Newly crowned two-time PDRA Extreme Pro Stock world champion Alan Drinkwater added one more event win to his 2025 scorecard when he defeated rising star Jordan Ensslin in the final round of the Brian Olson Memorial World Finals at Virginia Motorsports Park. To secure his fourth win of the season, Drinkwater left the starting line first in his Kaase-powered Flatout Gaskets ’08 Mustang and turned on the win light with a 4.077 at 177.98. Ensslin, who won the Summit PDRA ProStars race on Thursday, posted a close 4.079 at 176.72 in the runner-up effort.
“This kind of puts a seal of approval on everything,” said Drinkwater, who thanked his team and partners like Flatout Gaskets, Ram Clutches, Kaase Racing Engines, and AED Carburetors. “All weekend I’ve been super comfortable in the car and I knew we were going to be tough to beat. In the final, sitting there in the pre-stage bulb, everything just felt good, and as soon as we left, I didn’t see nothing beside me and it’s just a great feeling.”
Drinkwater was unopposed in the opening round, as Jeremy Huffman couldn’t make the run, while Drinkwater set low E.T. of eliminations with a 4.046 at 179.11. He led wire-to-wire in his semifinal match with Elijah Morton, running a 4.080 at 178.00 to Morton’s 4.092 at 185.97.
Ensslin earned a first-round bye run by qualifying No. 1 in his Allen-powered Poke County Pro Stock “Seabiscuit” ’09 Mustang. He ran a 4.051 at 178.02 to earn lane choice over 2018 world champion Steven Boone in the semifinals. Though Boone grabbed a holeshot advantage, he rattled the tires and coasted to a 5.669 behind Ensslin’s winning 4.100 at 176.33.
This story was originally published on October 7, 2025. 
