Davey Callihan Explains Why He Spun Out Chase Johnson At Conclusion Of Dominion Raceway’s Big One

May 20, 2025  ·
  John Trent

American Racer driver Davey Callihan explained why he spun out Chase Johnson at the conclusion of the second 75-lap twin feature on Saturday night.

With 9 laps to go Chase Johnson had a commanding lead with Conner Weddell in second and Callihan in third. A caution came out after Dan Rogers spun off the nose of Peyton Lee. On the ensuing restart Callihan started outside of Johnson on the front row and was able to clear Weddell going down the back stretch to secure the second spot. As they field went into turn 3, Callihan drove into the rear of Johnson, but Johnson held on to it. Moving to turn 1, Callihan hit him again, moving him up the track and getting to his inside. They stayed beside each other down the back stretch.

As they moved into turn 3, Callihan drifted up the corner pushing Johnson up the track. The two continued to race side by side for another lap and Callihan again pushed Weddell up the track through turns 3 and 4. As Johnson and Callihan beat and banged on each other’s doors, Weddell dove to the inside to make it three-wide. Both Callihan and Weddell would clear Johnson and the two would race side-by-side with Johnson lurking in third behind them.

Callihan would clear Weddell going into turn 1 with just 5 to go, but Weddell gave him the bumper and pushed him up the track. He then gave him the door going down the backstretch forcing Callihan to let off and he slipped to third behind Johnson. Callihan then dove it hard into turn 3 and hit Johnson in the rear three times until he eventually spun out on the front stretch.

When the race restarted, Weddell took the lead and never looked back and claimed the win.

Following the race, Callihan discussed the racing, “You know, some people ain’t going to like it. But it was definitely rough, rough racing. I got a lot of things I could be saying and probably shouldn’t. It got a little rough there at the end. The first one was pretty mellow, I thought. Ended up second. The 57 was just a little better than us, but [he had] some choice words for me after the first one. So if we’re going to talk like that, race like that, we can do it all year.”

Callihan elaborated in a post to Facebook, “This weekends race was not exactly how I planned it to go, we started out great leading most of the first race, with a late race caution coming out, I got jumped in the restart box for the second time this year for the Win so i ran the 57 wide into 1-2 trying to get my position back ultimately loosing that battle for the lead which is what it is.”

He continued, “After that we had a 10 min break, the 17 year old driver decided to run into my window like a maniac screaming and cussing at me with threats. It’s unfortunate some of these young kids think they are owed something on the track. I will rub doors for the win every single time if that’s what it takes. Had there been a civil conversation after race 1 maybe race two would have had a different outcome? I hate to drive that way and hate even more that I also took myself out of contention. Sometimes these lessons are learned the hard way.”

“The 57 driver is one hell of a wheel man and has a great team behind him and will win a lot more races, I’m not much of a key board warrior like a lot of people on here,” he concluded. “I will let my driving do the talking because we are all equal age on the race track. Make sure everyone comes and supports the track and your favorite driver!”

Johnson also shared his thoughts, “We ended up having a really good car for the second one. Just racing, I guess, if that’s what you want to call it. More like a demolition derby, but it is what it is.”

What do you make of Callihan’s explanation?

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Author: John Trent