The 10.5 class was a little short on cars but not performance. Gary White once again proved the old adage that “six-in-a-row will go” when his turbocharged inline six-cylinder-powered ‘07 Scion on 10 wide tires went 3.99. Spiro Pappas and his nitrous injected V-8-powered ’09 Pontiac GXP recorded a 4.008.

Jim Halsey ran a record speed of 196.76 mph as the Pro Nitrous ADRL cars creep ever closer to that 200 mph mark. There was even record-setting performance in the ADRL’s two-wheel division. Ashley Owens bettered the 2009 record on every lap of eliminations, eventually lowering the ADRL National record to an astounding 4.096.

PRO EXTREME

The Pro Extreme class had its lowest number of entries (23) in recent memory but what the class lacked in quantity it more than made up with quality.

Jason Scruggs

The finals saw the number three and four qualifiers, Quain Stott and Jason Scruggs, come to the line. Scruggs and his supercharged ’68 Camaro defeated Kelly Martin and Zach Barklage then got a freebie into the finals when Wes Johnston was unable to repair the parts damage his 1953 Corvette incurred beating second generation driver John Stanley in the second round.

On the other side of the ladder veteran Stott raced through former ADRL series champion Bubba Stanton, 2009 ADRL Rookie of the Year Jason Hamstra, and #2 qualifier Frankie Taylor to earn his way into the finals.
In that final round race Stott left first, putting .014 in the bank, but Mississippian Scruggs quickly made up that advantage and drove around Stott for the win and his fourth “Minuteman” trophy. Scruggs ran a 3.71/206.57 lap that covered Stott’s 3.75/205.54 effort.

If this race had been an eight-car field, the bunp spot would have been Josh Hernandez in the Jim Oddy-tuned ’57 Chevy with a 3.784/204.51 which is pretty impressive on its own. And one last performance note: Alex Hossler in his Lenco-glide equipped ‘Vette ran 3.761 at just 186.82 mph. A mind-blowing pass when you think about it.