After two previous final-round appearances and a runner-up finish in last year’s ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle Battle for the Belts championship, Ellenwood, GA’s Coodee Thomas scored his first ADRL win.
The Pro Extreme motorcycle class was plagued by a very unusual number of oil-downs during qualifying. These guys are pushing the envelope.
Coodee Thomas, from Ellenwood, Georgia, said he was “thrilled” and “relieved” to finally break into the win column after runner-upping in two previous final-round appearances. After qualifying his 2003 Hyabusa fourth he went through Ron Clark, T.T. Jones and number-one qualifier Billy Vose to meet Matt Prophit, who was making his first ADRL final-round appearance. Thomas left first and led all the way to the finish line, posting a 4.31-second effort at 167.74 mph.
“It took us a little while to get our chassis and wheelie bar set-up figured out to where it would go straight, but once we got that it (racing) went pretty smooth,” Thomas said of his march to the win. “Hard work is what got it done for us.”
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