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Kelly Carlton
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 29) - After a hard crash, multiple engine problems and the loss of one of their biggest supporters in Chris' grandfather Blair Ferguson Chris Ferguson Racing is back on track once again. The young Charlotte, North Carolina dirt late model pilot has recently had several strong runs and has reasserted himself as one of the areas up and coming super late model drivers.
Debuting a brand new paint scheme on his #22 Rocket Chassis mount, Ferguson won a heat race and led several laps in his return to Cherokee Speedway two weeks ago. Carburetor problems ended his hopes of the win but the run certainly rekindled his competitive fires.
Ferguson was back at Cherokee just three days later on Tuesday night for the Gaffney, South Carolina speedway's $3500 to win O'Reilly Southern Nationals event. Ferguson laid down a very good lap on his first lap and would have been very close to the pole on the second until he jumped the cushion exiting turn four. The first lap was good enough for the seventh starting spot.
Ferguson went on to race his way up to fifth and he had began to put pressure on the fourth place running Tony Knowles when a late caution flew. The caution allowed Ferguson's tires to cool too much causing them to glaze up. Ferguson faded over the remaining laps but held on to take tenth.
"We had a pretty good car for the Southern Nationals race but it wasn't as good as that first week back over here. We were too tight through the center and then that caution really killed us on tires. We probably a little harder than we needed to be but we are still learning about tire selection. But I am real happy to be running again and hopefully we can get back to victory lane again soon." Ferguson said.
Ferguson's Rocket Chassis with power from Glenn Roberts Race Engines is sponsored by Hamrick's of Gaffney, Carver & Sons Roofing and Firestone Building Products. Associate sponsors include Barnyard Utility Buildings, Big A's Custom Graphics, Eagle Manufacturing, Hal's Plumbing, J & S Reel Logging, Ferguson Interior Finishing.
Product and Support Sponsors include Dixie Dirt Productions, KELCAR Motorsports Media, J&J Race Cars, WP Racing Shock Service. Product sponsors will be Bearden Oil Company, Schaeffer Racing Oil, Simpson, Butler Built, Sunoco Race Fuels, Ohlins, Racing Optics, Peterson Fluid Systems, CV Products, Eibach Springs, Weld Wheels and Beyea Headers.
Visit the team's home on the World Wide Web at www.chrisfergusonracing.com to keep up with all of the latest news and results. Also look for new merchandise coming soon.
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