Cherokee Speedway

2023 Street Stock Showdown to Pay $10,000 and START 3 WIDE!

4/4/2023

The 5th Annual Street Stock Showdown presented by the Ultimate Street Stock Challenge series, will pay a first place prize totaling $10,000. For the 5th consecutive year, the Street Stocks will start the 50 Lap event 3 wide! In 2022, Hayden Moran out of Richland,...more

Chris Ferguson tames Cherokee Speedway

3/6/2023

(Gaffney, SC) -- Chris Ferguson inherited the lead with 14 laps remaining to win the Ginger Owens Memorial March Madness Sunday afternoon at Cherokee Speedway. Freguson, who collected $20,000 for the win, took over the point when race long leader Mike Marlar pulled off...more

Ross Bailes cruises to Ultimate checkers at Cherokee

5/29/2022

Ross Bailes made his lone start of the Memorial Day weekend on Sunday afternoon at Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, S.C.) for the Ultimate Southeast Series-sanctioned Mike Butler Memorial. (Zack Kloosterman photos) With his second-fastest qualifying effort placing him on the...more

Blair Grabs 2022 Rock Gault Memorial at Cherokee

3/27/2022

By Mike Warren, WOO Sprint Series PR (Gaffney, SC) -- While a World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Feature win slipped through Max Blair’s fingers Friday night, he wouldn’t let his inexperience cost him another victory at Cherokee Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: Jacy...more

Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, SC) – Southern All Star Series – March 6th, 2022. (Zack Kloosterman photo)

3/6/2022

Chris Ferguson

Flat tire halts Ferguson’s run at Cherokee Speedway

Chris Ferguson kicked off his 2022 season on Saturday evening aboard his Diff-Tran Machining No. 22 Late Model at Smoky Mountain Speedway (Maryville, Tenn.) for the event co-sanctioned by the Valvoline Iron-Man Southern Series and the Ultimate Southeast Series. Drawing 37 Late Models for the Tennessee Tip-Off Classic, Chris secured his spot into the $12,000-to-win A-Main with a third-place finish in his heat. Clawing forward two positions in the 50-lap affair, Ferguson recorded an eighth-place finish. (Zack Kloosterman photo)

On Sunday afternoon at Cherokee Speedway (Gaffney, S.C.) for the Southern All Star Series-sanctioned March Madness, Ferguson followed up the fastest lap in time trials with a heat race victory. Earning the pole position for the $10,000-to-win A-Main, Chris looked to have his first win of the season all but secured until a flat right-rear tire with three laps remaining sidelined his No. 22 Team Zero Race Car for the remainder of the evening. He was credited with a 12th-place finish.

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