Chris Ferguson won his second USA 100 win
Chris Ferguson ventured to the Virginia Motor Speedway on Saturday night to enter the 35th USA 100 under the Ultimate Southeast Series sanction. The evening proved to be Fergy Time as the driver who earlier this season won the Show-me 100 scored the win.
The Team Zero Race Cars driver from Mt. Holly, NC earned $20,000 at the half-mile track located in Jamaica, Virginia in a race shown live by FloRacing.com.
A total of 22 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Chris Ferguson(17.797), 2. Zack Mitchell, 3. Russell Erwin, 4. Tyler Emory, 5. Mason Zeigler, 6. Jason Covert, 7. Gregg Satterlee, 8. Kyle Hardy
Heat 1 Results: 1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Gregg Satterlee, 3. Dale Hollidge, 4. Tyler Emory, 5. Ethan Wilson, 6. Doug Sanders, 7. Sam Archer, 8. Jake RiethmeierÂ
Heat 2 Results: 1. Zack Mitchell, 2. Kyle Hardy, 3. Trevor Collins, 4. Jamie Lathroum, 5. Tyler Bare, 6. Josh Harris, 7. Mason Zeigler
Heat 3 Results: 1. Russell Erwin, 2. Jason Covert, 3. Tyler Millwood, 4. Anthony Sanders, 5. Cla Knight, 6. Brian Ledbetter, 7. Davis Lipscombe
Feature Re-cap: At the start of the 50-lap feature it was Mitcchell who went to the early lead with Ferguson, Satterlee, Erwin and Covert in his tire tracks. Satterlee and Ferguson entered into a fierce fight for second over the next three laps with the position changing each lap. At lap 7 Satterlee seemingly took the spot but his time in the runner-up position would prove to be short lived.
The top-4 of Mitchell, Satterlee, Ferguson and Erwin ran in tight formation and began to mix it up while working through slower traffic.
Satterlee took the lead for lap 11 but Mitchell regained the spot one lap later. Ferguson also got around Satterlee then went after Mitchell for the top spot on the leaderboard. At lap 13 Ferguson assumed the lead of the race and began to slip away from the pack.
Satterlee closed in on Mitchell in a battle for second on lap 17. A yellow flag was displayed to the field on lap 19 when Bare slowed as Ferguson led Mitchell, Satterlee, Erwin and Covert. On the ensuing restart, Satterlee moved to second leaving Mitchell and Erwin fight for third. At the same time, Hardy entered the top-5.
A series of cautions between laps 24 and 30 brought about restarts that would shuffle the field with Ferguson continuing to lead as Mitchell was shuffled back to fourth by Satterlee and Erwin.
On lap 35, Erwin moved to second by getting around Satterlee as the running order of the top-3 were all No. 22.
Erwin steadily closed in on Ferguson and ultimately challenged for the lead, even edging ahead for the lead briefly on lap 45 before Ferguson reasserted himself and drove away to eventually score the win.
It was Ferguson’s second USA 100 victory.
Feature Results: 1. Chris Ferguson, 2. Russell Erwin, 3. Gregg Satterlee, 4. Zack Mitchell, 5. Kyle Hardy, 6. Jamie Lathroum, 7. Jason Covert, 8. Doug Sanders, 9. Dale Hollidge, 10. Trevor Collins, 11. Brian Ledbetter, 12. Tyler Emory, 13. Sam Archer, 14. Josh Harris, 15. Cla Knight, 16. Ethan Wilson, 17. Mason Zeigler, 18. Anthony Sanders, 19. Tyler Millwood, 20. Tyler Bare, 21. David Lipscombe, 22. Jake Riethmeier
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