Day: April 25, 2018 | Karnac Racing News

Southern All Stars Make First Of Three Stops At Talladega Short Track April 28th

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series presented by Max Fab will be making it fourth stop of the year and first of the season at the Talladega Short Track on Saturday night April 28th for the annual NASCAR Weekend event that is 40 laps and will pay $4,000 to win.

Talladega Short Track is one of the top facilities in the country and the Southern All Stars have had a long relationship with the track and this will be the 99th race that the series has ran at the track, which leads all active tracks in sanctioned events held.

This Saturday night drivers from across the region will be on hand to compete and the Southern All Star contingent will be led by a rookie as Jay Scott of Fayetteville, TN., leads the series points standings with Mark Dodson of Caledonia, MS., in second place Ray McElhaney of Pulaski, TN., in third, Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., fourth and Tristan Sealy of Moultrie, GA., fifth all these drivers are expected to be in action this weekend as the point battle heats up for the 35th year of the series. Drivers Joseph Faulkner of Flintville TN., and Tommy Taylor of Lascassas, TN., is close behind in 6th and 7th as they are also making the trip to TST this weekend.

Other drivers that are expected this weekend include four time Southern All Star Champion Riley Hickman of Ooltewah, TN., Jadon Frame of Decherd, TN., Eric Hickerson of Linden, TN., Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., ARCA driver and 2013 Southern All Stars Rookie of the Year Bret Holmes of Munford, AL., 2017 Southern All Stars Champion Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN., plus many more drivers from across the region.

The Talladega Short Track posse will also be out in full force as they have some of the top weekly racers in the region with Jason Hiett, Terry Smith, T J Alford, Tim Busha, Dallas Cooper, Tim Roszell, Skip Freeman, Danny Peoples and more.

Pits gates will open early on Saturday so that you can plan to attend events at Talladega Superspeedway as well as a great night of racing at Talladega Short Track. On Friday night the super late model will be in action for a $2,000 to win event also so make you plans now to attend both night of racing concluding with the Southern All Stars race on Saturday night.

For more information contact Talladega Short Track at 256-831-1413, www.talladegashorttrack.com or @tsthornetsnest

For more information concerning the Southern All Stars contact Lynn Acklin – General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com

Tire Rule: Hoosier 1350, 1600, 70.

Entry Fee: $110

Purse: 1. $4,000; 2. $2,000; 3. $1,000; 4. $900; 5.$800; 6.$700; 7.$600; 8.$550; 9.$525; 10.$500; 11.$450; 12.$425; 13.$400; 14.$400; 15.$400; 16.$400; 17.$400; 18.$400; 19.$400; 20.$400; 21. $400; 22. $400; 23. $400; 24. $400

2018 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS PRESENTED BY MAXFAB:: 1.Jay Scott 236; 2.Mark Dodson 212; 3.Ray McElhaney 200; 4.Brad Skinner 174; 5.Tristan Sealy 154; 6.Joseph Faulkner 140; 7.Tommy Taylor 118; 8.Chris Madden 100; 9.G R Smith 100; 10.Tanner English

2018 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Jay Scott 236; 2.Mark Dodson 212; 3.Ray McElhaney 200; 4. Pearson Lee Williams 78.

2018 AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Brad Skinner 72; Joseph Faulkner 49; 3.Eric Hickerson 27; 4.David Brannon 24.

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:

April 28-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL., NASCAR Weekend-$4,000 May 19-Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA-Mayhem 40-$4,000 May 26-Winchester Speedway-Winchester, TN Memorial Day Weekend-$4,000

2018 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Sponsors:

*Hoosier Racing Tire “The Official Race Tire” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Patriot Sports “The Official Merchandise Vendor” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Sunoco Race Fuel “The Official Racing Fuel” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series*MaxFab Presenting Sponsor

2018 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, , COR Suspensions, Cruise with the Champions, DirtonDirt.com, H3 Performance Graphics, Integra Racing Shocks, , MSR Mafia Web Design and Service, PPM Racing Products, RockAuto.com, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering, BrakeOMeter; Dirt Car Lift

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:23:50-04:00April 25th, 2018|Racing News, Regional, Southern All Stars|Comments Off

Pittman Goes Back-to-Back with Second Consecutive Win at Pevely

PEVELY, MO – April 21, 2018 – Daryn Pittman got underneath Sheldon Haudenschild to lead Lap 31 en route to his second consecutive World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series win of the weekend and second in a row at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, MO. Donny Schatz finished second and long-time race leader Sheldon Haudenschild completed the podium.

Donny Schatz won the Craftsman Club Dash and earned the pole of the 40-lap Feature alongside Ian Madsen. But it was Madsen who powered around Schatz to lead the opening circuit of the Feature. Sheldon Haudenschild used every bit of the racing surface to quickly take second from Schatz and begin chasing down Madsen for the lead. Just as Haudenschild was ready to make a move on Ian Madsen for the lead on the sixth circuit, the caution flew Ian’s older brother, Kerry, who was facing traffic on the backstretch.

