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FREER, LOCKLEAR,
CORE WIN BLUE COLLAR WEEKEND TITLES
Former and
Current Track Champs Among Those Disappointed by Sunday Rain
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Rain spoiled what was shaping up to be an
enormously successful Blue Collar Bracket Weekend at
Rockingham Dragway but not before Mooresville’s Lauren Freer,
Sanford’s Kevin Locklear and Benson’s Bladen Core hoisted
individual trophies.
Inclement weather halted racing Sunday after the completion of
five rounds in the two “big car” categories. Among the final
seven in Top ET were newly-crowned and now five-time track
champion Chip Johnson of Fayetteville, 2020 track champion
Mark Soles of Delco, former “Big John” Memorial bracket winner
Brandon Lane of Pikeville and former Carolina Coalition
champions T.G. Paschal of McLeansville and Robert Vogler III
of Lewisville along with Ashley Childress of Spartanburg,
S.C., and Lexington’s Megan Lotts.
Those still in contention in Footbrake on Sunday included
2018-2020 track champ Allen Furr of Richfield, Jacob Ritchie
of Kannapolis, Ricky Edwards of Maysville, veteran Willy Buie
of St. Pauls, Clayton’s Jamie Carroll and Fayetteville’s
George Brown.
Freer, a three-time Super Comp winner on the NHRA national
tour and runner-up at last May’s 4Wide Nationals at Charlotte,
threw a .007 package at Paschal in Saturday’s Top ET final to
take home the $10,000 top prize.
Kevin Locklear got a free ride to Saturday’s Footbrake title
when newly-crowned track champ Matt Ward of Anderson, S.C.,
was guilty of a final round foul. In Jr. Dragster, it was
Ethan Locklear who committed the foul that put Core in the
winners’ circle.
The event determined The Rock’s representatives in the Oct.
1-3 NHRA Southeast Division Summit ET Finals in Atlanta:
Johnson in Top ET, Ward in Footbrake and Budd Trammell II of
Aynor, S.C., in Advanced Jr. Dragster. Ava Ward will compete
alongside her dad as the Rockingham representative in the
Intermediate Jr. Dragster class and Fayetteville’s Nolan
Callahan will carry the banner in Novice Jr. Dragster.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
– Results from the inaugural Blue Collar Bracket Weekend at
Rockingham Dragway. Rain prevented crowning of individual
champions on Sunday. Results include reaction time, track time
in relation to target time and finish line speed. Hometowns
are North Carolina unless otherwise indicated:
SUNDAY TOP ET
Round 5 – Mark Soles, Delco, .019, 5.631 on a 5.630, 122.52
mph, def. Eric Aman, Clinton, .024, 6.033 on a 6.030, 112.65
mph; Robert Vogler III, Lewisville, .012, 4.499 on a 4.490,
152.09 mph, def. Billy Smith, Newport, Tenn., 1990 Ford
Mustang, .018, 6.256 breakout on a 6.260, 109.00 mph; Ashley
Childress, Spartanburg, S.C., .013, 4.821 on a 4.800, 140.07
mph, def. Freddy Stanfill, 1984 Chevy Camaro, .014, 5.964 on a
5.900, 105.53 mph; Chip Johnson, Fayetteville, 1982 Chevy
Camaro, .002, 6.463 on a 6.200, 87.07 mph, def. Robert Hefti,
China Grove, broke; T.G. Paschal, McLeansville, .013, 4.556 on
a 4.540, 151.05 mph, def. Joe Julsrud, Stony Point, foul;
Brandon Lane, Pikeville, .009, 4.799 on a 4.790, 140.77 mph,
def. Holden Dial, Maxton, .014, 5.909 on a 5.900, 114.89 mph;
Megan Lotts, Lexington, .035, 4.689 on a 4.690, 147.05 mph,
def. Eric Aman #2, Clinton, foul (-.002).
Round 6 – Competition stopped by rain; Soles, Vogler,
Childress, Johnson, Paschal, Lane and Lotts split the
remaining purse.
SUNDAY FOOTBRAKE
Round 5 – Jacob Ritchie, Kannapolis, .013, 7.229 on a 7.180,
89.70 mph, def. Brandon Williams, Eagle Springs, .125, 7.002
breakout on a 7.010, 96.73 mph; Ricky Edwards, Maysville, 1965
Chevy II, .011, 6.448 on a 6.440, 105.65 mph, def. Ricky
Bullock, Sanford, 1978 Chevy Nova, .047, 6.187 breakout on a
6.220, 106.99 mph; Willy Buie, St. Pauls, 1970 Chevy Nova,
.002, 6.436 on a 6.440, 103.56 mph, def. Tommy Duff, Holly
Ridge, 1970 Chevy Nova, .052, 6.670 breakout on a 6.700, 98.21
mph; Jamie Carroll, Clayton, 1970 Chevy Nova, .049, 6.339 on a
6.350, 106.33 mph, def. Kale Hoffman, Richlands, foul; George
L. Brown, Fayetteville, 1970 Chevy Nova, .021, 6.078 on a
6.050, 109.15 mph, def. Jacob Ritchie #2, Kannapolis, .081,
7.162 breakout on a 7.170, 94.04 mph; Allen Furr, Richfield,
1962 Chevy II, bye.
Round 6 – Competition stopped by rain; Ritchie, Edwards, Buie,
Carroll, Brown and Furr split the remaining purse.
