Ronnie Davis on Hot Streak

Can veteran Top Sportsman racer Ronnie Davis continue his recent streak of victories?

That's the question many Top Sportsman racers have been asking about Davis' string of final round appearances. Davis won his 3rd race in a row in less than 2 weeks last night at the Carolina Dragway Thursday Night Thunder competition, setting #1 qualifier with a 4.35 @ 170. Davis consistent display of 4.35,4.30, & 4.32 performances brought him to his 8th final round of 2006. He is on his way to besting his impressive 2005 stats of 17 final round appearances.

On May 20th, Davis took high honors in the Automatic Pro Mod Association meet at South Georgia Motorsports Park, his second final in three outings for that series. The Automatic Pro Mod Association was created by Davis early this year to give converter equipped Pro Mods the chance to race heads up.

Davis also took the win light at the IHRA Division 2 race in Douglas, GA and currently leads the Top Sportsman points chase in NHRA Division 2, making the final round in 3 of 4 outings.Will Ronnie Davis maintain this momentum and keep the Top Sportsman field at bay?

NHRA Division 2 Top Sportsman Season Opening WIN

Ronnie "the King" Davis is carrying on his tradition of winning races and living up to his nickname by taking the NHRA Division 2 championship at the season opener at Gainesville (Florida) Raceway over the Feb. 25-26 weekend. Not only that, but Davis' '63 Corvette captured the Top Sportsman No. 1 qualifying spot with a 6.663/209.75 mph blast AND taking the CSR No. 1 Qualifier bonus and the $300 that goes with it.

What's more, Davis won his own race - his Davis In-Motion/Trac Star Systems companies are a major sponsor of the NHRA Division 2 Top Sportsman series. He beat Jeffery Barker's 2002 Camaro in the final, and that too is an irony because Jeffery's father, Jerry Barker of the Jerry Barker Chevrolet-Hummer dealership in Warner Robins, Georgia is one of Davis's sponsors.

"I basically beat my own teammate," he said.

His Vette ran a dead-on 6.985 at 189 mph in the final.Power for the Corvette, built by Alan Pittman Race Cars of Spartanburg, South Carolina, comes from a 706-inch Fulton engine with SpeedTech/Shannon Jenkins nitrous backed by TCI equipment.And here is a final irony in Davis's win: his other "teammate," Pro Stock racer Warren Johnson, won his class at the NHRA national race in Phoenix, Arizona on the same day.

"We call ourselves - Warren, Kirk and myself - the 'Sugar Hill boys' because my shop is only a half-mile from theirs, in Sugar Hill (Georgia)," Davis said. "So the 'Sugar Hill boys' did pretty good on Sunday."

Davis is a past NHRA and IHRA national and divisional winner who earned his nickname "The King" for a string of straight wins at the defunct Atlanta Speed Shop Drag Strip in the 1980s and '90s.

Story courtesy of CompetitionPlus.com.
Photo courtesy of Jason Sharp

Speedtech and Davis team up for second season

Article taken from Pro Mod Source.com:

TUSCALOOSA, AL - Tuscaloosa based Speedtech Nitrous Inc. the Industry leader in nitrous development and on track performance is very excited to extend for the second season a relationship with Top Sportsman and Promod Automatic extraordinaire Ronnie "The King" Davis. The King is the best in the racing business at promoting many superior product lines for the entire racing community. Through is many years of dedication and hard work Ronnie has claimed 5 Top Sportsman World Championships and is credited for bringing the Top Sportsman class to the NHRA divisional level and to the very first NHRA National event last season in Commerce, GA.

"Ronnie is the type of racer Speedtech relies on to better it's already proven product line." stated Speedtech owner Shannon Jenkins "He is going to be somewhere every weekend going rounds and pushing your product to it's limits. We build nitrous components all the Sportsman racers that plan on shooting for the IHRA or NHRA World Championship should use"

Look for the KING this weekend in Gainesville, Florida at the Division 2 race and ask him why Speedtech helped him reach 17 final rounds in the 2005 season

visit:
www.ronniedavisracing.com
www.speedtechnitrous.com

Photo: Brian Wood
Article: Pro Mod Source

Davis Golf Carts- The Official Pit Vehicle of the IHRA

Davis Golf Cart Sales Named Official Pit Vehicle of IHRA



Drag Racing Ronnie "The King" Davis knows a little about what a driver needs when it comes to getting around the facility at a drag race. He should, he has been racing for over 30 years. Davis has been active in IHRA's Top Sportsman class since its inception, winning the World Championship three times (1990, 1991 and 1997) as well as owning the car Jeff Dobbins won the title in during the 1998 season. Davis also won division championships in 2000 and 2002 and finished second in his division last season.

Davis Golf Car Sales actually came from an idea he had after a girlfriend left him all alone in the staging lanes during a race.

"She was pulling the car with one of those heavy four-wheelers and was having some problems with it," Davis said. "She was yelling at me and I wasn't listening, so she ended up just leaving me there alone in the staging lanes. The next week I was hitting some golf balls with a buddy, and we were sitting on a golf cart. I thought it would be good to use in the pits so I talked to the owner of the golf course and bought it from him. I made some adjustments to it and took it to the track the next week. Everyone there asked me where I got it and I told them I made it. So I started selling them."

Davis now displays at races with his line of custom golf carts, as well as his line of motor homes and satellite television and communications services. In 2003 he sold the last of his gas stations, retiring from a business he spent over 25 successful years in, and went full time into the golf cart and satellite business. He is easy to spot in the midway with his 18-cart display. He still will race as well.

"I'm pleased to be the official pit vehicle of the IHRA because it will help bring Davis Custom Golf Carts more name recognition," Davis said. "I drag race for a living, but my top priority is to make that living. If it comes down to a choice between winning a race or building up my business I am going to choose what will help me make a living."

Along with his custom carts, you can see his line of pit bikes at his display. He also sells and installs In Motion Satellite Service at the track and will provide a full line of golf cart service.

For more information on Ronnie Davis' complete line of products, visit his website at www.ronniedavisracing.com. You can also reach him at(678) 482-9977.