FONDA — Ronnie Johnson completed a sweep of the McDonald’s weekend activities at Fonda Speedway Sunday, capturing the second leg of the Big Block/Small Block Challenge modified feature, worth $9,500, as he beat Brett Hearn and Dave Camara to the finish line in the 100-lap race.

Johnson won the first leg and $5,000 Saturday night.

Add to that an $800 bonus for a Fonda regular (Johnson) beating an outsider (Hearn), and that all adds up to a total of $15,300 in winnings for the Duanesburg resident.

“This feels real good, but Brett sure did make us work for it, and I am whooped right now,” Johnson said in victory lane. “I knew that Brett was back there, as he showed me his nose many times during the event.”

Johnson and Camara started on the front row, with Camara the early race leader. After starting 10th, Billy Decker moved up to sixth by lap two, with the top three of Camara, Johnson and Matt DeLorenzo running together for position in lapped traffic.

Jeff Trombley took over third on lap 14, after getting by DeLorenzo while Hearn was making his way up from his 12th starting position. On lap 17, Hearn passed Decker for sixth, while Camara stretched his advantage to a half-straightaway by lap 20. Hearn passed Ryan Odasz, DeLorenzo and Trombley to take over third by lap 36.

Just as Johnson was starting to close in on Camara, the first of two yellow flags in the event came out on lap 39 for track champion Bobby Varin, who suffered a right rear flat tire. Varin was able to pit for a tire change and restart at the rear of the field.

On the restart, Johnson got by both Camara and the lapped car of Tony Pepicelli for the lead, and just before the halfway point, he built up a straightaway advantage over Hearn, who took over second on the restart, and Camara. The final yellow flag came out on lap 54 for Mario Clair, who came to a stop in turn three.

Johnson pulled away on the restart for a few laps before Hearn was able to close back in on lap 69 when Johnson was caught behind two lapped cars who were running side-by-side in front of him. After clearing the lapped cars, Johnson pulled away again until lap 74, when Hearn was able to pull up and challenge Johnson for the lead.

Going into turn three, Johnson used the lapped car of A.J. Romano as a pick as he went around the outside of Romano to stay ahead of Hearn. As the laps clicked off, Hearn tried to go between Odasz and Johnson for the lead. Johnson was able to hold on, but the two ran side-by-side for many laps until the end, to the delight of the crowd.

Hearn finished just ahead of Camara, and they were followed by Trombley, DeLorenzo, Decker, Elmo Reckner, Odasz, Pat Ward and Romano. DeLorenzo was the last car on the lead lap.

For Johnson, it was his fourth win of the season and the 12th of his career at Fonda.

“Last year, we burned the tires right off of the car, but this year, the track was a little bit different, so we weren’t worried too much about tires,” Johnson said. “Hearn showed me how to run the bottom of the track, and with him around and showing me his nose, I had to turn up the wick a little bit.”

“It was an awesome race with R.J.,” Hearn said. “With the track like this, you don’t go fast by pressing on the gas pedal. You have to finesse it a little.”

“After the first yellow, my car loosened up, so I was searching for a line on the track to run after that, but I really never found it,” Camara said. “It was good to see R.J. win it as a home-track driver.”

With his second-place finish, Hearn unof­ficially won the Go Green NMX Fonda Thunder Series point title and the $4,000 prize.

Jeremy Wilder outdueled Mark Kislowski in a one-lap dash to the finish following a late caution in the 30-lap sportsman feature, and scored his second win of the season and the third of his career at Fonda. He was followed by Kislowski, Erik Nelson, Dick Bisson, Chris Savoie, Kolby Schroder, Tony Farone, Mark Mortensen, Neil Erickson and JaMike Sowle.