for a second Extreme Pro Stock world championship received a major boost when he raced to the final round, then defeated championship challenger and two-time world champion Johnny Pluchino. Powers led wire to wire in his Chuck Samuel-tuned Sonny\u2019s Racing Engines \u201921 Camaro, running a 4.101 at 175.16 to reach the finish line before Pluchino, who wasn\u2019t far behind with a 4.105 at 177.65. It was Powers\u2019 second win in three final-round appearances this season, putting him very close to clinching the championship.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter last year, just throwing it away, I knew this year I had to step up and do a better job and get a lead because these guys will come crawling back at the end,\u201d said Powers, who credited his team, including Samuel, Rob Bealko, and son Chris Powers II. \u201cHopefully this will almost seal the deal. We\u2019ve got a brand-new bullet from Sonny\u2019s. We\u2019re going to put it in and see if we can put this thing in the 3.99 range. That\u2019s the last goal we\u2019ve got left here. We\u2019re so thankful for Sonny\u2019s. They\u2019ve worked for months on this new motor, trying to get some power for us and we need it. We\u2019re just behind, hopefully this new bullet gives us everything we need. My main objective there is to go and win [the World Finals] and set the record and put this thing to bed for once and all.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was for my brother, Nate, who passed away last year,\u201d Powers added. \u201cI\u2019m glad we got this thing back in the winner\u2019s circle for you, buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n Powers qualified No. 2 and laid down a 4.161 at 175.27 to get past young gun Jordan Ensslin and his 4.207 in the first round. He left first in the semis against Dwayne Rice and recorded a 4.129 at 175.30 to beat Rice\u2019s 4.152.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pluchino in his Kaase-powered Feather-Lite Batteries \u201913 Mustang started the day with a 4.125 at 177.39 to defeat Doug Kittrell and his 4.257. He set low E.T. of the semifinals, a 4.108 at 177.63, to get the win over No. 1 qualifier Jeremy Huffman, who slowed to a 7.268.\u00a0<\/p>\n PRO 632<\/strong><\/p>\n Pro 632 points leader Amber Franklin Denton went into DragWars with a sizeable lead, but she knew her path to a second Pro 632 world championship wasn\u2019t a clear one. Qualifying No. 1 made it a little clearer, but she had a full field of consistent and competitive racers standing in her way. The past Pro Jr. Dragster world champion held her own and locked up the championship before taking down championship runner-up Walter Lannigan Jr. in the final round. Lannigan grabbed a slight holeshot, but Franklin\u2019s Musi-powered \u201cOG Jungle Rat\u201d \u201969 Camaro laid down a 4.16 at 171.82 to drive around Lannigan\u2019s 4.188 at 169.30.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI just tried to clear my mind each round and just try to take a deep breath,\u201d said Franklin Denton, who dedicated the win and the championship to the late Lizzy Musi, as well as her late grandmother. \u201cIn the final round, I\u2019d be lying if I said I didn\u2019t have butterflies and I wasn\u2019t nervous, but honestly, it\u2019s really fun racing like that. Running against Walt, they\u2019re a great team and always a good race, so it was a super exciting final round.\u201d<\/p>\n Franklin Denton\u2019s 2024 championship scorecard includes victories at the North vs. South Shootout at Maryland and the Thunder Valley Throwdown at Bristol, as well as runner-up finishes at the Mid-Atlantic Showdown at Virginia and the American Doorslammer Challenge at Norwalk. She also qualified No. 1 at five of the seven races.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m still pretty speechless right now,\u201d said Franklin Denton. \u201cThis year has tested us. As a driver, this one felt really, really good. My team has provided me end over end and had my back through everything. We\u2019ve changed things, put things together, and I\u2019m just super proud of them. I give all the glory to God. Thanks to my parents [Tommy and Judy], husband [Blake Denton], Jeff Pierce, Red Line Oil, Pat Musi Racing Engines, and everyone who helps us.\u201d<\/p>\n Franklin Denton set low E.T. of the opening round in her win over Hank Hughes, running a 4.169 at 171.93 to Hughes\u2019 4.514 at 160.73. She slowed a bit to a 4.237 at 171.99, but it was enough to drive past returning driver Brian Clauss and his 4.29 at 166.85. The 2021 world champion secured her second world title in the class in the semifinals when she used a 4.16 at 172.23 to defeat rookie Chevy Floyd, who ran a 4.233 at 167.20.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lannigan, who stepped in to drive Chris Holdorf\u2019s Nelson-powered Freedom Grow \u201910 GTO this season, qualified No. 2 and beat a red-lighting Gary Hood in the first round with a 4.213 at 168.37. He was the quickest driver in the second round, driving to a 4.202 at 168.70 to finish ahead of Patrick Patterson and his 4.297. A .003 reaction time and a 4.198 at 168.98 put Lannigan well ahead of Jason Ventura in the semifinals, even though Ventura nearly matched his performance with a 4.199 at 167.66.