Though Jason Harris had to relinquish the No. 1 car number he’s worn for the past two seasons as the Pro Boost world champion, he did wrap up the 2025 season with his third consecutive PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals title. After thrashing to make substantial repairs to his ProCharger-boosted Southern Diamond Company “Party Time” ’69 Camaro before the final round at Virginia Motorsports Park, Harris met up with newly crowned world champion Ty Tutterow.
A side-by-side 3.58-second race was on tap, but it was over on the starting line for Tutterow, who went red by .041 seconds on a 3.588 pass at 209.46. With the win light already on in his lane, Harris posted a 3.586 at 209.20 to get his first win of the season.
“It seems like I’ve got the World Finals down pat, and I didn’t really think so coming into this, but I feel like I’ve been driving better and I really got my head out of my butt and started going back to my old ways,” said Harris, who thanked Southern Diamond Company, Hoosier Racing Tire, Pro Line Racing, ProCharger, and TKM. “I hope I can make Harold Denton proud, my dad, my family, my wife, and everybody who’s stood behind me proud. We teamed up with John Doc this year, and they’ve helped out with the thrash. We borrowed tires. We were borrowing stuff from Randy Weatherford. We were borrowing stuff from Scott Lang. We were just trying our best.”
Harris set low E.T. of eliminations with his 3.564 at 210.08 to beat rookie Frank Falter IV and a career-best 3.613 in the first round. A side-by-side race against teammate John Doc followed in round two, with Harris’ 3.621 at 208.71 topping Doc’s 3.646 at 208.01. Harris ended up on a single in the semifinals when Kurt Steding couldn’t make the run. Hoping to get lane choice for the final, Harris made a full pass and wounded his supercharger en route to a 3.651 at 186.46.
Tutterow’s path to the final started with the best race of Saturday night’s opening round of eliminations, a side-by-side match against Johnny Camp. Tutterow moved first with a .010 reaction time to Camp’s .032 and reached the finish line first with a 3.567 at 210.97 to Camp’s 3.574 at 208.26. Another monster matchup followed on Sunday when he met championship challenger Melanie Salemi in the second round. Salemi left first by .007, but she slowed to a 4.195 at 139.17, allowing Tutterow to advance with a 3.706 at 206.20. That also sealed up the championship for Tutterow. He threw down a 3.601 at 209.65 paired with a .009 light to beat Randy Weatherford, who coasted to an 8.868.
This story was originally published on October 7, 2025. 
