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BULLOCK WINS
AGAIN IN ORIGINAL
SUPER CHEVY SERIES
Rosberg, Reardon
Win Match Race
Titles; Alford
Prevails in
Footbrake Bracket
ROCKINGHAM –
Nashville’s Phillip
Bullock extended his
mastery at
Rockingham Dragway
by driving his
venerable 1966 Chevy
station wagon to its
second Top ET
victory in three
years in the
Original Super Chevy
Show Series.
Bullock beat
Raeford’s Tommy
Strickland in
Sunday’s final
giving him bookend
wins in the
all-Chevy event:
victories in 2015
and 2017 around a
runner-up finish in
2016. Other winners
included Raleigh’s
Richard Alford Jr.
in Footbrake, Ken
Myrick of Julian in
the DOT Street Tire
class and Ronnie
Locklear of Rowland
in the Trophy class.
Rockingham’s Terry
Rosberg won the jet
car match race with
Joe Zaccaro at a
best speed of 290.01
miles per hour while
Walter Reardon of
Savannah, Ga., drove
Scott Cozzali’s 1955
Chevy Bel Air to
victory over Kip
Kauffman of Elgin,
S.C., in the “Clash
of the Classics”
shootout.
The annual
Chevy-fest also
crowned a host of
“outstanding award
winners” in the car
show portion of the
program as well as
other unique awards.
The Best of Show
Award was presented
to Danny Roddenberry
of Carson, Virginia
in his ’63 Nova. The
Gold Class Award was
won by Billy Moose
of Troutman in his
beautiful ’62 Bel-Air
and the Daily Driver
Award went to Jay
Campbell of Chapel
Hill in his ’37
Chevy.
Results from
Rockingham Dragway’s
Original Super Chevy
Show event (all
hometowns are North
Carolina unless
otherwise
indicated. Includes
car make, when
possible, reaction
time, track time
versus target time
and finish line
speed):
TOP ET
Round 6 – Michael
Smith, Riegelwood,
1971 Nova, .009,
5.387 on a 5.370,
128.43 mph, def.
Quinton Jones Jr.,
Bonneau, S.C., .042,
4.548 on a 4.500,
148.17 mph; Tommy
Strickland. Raeford,
.008, 4.538 on a
4.530, 151.04 mph,
def. Donnie Norris,
Tabor City, 1987
S-10 truck, .021,
5.656 on a 5.640,
122.09 mph; Tom
Lewis, Beaufort,
1972 Nova, .006,
6.617 on a 6.580,
95.28 mph, def. Chip
Johnson,
Fayetteville, .026,
6.736 on a 6.410,
98.04 mph; Phillip
Bullock, Nashville,
1966 Chevy wagon,
.020, 6.003 on a
5.990, 114.11 mph,
def. Quinton Jones
Sr., Summerville,
S.C., 2002 Pontiac
Firebird, foul;
Larry Chapman,
Willow Springs, 1956
Ford Thunerbird,
bye.
Round 7 – Lewis,
bye; Strickland,
.016, 4.550 on a
4.530, 152.12 mph,
def. Chapman, .026,
5.052 on a 5.040,
140.08 mph; Bullock,
.012, 5.980 on a
5.990, 113.00 mph,
def. Smith, .013,
5.369 breakout on a
5.380, 127.88 mph.
Semifinals –
Bullock, .003, 6.007
on a 5.990, 109.53
mph, def. Lewis,
.009, 6.953 on a
6.580, 102.09 mph;
Strickland, bye.
FINAL – Phillip
Bullock, Nashville,
1966 Chevy wagon,
.031, 6.031 on a
5.990, 107.59 mph,
def. Tommy
Strickland, Raeford,
.012, 16.691 on a
4.530, 43.17 mph.
FOOTBRAKE
Round 5
– Donald Barnes,
Evergreen, 1972
Nova, .065, 7.631 on
a 7.610, 84.74 mph,
def. Ross Freeman,
Westville, S.C.,
.120, 7.521 on a
7.500, 89.49 mph;
Robert Rayfield,
Jefferson, S.C.,
1967 Camaro, .093,
6.888 on a 6.890,
98.91 mph, def.
