LONGHANY AMONG WINNERS IN NHRA NATIONAL OPEN Hancock, Taylor Take Top Dragster and Top Sportsman Titles at Rockingham ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – (Oct. 22, 2019) On a Sunday when most of the hardware was snatched up by outsiders, former UNC linebacker-turned-drag racer Jeff Longhany, a native of Wade, outdueled Lumberton’s Terry Taylor, a former IHRA World Champion, to give the home state one of its two Rockingham Dragway victories in the final NHRA National Open event of the season. Longhany and Taylor, who most recently was the Stock Eliminator winner at the 2018 NHRA Carolina Nationals, had identical reaction times in the final but the winner had his 2000 Chevy Corvette closer to his target by .019 of a second. Other winners in the event, which was piggy-backed onto the NHRA Lucas Oil Series race, included Jeremy Hancock of Commerce, Ga., in Top Dragster; John Taylor of Naples, Fla., in Top Sportsman; Tony Collier of Delaware, Ohio, in Super Comp, Jeffrey Jewell of Bangor, Pa., in Super Stock and Howard Day of Bristol, Tenn., in Super Gas. The only other Carolina winner, other than in Jr. Dragster, was Black Mountain’s Bobby Partin, who drove his 1975 Chevy Nova past the ’68 Camaro of Shelby’s Ed Pauley for the Super Street title. Bladen Core, Benson, won the 10 to 12 year old class and Brody Callahan of Fayetteville won the 6 – 9 class, his second win of the day. ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Results from Sunday’s NHRA National Open contested on the eighth mile course at Rockingham Dragway. Hometowns are North Carolina unless otherwise indicated. Results include reaction time, target time and finish line speed: TOP DRAGSTER Round 1 – Jeremy Hancock, Commerce, Ga., .038, 5.001 on a 4.720, 108.42 mph, def. Don Shoford, Connelly Springs, foul; Darryl Childress, Spartanburg, S.C., .000, 4.545 on a 4.540, 149.13 mph, def. Steven Furr, Harrisburg, .003, 4.659 breakout on a 4.680, 146.35 mph; Wayne Brooks, Monroe, Ga., .018, 4.049 on a 4.010, 177.70 mph, def. Brooke Foley, Clinton, .019, 4.754 on a 4.700, 145.83 mph. Semifinals – Hancock, .016, 4.733 on a 4.710, 144.32 mph, def. Brooks, .064, 4.012 breakout on a 4.040, 179.95 mph; Childress, bye. FINAL – Jeremy Hancock, Commerce, Ga., .014, 4.724 on a 4.720, 145.09 mph, def. Darryl Childress, Spartanburg, S.C., .012, 4.562 on a 4.540, 146.05 mph. TOP SPORTSMAN Round 1 – John Taylor, Naples, Fla., 1999 Dodge Dakota, .022, 4.897 on a 4.880, 136.57 mph, def. Scott Weis, Ashland, Va., 1966 Chevy Corvette, .070, 4.870 on a 4.860, 141.39 mph; Jackie Robison, Greer, S.C., 1966 Chevy II, .045, 5.174 on a 4.300, 100.51 mph, def. Chadrick Morrison, Statesville, 1957 Chevy Bel Air, .061, 10.359 on a 4.280, 39.86 mph; Jim Perry, Niota, Tenn., bye. FINAL – John Taylor, Naples, Fla., 1999 Dodge Dakota, .024, 4.885 on a 4.870, 142.99 mph, def. Jim Perry, Niota, Tenn., .012, 4.907 breakout on a 4.910, 140.50 mph. SUPER STOCK Round 3 – Kevin Riner, Autryville, 1998 Chevy Camaro, .011, 6.394 on a 6.390, 103.12 mph, def. Duane Eisskent II, Alexander, Va., 1973 Ford Mustang, .001, 6.580 breakout on a 6.600, 100.86 mph; Kevin Locklear, Sanford, 1971 Plymouth Duster, .019, 6.617 on a 6.590, 99.70 mph, def. Robert Draughon, Cumberland, 1992 Chevy Corvette, .060, 5.595 on a 5.590, 112.07 mph; Jeffrey Jewell, Bangor, Pa., 1967 Chevy Corvette, .030, 5.890 on a 5.890, 115.18 mph, def. Frank Beasley, Taylorsville, 1994 Pontiac, no time. Semifinals – Riner, .016, 6.429 on a 6.380, 92.49 mph, def. Locklear, foul; Jewell, bye. FINAL – Jeffrey Jewell, Bangor, Pa., 1967 Chevy Corvette, .034, 6.097 on a 5.890, 113.11 mph, def. Kevin Riner, Autryville, 1998 Chevy Camaro, .018, 