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Amanda Ferguson grew up around the sport of Land Speed Racing. Both her dad Mike and mom, Dusty have raced at El Mirage and Bonneville. When Amanda got her drivers license, she announced to Mike and Dusty that she wanted to race too. Dad's new gas roadster was still having some handling issues. Mike and Dusty didn't want Amanda to begin her racing career in a car that might provide a few unwanted surprises when driving down the course at over 150 mph. Long time family friend, Reese Adams, Bonneville and El Mirage 200 MPH Clubs member and record holder, brought his C/GC Camaro out of retirement for Amanda to drive. Amanda, 17 at the time, got her "Rookie Run" out of the way at the May 2004 El Mirage opening event. She went on to set fast time of 181MPH for our Club for the year. At the end of the 2005 season, Amanda was in the top 25 cars for all of SCTA at #10. A new, larger engine is being prepared for the Ferguson & Adams Camaro for the 2006 season. The goal is to break the existing B/GC record of 206.458MPH and for Amanda to gain membership in the El Mirage 200 MPH Club. (Not bad for a 19 year old college freshman!) - Nov 2005
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Future Racer?
Amanda shows Reece Moore, grandson of Road Runners member
Jerry Cornelison, finer points of her ride.