ULTIMATE South East Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

April 29, 2017

PEARSON TAKES FIRST CAREER ULTIMATE WIN AT DUBLIN MOTOR SPEEDWAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

               DUBLIN, NC – Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL has won races with many different sanctioning bodies over his illustrious 20-year racing career, and after Saturday night, he can add a victory with the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Speedway along with a $10,000 check at Dublin Motor Speedway. 

Pearson drove the Dunn-Benson Ford Longhorn to the win in the Rattlesnake Rumble over a trio of former ULTIMATE Champions.  Three-time ULTIMATE Champion Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA finished second and the defending and two-time ULTIMATE Champion Dennis Franklin of Gaffney, SC took the third spot.

The 2011 ULTIMATE Champion Chris Ferguson of Mt. Holly, NC started 19th and blazed his way through the field to finish fourth as the Hard Charger of the Race.  Ferguson was also the M&W Transport “Haulin’ It” Fast Qualifier with a lap around Dublin Motor Speedway in 15.137 seconds.

Russell Irwin of Beaver Dam, VA was fifth and Tyler Millwood of Cartersville, GA was the Autolite/Fram/DirtOnDirt.com Rookie of the Race with a sixth-place effort.  Willie Milliken of Roanoke Rapids, VA finished seventh and eighth went to Jason Welshan of Maryville, TN in the Hidden Hollow Motorsports Longhorn.

Austin Hubbard of Seaford, DE took the ninth spot and Justin Williams of Concord, VA rounded out the top ten.  In preliminary action on Friday night, the three eight-lap heat races were won by G.R. Smith of Statesville, NC, Zack Mitchell of Enoree, SC and Pearson.  Ferguson won the eight-lap B-Main Race on Saturday night.

The next two events for the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series South East Region will be the Peach State Double-Header next weekend under the promotion of National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductees, the Swims Family.  The action begins on Saturday night, May 6 with a 40-lap $4,000-to-win race at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, GA.  Then on Sunday night, May 7, Rome Speedway in Rome, GA will host a 40-lap $4,000-to-win event.

Check out the official website for the ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series at www.ultimatesupers.com, and continue to follow our social media networks on Facebook at ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series and on Twitter @ULTIMATESupers to get up to the minute news and details as they become available.

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 5 AT DUBLIN MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN DUBLIN, NC ON 4/29/17:

POS       STRT    CAR #   DRIVER                             HOMETOWN                   LAPS     $ WON
1.            3             1             Earl Pearson Jr.                              Jacksonville, FL                              50               $10,000
2.            7             101        Casey Roberts                  Toccoa. GA                       50           $5,000
3.            4             2             Dennis Franklin                              Gaffney, SC                       50           $3,000
4.            19           22           Chris Ferguson                 Mt. Holly, NC                   50           $2,000
5.            12           22e         Russell Erwin                    Beaver Dam, VA              50           $1,500
6.            11           31           Tyler Millwood                Cartersville, GA                             50           $1,300
7.            5             1m         Willie Milliken                 Roanoke Rapids, VA       50           $1,200
8.            21           29           Jason Welshan                 Maryville, TN                   50           $1,100
9.            13           A1          Austin Hubbard                Seaford, DE                       50           $850
10.          20           89           Justin Williams                Concord, VA                     49           $800
11.          22           12           Zach Cox                           Lumberton, NC                49           $750
12.          6             49           Jonathan Davenport       Blairsville, GA                  39           $700
13.          16           1c           Kenny Collins                   Colbert, GA                       26           $650
14.          14           00           Jeff Smith                          Dallas, GA                         23           $600
15.          18           42           Doug Sanders                    McAdenville, NC              17           $550
16.          15           18           Brett Hamm                      Newberry, SC                   16           $500
17.          23           91           Austin Holcombe             Elm City, NC                     16           $500
18.          24           72           Mike Parker                     Eastover, NC                    12           $500
19.          2             57           Zack Mitchell                   Enoree, SC                         10           $500
20.          10           32           Dustin Mitchell                 Pine Level, NC                  10           $500
21.          17           421        Anthony Sanders              Spartanburg, SC              10           $500
22.          1             22s         G.R. Smith                         Statesboro, NC                 2             $500
23.          9             5             Tim Allen                           Kannapolis, NC                2             $500
24.          8             93           Donald Bradsher              Burlington, NC                 0             $500

