Ronnie Davis was a drag racer from Suwanee, Georgia.

He has been racing since the age of 18, and in the early stages of his career spent much of his time running in a heads-up racing program at the old Atlanta Speed Shop Dragway.

The category was called King of the Hill, and Davis earned his nickname by going undefeated for three and a half years.

In the late 1980s Davis discovered Top Sportsman and in the intervening years he became a driving force behind the class' rise to prominence as drag racing's quickest and fastest dial-in doorslammer category.

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In April 2016, Ronnie died in a crash.

He had completed a final qualifying run in the PDRA Spring Nationals when his 1963 Corvette turned left and shot across the track in front rival Mark Malcuit's car.

Davis' car cleared the right-side guardwall and barrel-rolled.

Davis was taken to Moore County Regional Hospital in Pinehurst and later to Unc Medical center - Chapel Hill.

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