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MASSEY,
HORTON, BRAXTON
AMONG MEGA MOPARS AT
THE ROCK WINNERS
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China
Grove’s
Jason
Hinson
and
Salisbury’s
“Bullet
Bob”
Reed
battled
to a
draw
Saturday
in a
special
match
race
between
hemi-powered
1968
Plymouth
Barracudas
at
the
22nd
annual
MOPAR
Action
Magazine
Mega
MOPARs
at
the
Rock
event
at
Rockingham
Dragway.
Reed
took
the
first
race
with
a
time
of
8.589
seconds
at
155.99
miles
per
hour
when
Hinson
was
guilty
of a
foul
start.
Hinson
got
it
back
in
round
two
when
Reed
crossed
the
center
line
after
spinning
the
tires.
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Other participants
in the Super Stock
Hemi Shootout
included Tank
Crosswhite of Glade
Spring, Va., in the
Crosswhite Brothers
1965 SS/BA Dodge
formerly owned by
Steve Bagwell and
driven to the Super
Stock championship
at the 1973 NHRA
U.S. Nationals at
Indianapolis, Ind.,
by Terry Earwood,
brother of
Rockingham Dragway
owner Steve Earwood.
Other winners in the
all-MOPAR event
included Tracy
Massey of Wilmington
in Top Eliminator,
David Horton of
Belews Creek in
Footbrake, Chip
Owens of Marion,
S.C., in Trophy
Eliminator and David
Braxton of
Chocowinity in the
S&W Race Cars Dodge
Challenger Shootout.
Tonya Hayes won the
Mega MOPARS “Best of
Show” award in her
’65 Dodge Dart,
Clayton Tyndall won
“Best Interior” in
his ’68 Plymouth
Fury III, Randy
Holloway’s ‘Dodge
Demon won “Best
Engine” and the
Viper Club of
America won the
“Best Club
Participation”
award.
Results from
Saturday’s 22nd
annual MOPAR Action
Magazine MOPARs at
the Rock at
Rockingham Dragway:
TOP ELIMINATOR
Round 4 – Tony
Barker, Stedman,
.112, 6.023 on a
6.020, 115.13 mph,
def. Clay Smith,
Wilmington, broke;
Jim Chandler, Hope
Mills, 1972 Plymouth
Duster, .029, 6.904
on a 6.880, 97.81
mph, def. Frank
Gunter, Pelion,
S.C., .029, 6.880 on
a 6.850, 97.54 mph;
Tracy Massey,
Wilmington, .018,
6.870 on a 6.870,
95.30 mph, def. Tim
Davis, Fayetteville,
.012, 7.838 on a
7.830, 86.09 mph.
Semifinals – Barker,
.043, 6.074 on a
6.020, 114.36 mph,
def. Chandler, .010,
6.882 breakout on a
6.890, 97.36 mph;
Massey, bye.
FINAL – Tracy
Massey, Wilmington,
.014, 6.843 on a
6.870, 96.83 mph,
def. Tony Barker,
Stedman, foul.
FOOTBRAKE
Round 4 – David
Horton, Belews
Creek, 1965 Plymouth
Belvedere, .017,
6.478 on a 6.470,
101.94 mph, def.
Andrew Davis,
Fayetteville, .057,
7.798 on a 7.770,
86.97 mph; Joe
Lewis,
Elizabethtown, 1970
Plymouth Duster,
.036, 7.307 on a
7.290, 92.96 mph,
def. Bill Ritts,
Danbury, .090, 5.864
on a 5.860, 115.36
mph; Unknown No.
G247, .063, 6.580 on
a 6.580, 104.88 mph,
def. Terry
Honeycutt, Roseboro,
.144, 6.306 on a
6.300, 93.88 mph;
Tim Edwards,
Louisburg, .000,
7.215 on a 7.190,
93.19 mph, def.
Kevin Locklear,
Sanford, 1971 Dodge
Demon, .065, 6.341
on a 6.340, 104.99
mph.
Semifinals – Horton,
.102, 6.473 on a
6.450, 105.94 mph,
def. Lewis, .064,
7.396 on a 7.290,
92.06 mph; Edwards,
bye.
FINAL – David
Horton, Belews
Creek, 1965 Plymouth
Belvedere, .069,
6.482 on a 6.460,
107.17 mph, def. Tim
Edwards, Louisburg,
.028, 7.205 breakout
on a 7.210, 92.37
mph.
TROPHY
Round 3 – Matthew
Phipps, Lynchburg,
Va., .014, 12.985 on
a 12.850, 93.82 mph,
def. Unknown No. 90,
.273, 13.001 on a
12.850, 107.84 mph;
Chip Owens, Marion,
S.C., .213, 9.753 on
a 9.680, 128.81 mph,
def. Christopher
Copland, Denver,
.214, 13.102 on a
12.900, 102.57 mph;
Jim Morgan, Conway,
S.C., .153, 14.965
on a 14.950, 86.63
mph, def. James
Lowe, Colfax, .133,
15.125 breakout on a
15.150, 89.38 mph;
Al Horton,
Kernersville, bye.
Semifinals – Horton,
.112, 12.417 on a
12.400, 105.79 mph,
def. Phipps, .064,
12.742 breakout on a
12.800, 106.71 mph;
Owens, .123, 9.737
on a 9.680, 135.78
mph, def. Morgan,
.127, 15.034 on a
14.950, 88.76 mph.
FINAL – Chip Owens,
Marion, S.C., .224,
9.743 on a 9.680,
137.00 mph, def. Al
Horton,
Kernersville, .176,
12.321 breakout on a
12.400, 104.58 mph.
S & W RACE CARS
CHALLENGER SHOOTOUT
FINAL – David
Braxton,
Chocowinity, .002,
13.952 on a 13.000,
109.89 mph, def.
Bryan Petro,
Fayetteville, .447,
13.474 on a 12.900,
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Photos From The
Rockingham Dragway
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