ENTRIES:  24
FAST QUALIFIER:  Ferguson, 15.137 Seconds
PROVISIONALS:  None

M&W TRANSPORT “HAULIN’ IT” GROUP QUALIFYING:

GROUP 1:

POS       CAR #   DRIVER                             HOMETOWN                   TIME   
1.            22           Chris Ferguson                 Mt. Holly, NC                   15.137
2.            22s         G.R. Smith                         Statesville, NC                  15.516
3.            32           Dustin Mitchell                 Pine Level, NC                  15.611
4.            2             Dennis Franklin                              Gaffney, SC                       15.872
5.            A1          Austin Hubbard                Seaford, DE                       15.873
6.            101        Casey Roberts                  Toccoa, GA                       15.902
7.            12           Zach Cox                           Lumberton, NC                16.417
8.            1c           Kenny Collins                   Colbert, GA                       16.699

GROUP 2:

POS       CAR #   DRIVER                             HOMETOWN                   TIME   
1.            57           Zack Mitchell                   Enoree, SC                         15.455
2.            89           Justin Williams                Concord, VA                     15.533
3.            1             Willie Milliken                 Roanoke Rapids, VA       15.538
4.            93           Donald Bradsher              Burlington, NC                 15.657
5.            31           Tyler Millwood                Cartersville, GA                             15.817
6.            421        Anthony Sanders              Spartanburg, SC              15.869
7.            00           Jeff Smith                          Dallas, NC                         16.165
8.            91           Austin Holcombe             Elm City, NC                     17.255

GROUP 3:

POS       CAR #   DRIVER                             HOMETOWN                   TIME   
1.            49           Jonathan Davenport       Blairsville, GA                  15.527
2.            1             Earl Pearson Jr.                              Jacksonville, FL                              15.551
3.            29           Jason Welshan                 Maryville, TN                   16.082
4.            5             Tim Allen                           Kannapolis, NC                16.151
5.            42           Doug Sanders                    McAdenville, NC              16.393
6.            22e         Russell Erwin                    Beaver Dam, VA              16.400
7.            72           Mike Parker                     Eastover, NC                    17.589
8.            18           Brett Hamm                      Newberry, SC                   NT

HEAT RACES (8 Laps – Top 6 Transfer To Main Event):

               1ST HEAT:  1. G.R. Smith; 2. Franklin; 3. Roberts; 4. D. Mitchell; 5. Hubbard; 6. Collins; 7. Cox; 8. Ferguson.

               2ND HEAT:  1. Z. Mitchell; 2. Milliken; 3. Bradsher; 4. Millwood; 5. J. Smith; 6.
A. Sanders; 7. Holcombe; 8. Williams.

               3RD HEAT:  1. Pearson; 2. Davenport; 3. Allen; 4. Erwin; 5. Hamm; 6. D. Sanders; 7. Parker; 8. Welshan.

B-MAIN (8 Laps):  1. Ferguson; 2. Williams; 3. Welshan; 4. Cox; 5. Holcombe; 6. Parker.

The ULTIMATE Super Late Model Series would like to recognize their marketing partners for the 2017 season which include: American Racer, Hoosier Race Tires, VP Race Fuels, M&W Transport, PPM Racing Products, Arizona Sport Shirts, DirtonDirt.com, Big A’s Custom Graphics, AR Bodies, Five Star Race Bodies, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil and Lubricants, Autolite/Fram, RockAuto.com, Safecraft, Simpson, and Thomas Clarke Performance Web Design.

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