The following report is from Dan’s father Todd:
Back from race at 3am Tuesday morning. Took until 10pm Monday night to finish the race that was to finish Saturday night. Many delays due to rain! Many changes in the race lineups due to people leaving along the way. 30 cars showed up for qualifying and only 14 remained for the 16 car field when they started eliminations for Dan’s Top Sportsman class on Monday afternoon. Dan won his first round race and had a bye in the second round. The Championship number 2 racer went out in the first round and number 3 lost in the second round. So, by the time he ran his bye run, Dan had been declared the Championship winner!!!
He came out in the bye run and made a statement running a 4.18 with a .005 reaction time!
It was a beautiful clean and fast pass down the track! His goal was to win the race but in the semi final round was a little slow on the light with a .024 to his competitors .019 light but ran 4.156 on a 4.16 dial in, running too fast by 4 thousandths and losing. He really wanted to win the final round race but it was not to happen. He was very happy to be the 2014 PDRA Top Sportsman World Champion though.
Best,
Todd Ferguson
Harrisburg, NC
Pictures and 2014 PDRA Champions
Dan Ferguson beats the odds to clinch PDRA Top Sportsman championship – FastDoorSlammers.com – October 29, 2014
Ferguson Beats The PDRA Odds – NSSN – October 2014
Congratulations to Dan, and my thanks to his father Todd for keeping us informed as the points race evolved. Great season for Dan who is a recent newcomer to drag racing, outstanding achievement!