You may recall that drag racing photographer and journalist Ian Tocher was seriously injured when the car of his friend Ronnie "The King" Davis went out of control at the PDRA Spring Nationals at Rockingham Dragway during Top Sportsman qualifying on April 9. Davis, a three-time IHRA World Champion, did...

On April 9, five-time IHRA champion Ronnie "The King" Davis was killed at Rockingham Dragway when he lost control of his Chevrolet Corvette. It made a hard right turn into the wall, then came apart.Unfortunately, writer and photographer Ian Tocher, a longtime friend of Davis', was in the path of...

They call automobile racing "the cruel sport" for a reason, and on April 9 at Rockingham Dragway, the drag racing community was reminded why. Five-time IHRA champ Ronnie "The King" Davis succumbed to injuries that occurred when his 1963 Corvette made a 90-degree right turn into the path of racer...

Ronnie "The King" Davis, 66, a three-time IHRA world champion and the reigning PDRA champion in the Top Sportsman class, died Sunday from injuries he suffered a day earlier when his 1963 Corvette crashed during qualifying at Rockingham Dragway.Davis had finished his final qualifying run in 4.130 seconds at 178.19mph...