Bob Henry Wins Top Dragster Shootout

Scruggs, Harvey and Rivenbark Win St. Louis PDRA Event; Henry wins Shootout

MADISON, IL (June 1, 2015) -- Jason Scruggs scored his second-straight Pro Extreme win Sunday night (May 31), while Travis Harvey picked up his career-first Pro Nitrous title in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Mid America Open. Also earning pro class wins at Gateway Motorsports Park, directly across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis, were Kevin Rivenbark in Pro Boost and Chris Garner-Jones in Pro Extreme Motorcycle. In the sportsman classes Ronnie Davis also won his second straight PDRA Top Sportsman trophy, Lynn Ellison prevailed in Top Dragster, Aaron Philpot won Pro Jr. Dragster and David Roloff finished first in Top Jr. Dragster. Additionally, Bob Henry of Owasso, OK, won [the Shootout race], a consolation race, for non-qualifiers from the Top Sportsman and Top Dragster classes. Rain unfortunately shortened Friday's planned program from three to two rounds of qualifying and the wet stuff returned the next day to preempt nearly all on-track activity. PDRA and track personnel, led by brothers Cale and Cody Crispe, the organization's nicknamed "Traction Twins, worked tirelessly all weekend to repeatedly dry and prepare what Scruggs called, "probably the best track I've ever raced on." Though the race was scheduled to end Saturday night, with heavy rain continuing to fall PDRA officials reached the decision about 7 p.m. to return on Sunday to conduct a third and final qualifying session in the morning before running eliminations for all classes.