PHILLIP BULLOCK
GETS THE TOP E.T.
MONEY AT ROCKINGHAM
Derek Harris,
Brittany Dial Also
Win Titles in
Track’s Annual
Racers Appreciation
Event
ROCKINGHAM – Phillip
Bullock, who drove
his 1966 Chevy Nova
to a Top ET victory
in last fall’s Super
Chevy Show, scored
again Sunday at
Rockingham Dragway
where he beat
William Collins of
Vass to win the
annual Racers
Appreciation Race.
Bullock, who
overcame a perfect
.000 reaction time
by his rival to win
by a mere .003 of a
second, picked up
$2,000 for the
victory. He shared
center stage with
Derek Harris of
Greensboro, who
prevailed in
Footbrake at the
wheel of his black
1970 Monza, and
Brittany Dial of
Maxton, the winner
in Jr. Dragster.
A field of 297 took
advantage of the
free entry aspect of
the event that
officially opened
the 2016 season at
The Rock. Among
those in the Top ET
field were former
Jr. Dragster drivers
Tucker Creech of
Clayton and Kristy
Messer of Four Oaks.
Messer advanced to
the round of six and
Creech to the
seventh round with
two different
entries.
While Sunday’s race
came off without a
hitch, the same
wasn’t true on
Saturday when racing
was suspended due to
an extremely lengthy
track cleanup that
followed a
catastrophic
mechanical failure
in the fourth round.
The racers still in
contention opted to
split the Saturday
prize money and
focus on the Sunday
show.
The Rockingham
Dragway focus shifts
this week to
two-wheelers with
the first race of
the season in the
original Superbike
Shootout Series
featuring Pro ET,
Street ET, Outlaw
Street and three
index classes. Pro
qualifying on
Saturday;
eliminations Sunday.
ROCKINGHAM – Results
from Sunday’s annual
free entry Racers
Appreciation Race,
official
season-opening event
at Rockingham
Dragway:
TOP ET SUNDAY
Round 6 – Phillip
Bullock, Nashville,
1966 Chevy Nova,
.018, 6.342 on a
5.960, 90.63 mph,
def. Billy Ryan
Stewart, Shannon,
1967 Chevy Camaro,
broke; Tucker
Creech, Clayton,
.016, 5.749 on a
5.730, 112.97 mph,
def. William Brewer,
St. Pauls, 1988 Ford
Mustang, .014, 6.217
on a 6.190, 110.37
mph; William
Collins, Vass, 1989
Chevy S10 truck,
.010, 6.017 on a
5.960, 113.55 mph,
def. Jimmy
Albertson, Wallace,
.048, 5.315 on a
4.880, 101.96 mph;
Jeff Allen,
Chadbourn, 1967
Chevy Camaro, .039,
6.226 on a 6.140,
110.34 mph, def.
Kristy Carol Messer,
Four Oaks, .003,
6.392 on a 4.950,
126.53 mph; Tucker
Creech #2, bye;
Terry Rucker,
Benson, .051, 6.296
on a 6.290, 107.01
mph, def. Philip
Honaker,
Winston-Salem, 1964
Chevy II, .019, 6449
breakout on a 6.450,
104.23 mph.
Round 7 – Bullock,
.030, 5.979 on a
5.980, 113.98 mph,
def. Allen, foul;
Collins, .025, 5.983
on a 5.960, 114.07
mph, def. Creech,
.013, 5.793 on a
5.740, 118.56 mph;
Rucker, .034, 6.296
on a 6.290, 105.93
mph, def. Creech #2,
.015, 5.789 on a
5.740, 113.22 mph.
Semifinals –
Collins, .009, 6.033
on a 5.970, 113.79
mph, def. Rucker,
foul; Bullock, bye.
FINAL – Phillip
Bullock, Nashville,
1966 Chevy Nova,
.030, 6.018 on a
5.970, 113.15 mph,
def. William
Collins, Vass, 1989
Chevy S10 truck,
.000, 6.051 on a
5.970, 113.55 mph.
