Chris Ferguson earns pole for Saturday’s Ultimate SLM race at County Line

Chris Ferguson's #22

Chris Ferguson’s #22

*Story composed from various social media reports, particularly @ULTIMATESupers on Twitter.

The Ultimate Super Late Model Series has convened on the County Line Raceway in Elm City, NC for its final race of the 2014 season. On Friday night, most of the starting lineup was set for the $10,000-to-win affair.

Chris Ferguson set fast time in qualifying among the 32 cars and drivers assembled for the event with a best lap of 14.143 seconds around the 3/8 mile clay oval. The North Carolina driver was followed in time-trials by Casey Roberts, Dennis Franklin and Russell Erwin. Those four drivers earned pole positions for the four heat races that would be used to set the first eight rows of the starting grid for Saturday’s feature.

Friday Night Heat Race Results:

Top-4 from each heat would transfer to the main event.

Heat #1- 1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Kyle Pierce, 3. Christian Joyner, 4. Boom Briggs, 5. Shaun Sewell, 6. Willie Milliken, 7. Brian Ledbetter, 8. William Carroll

Heat #2- 1. Casey Roberts, 2. Jeff Smith, 3. Chris Garnes, 4. Christian Thomas, 5. Kevin Godwin, 6. Brian Ligon, 7. Jeremy Mayfield, 8. Michael Batten

Heat #3- 1. Dennis Franklin, 2. Casey Barrow, 3. Doug Eck, 4. Jason Covert, 5. Ray Tucker, 6. Roger Lucas, 7. Lee Jamerson, 8. Brandon Ifft

Heat #4- 1. Russell Erwin, 2. Dustin Mitchell, 3. Dan Stone, 4. Derrick Francis, 5. Doug Sanders, 6. Bryant Dickinson, 7. Kevin Wilson, 8. Anthony Sanders

Saturday Night B-main Lineups:

Top-3 from each will transfer to the main event.

B-main #1- 1. Shaun Sewell, 2. Ray Tucker, 3. Willie Milliken, 4. Roger Lucas, 5. Brian Ledbetter, 6. Lee Jamerson, 7. William Carroll, 8. Brandon Ifft

B-main #2- 1. Kevin Godwin, 2. Doug Sanders, 3. Brian Ligon, 4. Bryant Dickerson, 5. Jeremy Mayfield, 6. Kevin Wilson, 7. Michael Batten, 8. Anthony Sanders

Saturday Night Feature Starting Lineup:

1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Casey Roberts, 3. Dennis Franklin, 4. Russell Erwin, 5. Kyle Pierce, 6. Jeff Smith, 7. Casey Barrow, 8. Dustin Mitchell, 9. Christian Joyner, 10. Chris Garnes, 11. Doug Eck, 12. Dan Stone, 13. Boom Briggs, 14. Christian Thomas, 15. Jason Covert, 16. Doug Francis

Ultimate SLM Standings Coming Into Saturday Night’s Feature:

1. Dennis Franklin(403), 2. Jeff Smith(370), 3. Doug Sanders(338), 4. Brian Ledbetter(296), 5. Jonathan Edwards(276)

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