11.940 on a 6.380, 55.37 mph. STOCK Round 3 – Steve Foley, Clinton, 1997 Pontiac Firehawk, .029, 6.717 on a 6.660, 94.97 mph, def. Willie Mylin, Ravenel, S.C., 1983 Chevy, .101, 6.589 on a 6.560, 102.10 mph; Korey Alexander, Maple Hill, 1978 Chevy Camaro, .095, 7.466, 88.02 mph, def. Ray Bunton, Gibsonville, 1978 Chevy, .169, 7.404, 90.12 mph; Jeff Longhany, Wade, 2000 Chevy Corvette, .016, 6.503 on a 6.440, 95.01 mph, def. Jim Marshall, Indian Land, S.C., 1979 Chevy Nova, .040, 6.884 on a 6.840, 96.40 mph; Terry Taylor, Lumberton, 1970 Chevy Nova, bye. Semifinals – Longhany, .035, 6.423 on a 6.440, 103.67 mph, def. Foley, .052, 6.643 breakout on a 6.660, 90.22 mph; Taylor, .037, 6.984 on a 6.960, 90.24 mph, def. Alexander, .066, 7.505 breakout on a 7.520, 87.86 mph. FINAL – Jeff Longhany, Wade, 2000 Chevy Corvette, .019, 6.424 on a 6.420, 103.71 mph, def. Terry Taylor, Lumberton, 1970 Chevy Nova, .019, 6.983 on a 6.960, 90.87 mph. SUPER COMP (5.70 target) Round 2 – Kenneth Myers, Clemmons, .008, 5.686, 135.37 mph, def. Matthew Hopkins, Denver, .009, 4.681 breakout, 141.36 mph; Tony Collier, Delaware, Ohio, .029, 5.728, 132.18 mph, def. Kathy Woeber, Palm City, Fla., .075, 5.714, 140.23 mph; Baylee Mize, Harriman, Tenn., bye. Semifinals – Myers, .055, 5.753, 124.33 mph, def. Mize, .032, 5.979, 108.36 mph; Collier, bye. FINAL – Tony Collier, Delaware, Ohio, .017, 5.703, 133.87 mph, def. Kenneth Myers, Clemmons, .045, 5.685 breakout, 135.16 mph. SUPER GAS (6.30 target) Semifinals – Nichole Stephenson, Hillsboro, Ind., 1969 Chevy Camaro, .085, 6.300, 128.30 mph, def. Greg Slack, Albemarle, 1970 Ford Maverick, foul; Howard Day, Bristol, Tenn., 1963 Chevy Corvette, bye. FINAL – Howard Day, Bristol, Tenn., 1963 Chevy Corvette, .045, 6.309, 139.26 mph, def. Nichole Stephenson, Hillsboro, Ind., 1969 Chevy Camaro, .058, 6.319, 124.91 mph. SUPER STREET (6.90 target) Round 2 – Ed Pauley, Shelby, 1968 Chevy Camaro, .015, 6.891, 111.22 mph, def. Jon Enfield, Dade City, Fla., 1972 Chevy Nova, .106, 6.735 breakout, 99.78 mph; Timothy Irwin, Portland, Ind., 1970 Chevy Nova, .007, 6.892, 110.56 mph, def. Mike Whitaker, Tellford, Tenn., 1965 Chevy Nova, .031, 6.885 breakout, 111.18 mph; Bobby Partin, Black Mountain, 1975 Chevy Nova, bye. Semifinals – Partin, .012, 6.950, 116.27 mph, def. Irwin, .026, 6.982, 113.25 mph; Pauley, bye. FINAL – Bobby Partin, Black Mountain, 1975 Chevy Nova, .035, 6.916, 121.51 mph, def. Ed Pauley, Shelby, 1968 Chevy Camaro, .035, 6.938, 109.87 mph. JR. DRAGSTER 10-12 AGE GROUP Round 1 – Bladen Core, Benson, .058, 9.185 on a 9.140, 71.58 mph, def. Hayden Land, Hawkinsville, Ga., .100, 8.923 on an 8.900, 72.85 mph; Ava Badgett, Mount Airy, .018, 8.906 on an 8.900, 71.70 mph, def. Alayna Corden, Monticello, Ga., .122, 8.765 breakout on an 8.900, 73.57 mph; Dylan MacNicol, North Port, Fla., bye. Semifinals – Core, .043, 9.149 on a 9.120, 71.81 mph, def. MacNicol, .064, 9.031 breakout on a 9.040, 72.36 mph; Badgett, bye. FINAL – Bladen Core, Benson, .061, 9.166 on a 9.120, 71.82 mph, def. Ava Badgett, Mount Airy, .114, 8.884 breakout on an 8.900, 71.85 mph. JR. DRAGSTER 6-9 AGE GROUP Round 1 – Waylon Bennett, Ladson, S.C., .025, 14.006 on a 13.900, 45.87 mph, def. Aaron Kennedy, Braselton, Ga., .178, 14.066 on a 13.900, 41.37 mph; Brody Callahan, Fay, .137, 12.058 on a 12.050, 54.68 mph, def. Cooper Hancock, Commerce, Ga., .132, 11.827 breakout on an 11.900, 52.98 mph; Ava Ward, Anderson, S.C., bye. Semifinals – Callahan, .167, 12.041 on an 11.990, 54.80 mph, def. Ward, .232, 12.123 on a 12.090, 51.85 mph; Bennett, bye. FINAL – Brody Callahan, Fay, .051, 11.998 on an 11.990, 55.08 mph, def. Waylon Bennett, Ladson, S.C., foul.