Let the record reflect that Jason Scruggs has forced all the statisticians to wear out their pencil erasers.

Yes, it was that kind of event for him.

In one day of racing, the Saltilla, Mississippi-based Scruggs drove his way to the No. 1 qualifying position, broke the 200 mph barrier, dipped low into the 3.70s twice and established both ends of the class record with a 3.703 elapsed time at 205.13 miles per hour.

Scruggs opened the day with a 200.86 blast that also netted a $10,000 bounty from series sponsor Flowmaster Mufflers for becoming the first to exceed 200.

Let the record reflect that Jason Scruggs has forced all the statisticians to wear out their pencil erasers.

Yes, it was that kind of event for him. 

In one day of racing, the Saltilla, Mississippi-based Scruggs drove his way to the No. 1 qualifying position, broke the 200 mph barrier, dipped low into the 3.70s twice and established both ends of the class record with a 3.703 elapsed time at 205.13 miles per hour.

Scruggs opened the day with a 200.86 blast that also netted a $10,000 bounty from series sponsor Flowmaster Mufflers for becoming the first to exceed 200.

Scruggs said the first 200 run today felt no different that his 199 mph recorded three weeks ago in Norwalk.

“I knew it was going to be a good run if it went down the track,” Scruggs said. “I really didn’t know it until I saw the number pop up. We have been so close so many times that it has gotten pretty hard to tell a mile per hour or two. Everything came together and it happened just right. But on that run, it shook a little at the other end.”

Regardless of the fame he earned today, Scruggs said Bill Kuhlman, the first doorslammer driver over 200 mph in the quarter-mile has his place in the history book.

“Bill Kuhlmann will always be Mr. 200 in my books, but this was nice to do considering it will be one of the last doorslammer barriers for a while,” Scruggs said.

Unfortunately for Scruggs, his mountain of personal bests ended in the final round when he shook the tires thus forfeiting the win to Josh Hernandez.

TOO LEGIT TO QUIT 

Scruggs said he’s most pleased that the ADRL’s existence has legitimized the art of unlimited doorslammer Quick Eight racing.

“We run a lot of tracks that I really don’t want to go back to,” Scruggs said. “The ADRL has made it safer. It’s made guys like me and Big Money Clanton, Bennie McDonald and the Neals better tracks to run on. They are safer places to race and Kenny Nowling has done a great job for us. But, it isn’t about us. It’s about the fans, too. He saw they liked it. We liked it. He put together something for both of us.

“It’s still the same bunch of hardcore racing guys and they are running the cars harder than ever. But the big thing is that it’s safer and we can run the bigger numbers.”