ADRL Pro Extreme champion Jason Scruggs can add multi-tasking to his extensive list of talents following an impressive Friday night performance at the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags V in Martin, Mi.

Not only did the Saltillo, Miss.-based doorslammer heavy-hitter complete unfinished business from the rain-delayed Memphis Drags but he also landed the number one spot, provisionally, in this weekend’s event.

The perfectionist in Scruggs prevented him from celebrating the obvious double-victory, instead it forced him to focus on what he needs to do to improve on Friday’s performance. Scruggs nails another victory and kills two birds with one stone …

ADRL Pro Extreme champion Jason Scruggs can add multi-tasking to his extensive list of talents following an impressive Friday night performance at the ADRL Ford Drive One Summer Drags V in Martin, Mi.

Not only did the Saltillo, Miss.-based doorslammer heavy-hitter complete unfinished business from the rain-delayed Memphis Drags but he also landed the number one spot, provisionally, in this weekend’s event.

The perfectionist in Scruggs prevented him from celebrating the obvious double-victory, instead it forced him to focus on what he needs to do to improve on Friday’s performance.

“We had a new clutch and a new car that we have been working on the suspension some,” Scruggs said. “The first run was over-clutched, made some adjustments and on the second run, the car wanted to go down and we ran a 4.03. We thought we were close and we just wanted to go out there and just go down because the sun was still out.”

“We tried to run fast but I messed up on the staging and drove through the clutch.”

In a rematch of the season-opening ADRL World Finals in Dallas, Scruggs matched up with Quain Stott in the final round. The end result was a role-reversal as Stott grabbed the quicker light, shook the tires and drifted close to the center-line.

Scruggs had a few miscues of his own in staging; forcing him out of his routine when the stage light flickered, forcing Scruggs to quickly raise the rpm’s off of idle.

Down track Scruggs popped the supercharger burst panel but it didn’t matter since Stott had lifted by mid-track.

Winning in Michigan worked well for Scruggs but there’s nothing like winning at home. Scruggs considers Memphis Motorsports Park to be his home facility on the ADRL tour.

If he’d had his druthers, the final round would have been completed in Memphis.

“I didn’t really want to wait because Memphis is my home track and I had a lot of family and friends there,” Scruggs said. “It worked out well for me though.”

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