Chris Ferguson held off cousin Carson Ferguson for the win
Chris Ferguson had to hold back a determined charge by cousin Carson Ferguson throughout much of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Group A feature on Friday night at Smoky Mountain Speedway. This and the Group B feature served as preliminaries for Saturday night’s $50,000-to-win Mountain Moonshine Classic at the same track.
The driver from Mt Holly, NC earned $5,000 for his win on the track located in Maryville, Tennessee.
A total of 44 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Chris Ferguson(13.783), 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Jonathan Davenport, 4. Will Roland, 5. Dale McDowell, 6. Trevor Landrum, 7. Mike Marlar, 8. Stormy Scott, 9. Devin Moran, 10. Hudson O’Neal, 11. Jimmy Owens, 12. Garrett Alberson, 13. Max Blair, 14. Doug Drown, 15. Austin Neely, 16. Ellery Leake, 17. Garrett Smith, 18. Brent Vosbergen, 19. Ricky Weiss, 20. Cory Hedgecock, 21. Hayden Ownbey, 22. Caden Mullinax
Feature Re-cap: The 30-lap feature took the green flag with Chris Ferguson leading Carson Ferguson, Davenport, Roland and Landrum. After a couple of attempts by Carson to pass Chris a lap 5 caution for the slowing car of Drown slowed the action on the lightning fast track. On the restart, Moran bolted to fifth with Owens coming up to sixth.
By lap 8, the top-3 of Chris Ferguson, Carson Ferguson and Davenport began to separate from the pack. Slower traffic became a factor on lap 12. Roland slowed on lap 18 to bring out a yellow flag.
Soon after the restart, a multi-car incident that resulted in a flip by Landrum that ended with the No. 18 coming to rest on its top. Landrum was reported to be okay.
When the race restarted, Chris Ferguson kept Carson Ferguson and Davenport behind him as eventually sailed under the checkered flag for the win.
Click the play button below to hear a post-race interview with feature winner Chris Ferguson:
Feature Results: 1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Carson Ferguson, 3. Jonathan Davenport, 4. Hudson O’Neal, 5. Jimmy Owens, 6. Devin Moran, 7. Dale McDowell, 8. Mike Marlar, 9. Cory Hedgecock, 10. Max Blair, 11. Austin Neely, 12. Garrett Smith, 13. Garrett Alberson, 14. Doug Drown, 15. Brent Vosbergen, 16. Caden Mullinax, 17. Trevor Landrum, 18. Will Roland, 19. Hayden Ownbey, 20. Ricky Weiss, 21. Ellery Leake, 22. Stormy Scott
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