A multi-time championship drag racer and a veteran journalist were injured in a racing accident on Saturday afternoon in Rockingham, North Carolina. 

Ronnie Davis, the defending PDRA Top Sportsman champion, lost control of his 1963 Corvette just past the finish line. He was attempting to qualify for the PDRA Spring Nationals at Rockingham Dragway. 

Ian Tocher, 55, from Roswell, Ga., and a senior editor for Drag Illustrated, was struck by debris from the accident. 

Davis, 58, of Suwanee, Ga., was transported to Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. 

Tocher, 55, of Roswell, Ga. was airlifted to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Davis was racing in the left lane when his car drifted out of the racing groove, spun around and went airborne. The car then went over the opposite lane retaining wall and appeared to have rolled multiple times before coming to a stop.