Special Section
PRO NITROUS FREDY SCRIBA ( ON COVER )
● FOR THE FIRST TIME since 2019 , the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series crowned a first-time world champion in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous when Fredy Scriba clinched the 2024 season title . Scriba emerged as a championship contender at the start of the season , but a late-season charge propelled Scriba and his Maryland-based team to the points lead at the second-to-last race of the season . He closed the season with backto-back wins in four final-round appearances in his Musi-powered “ Sor- cerer ” ’ 69 Camaro built by Robert Hayes .
Scriba now joins the short list of PDRA Pro Nitrous champions : Jason Harris ( 2014 , 2018 ), Rickie Smith ( 2015 ), Tommy Franklin ( 2016-2017 , 2023 ), and Jim Halsey ( 2019-2022 ).
“ I grew up racing against most of them ,” Scriba said . “ Ran a lot of rounds against Jimmy and Rickie and Tommy . It ’ s pretty cool to race against them . I hope it ’ s not the last [ championship ], but it ’ s pretty cool to be in the same level with those guys . It ’ s really tough competition out here . There are no gimme rounds in this class . Everybody is separated by three to four hundredths . It ’ s just awesome to race against these guys .”
PRO BOOST JASON HARRIS
● FACING AN INCREASINGLY competitive field , Jason Harris further cemented his name in the PDRA history books when he clinched the 2024 WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive world championship . It was the second consecutive world championship in the class for Harris and his fourth in the series , putting him in a group of just four drivers with four titles in the 11-year history of the PDRA . Harris finished the season with three consecutive wins , adding to two runner-up finishes and one No . 1 qualifier award in his Brandon Stroudtuned , Southern Diamond Company “ Party Time ” ’ 69 Camaro .
With his two Pro Nitrous titles in 2014 and 2018 , Harris is now in an exclusive club of four-time PDRA champions . Jim Halsey won four consecutive in Pro Nitrous , Travis Davis scored four in Pro Extreme Motorcycle , and Johnny Pluchino won two each in Pro 632 and Extreme Pro Stock .
“ It means a lot to me to join that list ,” Harris said . “ You ’ re talking about Jim Halsey and all these guys that have won four . Back-to-back is something in itself , but to win two in one class , two in another , it ’ s just surreal . It ’ s a surreal moment . This is the hardest racing in drag racing right here . Pro Boost is probably one of the hardest classes to win in . You ’ ve got to have a top-notch team , top-notch equipment , and you ’ ve got to be a top-notch driver , so to win this means that you ’ re at the top of your game . I just hope I can continue it on and keep everybody proud of me .”
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