ADRL Battle of the Belts

Photos by Gena White ~ Text by Danny White

Billy Vose beat Nick Corley with a 4.26.

Billy Glidden's 4.15 beat the shut off pass of Mike Hill.

 
     
The American Drag Racing League recently held their Battle of the Belts to determine the 2008 World Champions at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. The race turned into be a Billy-fest as three out of the four winners are named Billy. Saving for Pro Extreme and Jason Scruggs the winners were Billy Harper in Pro Extreme, Billy Glidden in Extreme 10.5 and Billy Vose in Pro Extreme Motorcycle. Scruggs and Vose were repeat winners from last year.
 

Billy Harper laid down a 3.93 to win the final over Rickie Smith.

Jason Scruggs was well on his way to a win at this point over Wes Johnston.

 
In Pro Extreme it was Jason Scruggs defeating nearly racer Wes Johnston in the finals. Scruggs while not dominating in taking the win Friday night did what had to be done to win. That included replacing the transmission in the new Stratus with one from the old Vette in between rounds. Scruggs beat Bil Clanton and Brian Daniels on the way to the finals. Scruggs defeated Wes Johnston for his second belt in a row 4.153 151.15 to 9.713 51.30.
 

Billy Vose won his second straight Belt.

A happy Billy Glidden and crew in the winner circle.

 
In Pro Nitrous Billy Harper added to his three ADRL wins this year with the winning of the Belt Friday night. Harper beat Rickie Smith in the final round 3.943 186 to 5.284 94.55. Harper beat Burton Auxier and Shannon Jenkins to get the chance to race Rickie Smith who ran a 3.93 in testing earlier that day. In a wild turn of events Smith failed to qualify for the race the next day.
 

The large Billy Harper crew got a good win.

Jason Scruggs showed they did not mind getting a little dirty to get the win.

 
Billy Glidden might have had a late start to his ADRL career this year due to his NHRA Pro Stock foray, but that did not matter as Billy continued his ADRL win streak. Billy beat Mike Hill in the finals 4.152 172.94 to 61.61. Glidden would go on to win again on Saturday to pull an amazing double win.
 

Your 2008 ADRL champions.

 
 
Billy Vose added yet another world championship to his mantle with a win Friday night at Ennis. The win makes the fourteenth championship Vose has won while racing motorcycles. Vose beat Nick Corley 4.267 165.07 to 4.348 162.71 in the finals to garner the belt another time.