Ronnie Johnson made his first visit to Dixie Speedway’s victory lane since 1994 with a win in Saturday night’s Super Late Model feature. Photo by Kevin Prater/praterphoto.com
Ronnie Johnson found the most appropriate way to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the historic Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA on Saturday.
Johnson, a member of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, drove to his first Dixie Speedway victory in 21 years, as he beat out second generation racer T.J. Reaid for the victory on the 3/8 mile clay raceway.
Reaid of Acworth began the evening by claiming fast time in qualifying and starting on the pole position after spinning a zero on the invert wheel. Reaid took the lead at the drop of the green flag and set a quick pace as drivers behind shuffled for position.
Meanwhile, Johnson steadily threaded his way up through the field to take second and began reeling in Reaid. Johnson caught Reaid with just over ten laps to go and made the pass on the outside to take the lead.
From there, Johnson would move away to score the victory, his first at Dixie since 1994. Reaid, who has been consistently running up front in his rookie year, settled for second, with Dale Thurman in third. Jody Knowles finished in fourth, while Jacob Grizzle came home in fifth.
Johnson’s win also makes him the ninth different Super Late Model winner in as many races this season.
In other action, Don Jenkins made his way to victory lane in the Steel Head Late Model feature for the third week in row with Brian Jackson in second, Alan Brewer third, Chuck Padgett fourth and Chris Sizemore fifth.
Zach Pilcher has been consistently placing top five finishes in the Crate Late Model and Saturday night, he finally brought home his first win. Pilcher fought a side by side battle with leader Jason Deal until Deal tangled with a lapped car. That contact forced him to the pits for repairs. Adam Smith finished in second, with Shane Smith in third, Hunter Jones in fourth and John Williams in fifth.
Daniel Brewer found his way to victory lane for the second week in a row in the Super Bombers as he lead Andy Morris, Richard Goode, Willie Winsome, and Justin Begley to the checkred flag.
It took a few laps, but Landon Bagby made his way to the front of the Economy Bomber feature to get his second win of the season. Austin Smith and Kyle Beavers staged a race for second with Beavers taking the position at the finish line. Eric Hamby finished fourth, with Bryne Duren in fifth.
In the Pony Stock feature, Jamie Cross made the trip from Hayesville, NC well worth his while by taking his seventh win of the season, and his fifth in row. Ronnie Faucett finished in second, with Jason Berrong in third, Jason Matthews in fourth and David Kirkland in fifth.
Jimmy Wilson took his third win in a row in the Cruiser feature. Crossing the line behind Wilson were Randy Ledford, George Wilson and Stephen Smith.
Dixie Speedway is back in action on Saturday, June 6 for the Bill Ingram Memorial, with the Super Late Model feature being run in honor of the late Georgia Racing Hall of Fame driver, along with a full race program.
For more info, visit DixieSpeedway.com.
Dixie Speedway – Woodstock, GA
Race Results – May 30, 2015
Super Late Models
1. A19 – Ronnie Johnson
2. 41 – T.J. Reaid
3. 59 – Dale Thurman
4. 66 – Jody Knowles
5. 99g – Jacob Grizzle
6. x15 – Shawn Chastain
7. 9 – Jason Croft
8. 3 – Luther Jenkins
9. 17 – Kurt English
10. 24 – Chip Brindle
11. 15 – Dusty Chitwood
12. 07 – Scott Hall
13. 24x – Buster Goss
14. 00 – Johnny Chastain
Steel Head Late Models
1. 1B – Don Jenkins
2. B4 – Brian Jackson
3. 22 – Alan Brewer
4. 34 – Chuck Padgett
5. 20 – Chris Sizemore
6. 9 – Rob Johnson
7. 28 – Bob Johnson
8. 37 – Jimmy Price
9. 51 – Randy Dillard
10. 3 – Bobby Tucker
11. 18 – Mike Bruner
12. 66 – Richard Engleman
Crate Late Models
1. 87 – Zack Pilcher
2. 14 – Adam Smith
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4. 54 – Hunter Jones
5. 57 – John Williams
6. 14 – Logan Palmer
7. 49 – Jeff Dernehl
8. 14 – Tony Beck
9. 39 – Nic Phillips
10. 37 – Clay Fancher
11. 7 – Jason Deal
12. 21 – Jake Jones
13. 31 – David Burtz
Super Bombers
1. D22 – Daniel Brewer
2. 40 – Andy Morris
3. x15 – Richard Goode
4. 66 – Winnie Winsome
5. 21 – Justin Begley
6. 21 – Stephen Clack
7. 57 – Josh Pilcher
8. 18r – Ronnie Haynes
9. 5 – Russell Schell
10. 17 – Austin King
11. 43 – Tim Ford
12. x8 – Jesse O’Shields
13. 9 – Sam Gibson
14. 3 – Rod Gibson
15. 3 – Tom Watson
16. 17 – Justin Hammett
17. 36 – Zach Dunn
18. 99 – Jake Rakestraw
19. 23 – Travis Smith
20. 82 – Randall Powell
21. 28 – Donnie Patterson
22. 14 – Rodney Vollrath
Economy Bombers
1. 19 – Landon Bagby
2. 16 – Kyle Beavers
3. 84 – Austin Smith
4. 21 – Eric Hamby
5. 17 – Bryne Duren
6. 57 – Tyler Williams
7. 13 – Jesse Goss
8. 23 – Doug Land
9. 00 – Dalton Polston
10. 21 – Randy Smith
11. 26 – Danny Bridges
12. 35 – James Gagnon
DNS: 07 – Dan Meadows
Pony Stocks
1. 55 – Jamie Cross
2. x6 – Ronnie Faucett
3. 56 – Jason Berrong
4. 4 – Jason Matthews
5. 04 – David Kirkland
6. 41 – Bo Jordan
Cruisers
1. 43 – Jimmy Wilson
2. 83 – Randy Ledford
3. 1 – George Wilson
4. 7 – Stephen Smith
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