Harris Hustles In PDRA World Finals

DINWIDDIE, Va. — Reigning Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris raced to victory Sunday afternoon at the PDRA Pro Line Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at Virginia Motorsport Park.

The win put an exclamation mark on the end of his second consecutive world championship season in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive, as he secured the title earlier in the day. In the final round, Harris recorded a 3.595-second pass at 209.20 mph to defeat Jason Lee and his 3.629 at 209.33. 

Along with Harris, the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series professional class world champions are Fredy Scriba in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous, Ethan Steding in Menscer Motorsports Pro Street presented by Afco Racing, Chris Powers in Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition, Amber Franklin Denton in PDRA Pro 632, Brunson Grothus in Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle, and Dan Whetstine in Afco Racing Super Street presented by Menscer Motorsports. 

Sportsman championships went to Glenn Butcher in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines, Kyle Harris in Laris Motorsports Insurance Elite Top Dragster presented by Greenbrier Excavating & Paving, Mark Reese in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman presented by Corbin’s RV, and Nick Meloni in Laris Motorsports Insurance Top Dragster presented by Younce RV. 

The PDRA also crowned champions in the Jr. Dragster ranks, with titles going to Ashley Franklin in Coolshirt Systems Pro Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products and James Beattie III in Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster presented by Philadelphia Racing Products. 

Like Jason Harris, Scriba and Grothus also won the World Finals to bookend their championship seasons. The additional event winners in the pro classes are Richard Reagan in Pro Street, Johnny Pluchino in Extreme Pro Stock, Lexi Tanner in Pro 632, and Brad McBride in Super Street. 

Kyle Harris and Meloni also won the event along with their championships, while Vonnie Mills in Elite Top Sportsman and Travis Butler in Top Sportsman collected event wins in the sportsman classes. 

In the Jr. Dragster classes, Sofie Cooper (Pro Jr. Dragster) and Griffin Davis (Top Jr. Dragster) claimed World Finals victories. Cooper cut a perfect .000 reaction time and ran a 7.902 in the final round to defeat Austin Abel, who broke out with a 7.876, both on a 7.90 index. Davis was quicker off the starting line in the final against Acelynn Christian and ran an 8.947 on an 8.90 dial-in to beat Christian’s 12.047 on an 11.90 dial-in. 

Keith Dunkum Jr. collected the event win in Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by COMP Cams when final-round opponent Al Moore went red by .006 seconds. Dunkum in his ’91 Mustang ran a 5.933 on a 5.91 dial-in.