SUNDAY JR. DRAGSTER
Round 4 – Ava Ward, Anderson, S.C., .065, 8.954 on an 8.930,
72.98 mph, def. Reece Branton, Conway, S.C., foul (-.004);
Brody Callahan, Fayetteville, .044, 8.938 on an 8.910, 73.91
mph, def. Camdyn Smith, Winterville, .057, 7.985 on a 7.900,
78.80 mph; Budd Trammell II, Aynor, S.C., .015, 8.046 on an
8.030, 79.78 mph, def. Bladen Core, Benson, .050, 8.816
breakout on an 8.820, 74.41 mph; Gavin Corker, Archer Lodge,
bye.
Round 5 – Competition stopped by rain; Ward, Callahan,
Trammell and Corker split the remaining purse.
SATURDAY TOP ET
Round 7 – T.G. Paschal, McLeansville, .032, 4.555 on a 4.550,
149.96 mph, def. Gabe Taylor, .034, 5.750 on a 5.740, 116.83
mph; Lauren Freer, Mooresville, .011, 4.669 on a 4.640, 146.34
mph, def. Robert Hefti, China Grove, .049, 4.571 on a 4.540,
144.40 mph; Holden Dial, Maxton, .023, 5.922 on a 5.900,
111.64 mph, def. Ricky Edwards, Maysville, 1965 Chevy II,
.034, 6.503 on a 6.460, 104.81 mph.
Semifinals – Freer, .002, 4.659 on a 4.640, 145.44 mph, def.
Dial, .027, 5.899 on a 5.910, 115.21 mph; Paschal, bye.
FINAL – Lauren Freer, Mooresville, .006, 4.641 on a 4.640,
147.31 mph, def. T.G. Paschal, McLeansville, .018, 4.542 on a
4.540, 150.68 mph.
SATURDAY FOOTBRAKE
Round 6 – Jonathan Surratt, bye; Matt Ward, Anderson, S.C.,
1969 Chevy Camaro, .003, 6.519 on a 6.510, 99.14 mph, def.
Jacob Ritchie, Kannapolis, .023, 7.184 on a 7.180, 93.35 mph;
Kevin Locklear, Sanford, .030, 6.640 on a 6.620, 96.40 mph,
def. Mark Soles, Delco, .060, 5.672 on a 5.650, 123.47 mph;
Allen Furr, Richfield, 1962 Chevy II, .073, 6.602 on a 6.610,
100.70 mph, def. Chris Johnson, Fayetteville, foul.
Semifinals – Ward, .020, 6.523 on a 6.500, 104.37 mph, def.
Surratt, .061, 6.379 on a 6.370, 105.70 mph; Locklear, .053,
6.627 on a 6.630, 99.64 mph, def. Furr, .045, 6.606 breakout
on a 6.610, 100.70 mph.
FINAL – Kevin Locklear, Sanford, .051, 6.579 on a 6.630,
101.61 mph, def. Matt Ward, Anderson, S.C., 1969 Chevy Camaro,
foul.
SATURDAY JR. DRAGSTER
Round 5 – Ethan Locklear, Pembroke, .026, 7.905 on a 7.900,
81.39 mph, def. Reece Branton, Conway, S.C., .038, 8.891 on an
8.850, 75.38 mph; Bladen Core, Benson, .052, 8.801 on an
8.790, 71.65 mph, def. Ava Ward, Anderson, S.C., .132, 8.869
on an 8.860, 73.89 mph; Budd Trammell II, Aynor, S.C., bye.
Semifinals – Locklear, bye; Core, .008, 8.761 on an 8.750,
74.68 mph, def. Trammell II, .017, 8.000 on a 7.970, 81.90
mph.
FINAL – Bladen Core, Benson, .074, 8.768 on an 8.750, 75.05
mph, def. Ethan Locklear, Pembroke, foul.
JOHNSON,
WARD, TRAMMELL WIN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS
Disappointment for Racers as Rain Prematurely Ends Blue Collar
Bracket Weekend
ROCKINGHAM – Fayetteville’s Chip Johnson was one of seven Top
Eliminator drivers still in competition Sunday when rain ended
the inaugural Blue Collar Bracket Weekend at Rockingham
Dragway. That earned the veteran enough points to secure his
fifth track championship.
Matt Ward of Anderson, S.C., a winner earlier this year in The
Rock’s “Big John” Leviner Memorial Bracket Races, secured his
first track Footbrake championship and Budd Trammell II of
Aynor, S.C., claimed the Jr. Dragster title. |
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