Scottie Tyler,
Pembroke, foul;
Richard Alford Jr.,
Raleigh, .015, 6.178
on a 6.160, 101.35
mph, def. Randall
Cantrell, Elon,
.038, 5.806 breakout
on a 5.820, 115.67
mph; Ronnie Blake,
Rockingham, 1969
Camaro, .001, 6.749
on a 6.740, 100.54
mph, def. Bill
Clardy, Loris, S.C.,
1974 Luv truck,
.118, 6.481 on a
6.470, 106.95 mph;
Wesley Roberts,
Benson, .047, 5.770
on a 5.770, 119.35
mph, def. Derek
Harris, .036, 6.215
breakout on a 6.230,
106.32 mph; Tyler
Mayhew, Wingate,
1996 Camaro, bye.
Round 6
– Roberts, .143,
5.984 on a 5.770,
104.70 mph, def.
Barnes, foul;
Rayfield, .156,
6.931 on a 6.880,
93.66 mph, def.
Blake, .078, 7.040
on a 6.740, 95.05
mph; Alford Jr.,
.071, 6.174 on a
6.170, 104.57 mph,
def. Mayhew, .084,
6.265 breakout on a
6.290, 108.87 mph.
Semifinals –
Roberts, bye; Alford
Jr., .035, 6.242 on
a 6.160, 98.08 mph,
def. Rayfield, .103,
6.940 on a 6.880,
98.13 mph.
FINAL –
Richard Alford Jr.,
Raleigh, .007, 6.193
on a 6.160, 101.29
mph, def. Wesley
Roberts, Benson,
.035, 5.778 on a
5.760, 118.04 mph.
DOT STREET TIRE
Round 3
– Ted Carter,
Ellerbe, 1969
Chevelle, .033,
10.546 on a 10.510,
125.95 mph, def. Tim
Clark, Rockingham,
1967 Chevy II, foul;
Bob Perrot, Moseley,
Va., 1967 Chevelle,
.091, 10.396 on a
10.340, 125.16 mph,
def. Felix
Villafranca,
Fayetteville, .370,
10.488 on a 10.460,
129.97 mph; Ken
Myrick, Julian, 1970
Nova, .021, 12.808
on a 12.780, 94.47
mph, def. Daron
Creech, Erwin, 1998
S-10 truck, .081,
11.110 on an 11.080,
121.02 mph; Andrew
Hine, Winston-Salem,
bye.
Semifinals – Carter,
.113, 10.577 on a
10.520, 126.13 mph,
def. Hine, .167,
11.380 breakout on
an 11.450, 114.23
mph; Myrick, .043,
12.799 on a 12.770,
95.34 mph, def.
Perrot, .057, 10.364
on a 10.340, 127.01
mph.
FINAL –
Ken Myrick, Julian,
1970 Chevy Nova,
.006, 12.748 on a
12.770, 100.17 mph,
def. Ted Carter,
Ellerbe, 1967
Chevelle, .065,
10.514 breakout on a
10.540, 126.23 mph.
TROPHY
FINAL –
Ronnie Locklear,
Rowland, 2004 Buick,
.246, 18.171 on a
15.600, 59.02 mph,
def. John Sobczk,
Kill Devil Hills,
1991 Camaro, .173,
15.199 on a 9.500,
82.58 mph.
CAR SHOW SPECIALTY
AWARDS
Editors Choice –
Gary Gardner, Eden,
.66 Nova; Jerry
White, Concord, ’62
Bel Air; Steven
Milosh, Sanford, ,70
GMC; Donnie Hudson,
Gibson, ’52 3100
Pick Up
Outstanding Awards:
Engineered - Tom
Goodman, Cornelius,
’68 Corvair
Paint - Terry
Leviner, Cheraw,
South Carolina, ’63
Vette
Interior - Dannie
Cox, Ramseur, ’69
Camaro
Engine - Tim
DeGrauwe, N. Prince
George, Virginia,
’60 Chevy
N.P.D. Award - Bob
Satterfield,
Woodstock, Georgia,
’70 Chevelle
Young Star - Brock
Chavis, Rockingham,
’69 Camaro
Daily Driver - Jay
Campbell, Chapel
Hill, ’37 Chevy
Gold Class Award -
Billy Moose,
Troutman, ’62 Bel
Air
Best of Show - Danny
Roddenberry, Carson,
Virginia, ’63 Nova |
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