With his left-side headers acting like outriggers, towering showers of sparks flew behind Jason Scruggs’ ’68 Camaro as he struggled to keep it from crossing into Terry Leggett’s lane during their third Pro Extreme qualifying attempts for the inaugural ADRL Texas Drags.

With his left-side headers acting like outriggers, towering showers of sparks flew behind Jason Scruggs’ ’68 Camaro as he struggled to keep it from crossing into Terry Leggett’s lane during their third Pro Extreme qualifying attempts for the inaugural ADRL Texas Drags.

Scruggs fought the car from half-track on, immediately dropping the chutes as it swung left, then right, then left again before snapping back to the right and impacting the right guardwall hard with its right-front corner near the quarter-mile mark at Houston Raceway Park. The former two-time ADRL world champion then was able to get it straightened out and coasted to a stop in the shutdown lanes.

Looking back, the accident appeared almost inevitable as Scruggs battled an evil-handling ride in both of his previous passes, nearly collecting John Stanley and his ’68 Camaro in the opening session, then having to shut off early to again avoid crossing the center line against Quain Stott.

After safety crews quickly arrived to help, it appeared Scruggs exited the car uninjured and under his own power.