Davey, 22, took the checkered flag within the Allison Legacy Race Collection’ inaugural occasion of the 2022 season, which was a part of the speedway’s open home festivities.
The race fielded 13 vehicles on the speedway’s highway course, with the configuration taking drivers down the entrance stretch, rounding turns 1 and into the backstretch, then briefly onto the principle oval at flip 3 and again to the infield between turns 3 and 4.
A number of warning flags went out through the 20-lap race — with a number of drivers winding up within the grass close to flip 1 — leading to re-starts.
Davey stated this was the primary time on a highway course within the automobile he was driving Saturday.
“To win on a highway course is really wonderful to me,” Davey stated, giving because of his mother and father for his or her help.
Davey described the course as being “powerful.”
“This highway course could be very distinctive, it’s very sketchy,” Davey stated. “You don’t need to use an excessive amount of brake as a result of you’ll lose your brakes …All in all, you’ve simply bought to have an excellent automobile, an excellent workforce simply have God be there ultimately.”
The Riverside, California, native ran Worldwide Kart Federation highway races on the West Coast. He started his profession in 2005 and earned his first championship on the age of seven, in accordance with the bio on his web site.
Earlier than transferring to North Carolina to pursue a racing profession, Davey received 4 bandolero state championships in Arizona. His achievements additionally embody inserting third within the 2015 Bando Nationals Outlaws division and fifth in 2016, in addition to profitable the Bojangles Summer season Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Davey, who lives in Mooresville, was additionally named Rookie of the Yr for Allison Legacy in 2017. That is his third first-place win with the collection, crossing the end line as soon as in 2018 and within the first race of 2019.
The younger driver took break day through the pandemic however stated he’s “making an attempt to chase the championship for 2022. Hopefully we will do it.”
“I’m excited to get the win and hopefully we will get some extra wins all year long,” Davey stated.
David Smith, of Savannah, Georgia, and Cody Parker, racing out of Darlington, South Carolina, positioned second and third, respectively.
Smith stated it was the primary time he’d been to Rockingham since he was 9 years previous, watching Richard Petty.
Speedway Vice President of Operations Justin Jones congratulated every of the winners following the race.
The Allison Legacy vehicles have been designed by the sons of former NASCAR driver Donnie Allison, who was sitting close to the Papa Joe Hendrick Storage early on Saturday to signal autographs. Allison had two profession wins at Rockingham — in 1968 and 1977.
Additionally signing autographs was Will Cronkite, writer of “I Was a NASCAR Redneck.”
Racing legend Donnie Allison autographs a e-book for Christian Wilson.
Though Davey was the primary to win on the highway course for the reason that observe got here underneath new possession in 2018, he wasn’t the primary to win a inventory automobile race at Rockingham.
That honor went to Rob Hindt, of Elkton, Maryland, who received the FasCarz collection final October through the East Coast Truck Pageant.
Hindt was on the observe once more this weekend, this time within the No. 15 NAPA automobile, as one of many drivers in Motorsport 4the Plenty’ demonstration of its upcoming Basic American Racing Barnstormer Collection, that includes classic inventory vehicles making exhibition laps.
The 2 dozen vehicles — and one truck — ranged from the Cotton Owens No. 70 ‘37 Plymouth Coupe to a Bobby Issac ‘71 Dodge Daytona and vehicles from a more moderen period. The most recent, the No. 2 Miller Lite Brad Kesolowski automobile, was a 2017 Ford Fusion.
The CARBS Tour begins at Rockingham on April 23 and can shut out Oct. 1.
Along with the CARBS Tour, M4theM was accountable for main attendees in sizzling laps across the oval. Proprietor Rob Bolling stated greater than 120 lapping classes have been bought.
Jason Schue within the No. 3 Dale Earnhardt automobile passes Rob Hindt within the No. 15 NAPA automobile over the tunnel earlier than getting into Flip 4.
The open home additionally featured an illustration from the FASS Huge Rig Collection, with Luke Whitmire behind the wheel. The collection, which is able to shut its season at Rockingham in September, was additionally on the East Coast Truck Pageant final fall, with driver Justin Ball taking the checkered flag, changing into the primary to win a race on the speedway in years. Ball additionally received the collection’ 2021 aggressive season.
(Word: The primary aggressive occasion of the observe’s revival was received by T.J. Gutierrez at MB Drift’s Battle of Little Rock in March 2021.)
Brandon Hartt, who final month recorded a video on the observe for his tune “Good Years,” carried out an acoustic set on a stage surrounded by previous tires.
The winners of the core pattern from the observe have been Mackenzie Ward and Brenden Davis of Wake County. Ward is initially from Rockingham. The couple purchased eight tickets
“We by no means win something like this,” Ward stated.
Half of the proceeds will go to the charity Racing for Children.
Jones stated that, based mostly on entry waivers, greater than 3,400 individuals have been on the open home, which he thought of successful.
Some attendees have been sporting traditional T-shirts from the observe’s former NASCAR days when it was referred to as North Carolina Speedway.
The merchandise sales space — which included hats, in addition to new and classic shirts — bought out of a number of gadgets, in accordance with Jones, and seize luggage with speedway memorabilia got out to youngsters.
Jones stated he plans to make the open home an annual occasion.
