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Ronnie Davis Gets the Point
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A week before the final event of the year for the Southeast Division of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Ronnie Davis was racing his Top Sportsman ’63 Corvette near Louisville, Kentucky, when a broken connecting rod put an unwelcome window in the side of his Gene Fulton-built, 738 cubic-inch engine.
Sitting third in points with only a slim mathematical chance that required him winning at Silver Dollar Raceway to earn a second NHRA Division II championship, the Suwanee, Georgia-based golf cart dealer admits to seriously considering cutting his losses and calling it a season. It was a fleeting thought, however, and the wounded powerplant was promptly dispatched to Fulton’s South Carolina skunk works for major repairs.
“It was bad,” Davis recalls, but Fulton’s crew came through and the motor was back in place within days, though no time was left for testing before he headed south a hundred miles or so from Atlanta to the Reynolds, Georgia, strip. “There was a lot of pressure, but I thrive on pressure,” the man they call ‘The King’ states. “I feel I’m at my best with a gun to my head.” Continue Reading »
FLY LIKE EAGLE
By Van Abernethy
When David Campbell dropped off his brand new 1970.5 Camaro at the paint shop of South Hill, Virginia’s Chris Ellis in early 2010, Campbell’s instructions were pretty simple: “Make sure it’s got some yellow on it and don’t forget to put an indian head on the hood, otherwise, paint it however you want.” Chris Ellis’ instructions were somewhat easy to follow, too, “Leave me alone, and don’t call me. I’ll call you when I’m done.” Continue Reading »