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUPER STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n The top two drivers in Super Street points, Dan Whetstine and Derek Mota, charged through three rounds to square off in the final round. Whetstine padded his lead over Mota with a nearly maximum points weekend, qualifying No. 1 and defeating Mota in the final round. Whetstine in his ProCharged \u201cRed Velvet\u201d \u201991 Mustang set low E.T. of eliminations with his 4.612 at 160.56, while Mota left hard but got out of shape and had to coast through the finish line to a 6.704 at 79.11.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI felt a lot of stress coming into this race, but I tried to do as much preparation as we could, whether it was testing or taking the motor apart just to check it,\u201d said Whetstine, who thanked his team and partners like Menscer Motorsports, ProCharger, Atomizer, UPR Products, Maxima Racing Oil and ATI Performance. \u201cI think that\u2019s the kind of stuff that makes Tim [Essick, tuner and two-time Pro Street world champion] a champion, and to have him on my team is why we are where we are right now. There\u2019s no quit in him. We had great success with his car today too. I\u2019m sorry we didn\u2019t get his car in the winner\u2019s circle too. It was a fun day, but it was a stressful day. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s over and I\u2019m glad things worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n Whetstine kicked off race day with a holeshot advantage and a 4.627 at 160.40 to hold off Austin Vincent and his 4.665 at 157.01. He coasted to a 5.96 at 87.34 on a second-round bye run. The Maryland driver dipped back into the 4.60s with a 4.639 at 166.17 in the semifinals to get the round win over Tommy Thrasher, who ran a 4.846 at 161.05.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mota, who qualified sixth in his turbocharged East Point Recovery Centers \u201893 Mustang, made it through the first round with a 4.768 at 159.27 over Matt Schalow\u2019s 4.786. The 2023 championship runner-up left on Charles Potter in the second round and stepped up to a 4.722 at 159.16 to get the decisive win over Potter\u2019s 4.993. Another major step up followed on a semifinal bye run, with Mota firing off a 4.671 at 159.32.\u00a0<\/p>\n TOP SPORTSMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n Nitrous cars ruled the late rounds in Elite Top Sportsman, where Tim Lawrence met past world champion and No. 1 qualifier Tim Molnar in the final round. Lawrence had the quicker reaction time in his Albert-powered Bell \u201913 Camaro and ran a 3.908 on a 3.88 dial-in to get the win over Molnar, who posted a 3.79 on a 3.77 dial-in in his \u201968 Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hood scoops and big cubic inches were also the theme in the Top Sportsman 32 final round between Dave Muller and past world champion Joe Roubicek. Muller was away first in his New Jersey-based Dave Muller Automotive & Trailer \u201900 Camaro and lit up the scoreboard with a 4.418 on a 4.40 dial-in, defeating Roubicek and his 4.237 on a 4.22 dial-in in his \u201968 Camaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n TOP DRAGSTER<\/strong><\/p>\n The ultra-competitive fast bracket racing in Elite Top Dragster was on full display in the final round, which saw two-time and reigning world champion Steve Furr and Danielle Gonzalez both lay down 3.88-second passes. Gonzalez was dead-on her dial-in in her \u201923 American dragster compared to Furr\u2019s 3.87 dial-in, but it was Furr\u2019s .010 reaction time in his ProCharged Right Trailers \u201913 American dragster that gave him the win by just two thousandths.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Top Dragster championship scenario tightened up even more, as No. 2 driver Lucas Salemi raced to the final round in Top Dragster 48 to meet Joe Gary, who was No. 10 in points going into the weekend. Salemi left .010 too soon in his supercharged \u201907 S&W dragster, throwing away a 4.261 on a 4.26 dial-in. Gary cut a .008 light and lifted to a 4.587 on a 4.36 dial-in in his Fulton-powered \u201922 American dragster to get the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n World champions will be decided in two weeks at the final race of the 2024 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series season, the Pro Line Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger, Oct. 17-20, at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n This story was originally published on October 5, 2024. <\/p>\n The post Harris, Scriba, Riddle, Powers, Franklin Denton and Whetstine Collect PDRA DragWars Victories\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reigning Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris took over the points lead in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive Saturday night when he earned his second consecutive win of the season. 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