FOOTBRAKE SUNDAY
Round 5 – Ross
Freeman, Westville,
S.C., 1970 Chevy
Nova, .027, 7.400 on
a 7.400, 90.10 mph,
def. Chip Johnson,
Fayetteville, .032,
7.999 breakout on an
8.020, 83.44 mph;
Gene Burton, Eagle
Springs, .021, 6.544
on a 6.540, 106.02
mph, def. Staten
Nichols, Rockingham,
foul; Derek Harris,
Greensboro, 1970
Chevy Nova, .019,
6.193 on a 6.170,
108.05 mph, def. Rob
Stiles, Cary, .081,
6.075 on a 6.060,
113.94 mph; Stanley
Chavis, Red Springs,
.087, 6.827 on a
6.800, 99.94 mph,
def. Robert Nunnery,
Fayetteville, .090,
7.564 breakout on a
7.570, 86.87 mph;
Carson Robbins,
Winston-Salem, .054,
6.303 on a 6.300,
104.85 mph, def.
Aaron Brock,
Pageland, S.C.,
.045, 7.211 on a
7.140, 86.47 mph;
Ross Freeman #2,
.069, 7.390 on a
7.400, 91.27 mph,
def. Unknown #253,
foul; Mark Soles,
Delco, bye.
Round 6 – Robbins,
.023, 6.342 on a
6.280, 99.55 mph,
def. Freeman, .092,
7.427 on a 7.390,
90.74 mph; Soles,
.026, 5.506 on a
5.480, 123.37 mph,
def. Burton, .089,
6.515 breakout on a
6.540, 106.15 mph;
Harris, bye; Chavis,
.093, 6.831 on a
6.800, 99.56 mph,
def. Freeman #2,
.029, 7.403 breakout
on a 7.420, 89.29
mph.
Semifinals – Chavis,
.032, 6.823 on a
6.800, 99.25 mph,
def. Robbins, .020,
6.359 on a 6.280,
109.16 mph; Harris,
.016, 6.160 on a
6.150, 107.43 mph,
def. Soles, .070,
5.483 on a 5.480,
128.96 mph.
FINAL – Derek
Harris, Greensboro,
1970 Chevy Nova,
.095, 6.170 on a
6.170, 107.43 mph,
def. Stanley Chavis,
Red Springs, .079,
6.820 on a 6.800,
100.20 mph.
JR. DRAGSTER SUNDAY
ROUND 4
Round 4 – Gavin
Whisnant, Dallas,
.011, 8.942 on an
8.960, 71.61 mph,
def. Jayden Lawler,
Jacksonville, .080,
8.517 breakout on an
8.580, 76.62 mph;
Kaylee Miller,
Lancaster, S.C., NA,
7.968 on a 7.920,
83.34 mph, def.
Bryce Pittman,
Selma, foul;
Brittany Dial,
Maxton, .089, 7.892
on a 7.900, 82.81
mph, def. Logan
Brown, Bishopville,
S.C., foul; Cam
Whisnant, Dallas,
bye; Casey Wagner,
Willow Springs,
.036, 8.971 on an
8.910, 72.07 mph,
def. Kaylee Miller
#2, foul.
Round 5 – Miller,
.099, 7.927 on a
7.950, 83.90 mph,
def. Cam Whisnant,
foul; Dial, .069,
7.924 on a 7.900,
81.77 mph, def.
Wagner, .050, 8.940
breakout on an
8.960, 72.25 mph;
Gavin Whisnant, bye.
Semifinals – Miller,
.013, 8.003 on a
7.900, 80.25 mph,
def. Gavin Whisnant,
.142, 9.040 on an
8.970, 72.26 mph;
Dial, bye.
FINAL – Brittany
Dial, Maxton, .049
8.013 on a 7.900,
79.82 mph, def.
Kaylee Miller,
Lancaster, S.C.,
.119, 7.960 on a
7.910, 83.78 mph.
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