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PDRA to Open 2015 Season at Texas Motorplex
PITTSBORO, NC (Mar. 5, 2015) – The world
champions of the Professional Drag Racers
Association (PDRA) will begin their title
defenses Mar. 19-21, in the season-opening PDRA
Texas Nationals at the famed Texas Motorplex in
Ennis, just south of Dallas. This will be the
first visit to the Lone Star state for the
all-eighth-mile series that will hold 10 races
this year after expanding from eight events in
its inaugural 2014 season.
"To be honest I can’t wait to bring PDRA drag
racing to the great fans in Texas because I know
they’re going to love what they see,” said PDRA
Race Director Bob Harris, who recently was
inducted into the North Carolina Drag Racing
Hall of Fame. “We had a fantastic first year,
but I already know this season is going to be
even bigger and better. Kicking it off at such a
prestigious track as the Texas Motorplex is
perfect, too. It sends a message that
professional eighth-mile drag racing deserves to
be seen on the sport’s biggest and best stages.”
Headlined by the NAS Racing Pro Extreme and
Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous classes, the PDRA
also features Precision Turbo and Engine Pro
Boost, Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle,
MagnaFuel Top Sportsman, Top Dragster and two
Huddleston Performance Jr. Dragster classes.
Pro Extreme World Champion Bubba Stanton from
Potts Camp, Miss., will have his hands full
fighting off the likes of teammate Jason
Scruggs, past class champion Todd Tutterow and
Texas drag racing stars Frankie “Mad Man”
Taylor, Randell Reid and Gene Hector, who will
debut a brand-new 2015 Corvette at the event.
Jason Harris won an incredible six events on his
way to last year’s Pro Nitrous championship, but
the Pittsboro, NC, native will be facing stiff
competition from top rivals including Tommy
Franklin, Pat Stoken and 2014 PDRA Pro Rookie of
the Year Lizzy Musi, who also will debut a new
race car at the Texas Nationals.
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Tutterow, from Yadkinville, NC, won
the Pro Boost championship last year,
but his return to Pro Extreme in 2015
opens the title door to teammate Kevin
Rivenbark, as well as Houston-based
racer Todd Moyer, Gerry Capano and Jim
Bell, among many others in what has
turned out to be one of the PDRA’s
biggest and most competitive classes.
Eric McKinney from Hamersville, Oh.,
and teammate Ashley Owens will lead
the way in Pro Extreme Motorcycle, but
Texas drag racing fans can expect to
see the likes of Canada’s Terry
Schweigert, past class champion Kim
Morrell and veteran Billy Vose also
challenging for two-wheeled supremacy.
The high-speed bracket racing Top
Sportsman class will see surprise
champion Dan Ferguson, who also was
named last year’s PDRA Sportsman
Driver of the Year, return to defend
his crown against Ronnie “The King”
Davis, Bruce Thrift, Aaron Glaser and
Dylan Stott, again among many other
top competitors. Likewise, reigning
Top Dragster champ Travis Harvey will
fend off elapsed time record holder
Phil Esz and 2014 PDRA Sportsman
Rookie of the Year Kyle Dvorak.
“We couldn’t be more excited and happy
about going to a great facility like
the Texas Motorplex,” Harris
emphasized. “They say everything’s
bigger in Texas and we aim to prove
that’s true when we put on the
biggest, baddest drag race in the
state to kick off our 2015 season.”
Thursday Mar. 19 is reserved as an
open test session day for all PDRA
racers, with three rounds of
qualifying for all classes beginning
at 11 a.m. Friday, followed by a
fourth and final qualifying session at
11 a.m. Saturday before eliminations
begin at 3 p.m.
Children age 12 and under will be
admitted free throughout the event,
with $10 tickets available at the gate
for Thursday’s test session. Friday
and Saturday tickets are $30
each—though a $10 discount coupon for
each day is available through the PDRA
web site at www.PDRA660.com. Parking
is free.
ABOUT THE PDRA
With offices in Pittsboro, North
Carolina, and Saltillo, Mississippi,
the Professional Drag Racers
Association is the top sanctioning
body in the United States for the
sport of eighth-mile drag racing. The
PDRA’s professional categories include
Pro Extreme Motorcycle, Pro Boost, Pro
Nitrous, and Pro Extreme, the quickest
doorslammer class in drag racing. The
2015 PDRA schedule consists of 10
national events. For more information
on the PDRA, visit www.PDRA660.com.
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