Ian Madsen was able to turn under a pair of Sheldon sliders, before Haudenschild took command to lead Lap 8. As Haudenschild navigated heavy traffic, both Madsen and Pittman were able to erase Sheldon’s lead. Daryn Pittman made an eye-catching three-wide pass for the lead down the backstretch on Lap 13, only for it to be negated by a yellow for Cory Eliason.

As the rubber became more prominent on the racing surface, experience became a factor. Pittman and Schatz quickly closed in on Haudenschild for the lead. Haudenschild had a minor hiccup in turn one and missed the rubber by no more than a car length, but that was all Pittman needed as the 2013 Series Champion stuffed his Kasey Kahne Racing No.9 car underneath Haudenschild to take command down the backstretch. A couple laps later Haudenschild hiccupped in turn one again and Schatz was able to sneak by for second.

Ian Madsen’s top-five run came to an end with five laps remaining, due to a flat tire. A clear track ahead of Pittman allowed the veteran driver to hit his marks en route to his 74th career Outlaw victory.

“Man, this is starting to be fun again. It’s been a frustrating start to the season, but this car has been a blast to drive the past two nights,” Pittman said upon exiting his Ionomy sponsored KKR No.9 machine.

“This is the way we envisioned we would start the year. We are really happy with where we are at right now, this is why you never give up,” an enthusiastic Pittman added. Pittman eluded to the harder tire compound his team elected to go with before thanking his car owner, Kasey Kahne, and all of his sponsorship partners. When asked about the negated three-wide pass for the lead, Pittman said, “I thought that was the end of our chance to win it. This really was a great team win.”

Donny Schatz also went with a harder tire compound. “I was way too loose in the beginning and we had to pay the price, but we made it back it up. All in all, it was a great night,” Schatz said in good spirits.

After leading 22 laps, Sheldon Haudenschild had all the reason to be dejected, but that was not the case. “We definitely want to win these races, but we want to finish them too. I’m happy with a podium. The guys worked really hard after tearing a car up last night. I missed the rubber twice and I got passed twice,” Sheldon, who continues to sit second in the Series Point Standings, said.

David Gravel and Brad Sweet completed the all-Outlaw top five. Nine of the top ten were World of Outlaws regulars, including Brent Marks who came from 22nd to 10th, earning KSE Hard Charger honors. Indiana youngster Cale Thomas was the lone non-Outlaw regular in the top-ten, finishing eighth. Jason Sides set fast-time over the 44-car field for the first time this season.

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series completes its three-race bullring weekend Sunday evening at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN. Another strong car count is expected, and all the action can be watched live on DIRTVision.com. Next week, the Outlaws ramp up its 40th Anniversary Celebration with three races in four days in Texas, capped off at the Series birthplace, Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

Abbreviated Results from Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55:

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 9-Daryn Pittman [6][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz [1][$5,500]; 3. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild [3][$3,200]; 4. 5-David Gravel [7][$2,800]; 5. 49-Brad Sweet [4][$2,500]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides [5][$2,300]; 7. 2-Shane Stewart [8][$2,200]; 8. 91-Cale Thomas [14][$2,100]; 9. 26-Joey Saldana [15][$2,050]; 10. 19-Brent Marks [22][$2,000]; 11. 45-Paul McMahan [10][$1,500]; 12. 5C-Christopher Bell [12][$1,200]; 13. 99-Brady Bacon [16][$1,100]; 14. 41-Jason Johnson [13][$1,050]; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser [23][$1,000]; 16. 24-Rico Abreu [17][$900]; 17. 21-Brian Brown [24][$800]; 18. 2M-Kerry Madsen [9][$800]; 19. 83-Cory Eliason [20][$800]; 20. 18-Ian Madsen [2][$800]; 21. 1S-Logan Schuchart [25][$]; 22. 21X-Carson Short [18][$800]; 23. 9X-Paul Nienhiser [19][$800]; 24. 1A-Jacob Allen [11][$800]; 25. 3-Sammy Swindell [21][$800] Lap Leaders: Ian Madsen 1-7, Sheldon Haudenschild 8-30, Daryn Pittman 31-40; KSE Hard Charger Award: 19-Brent Marks[+12]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 7S-Jason Sides, 10.764; 2. 5-David Gravel, 10.809; 3. 41-Jason Johnson, 10.828; 4. 1A-Jacob Allen, 10.861; 5. 18-Ian Madsen, 10.899; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 10.943; 7. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 10.998; 8. 21-Brian Brown, 11.011; 9. 24-Rico Abreu, 11.053; 10. 26-Joey Saldana, 11.092; 11. 3-Sammy Swindell, 11.105; 12. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 11.113; 13. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 11.225; 14. 1M-James Moughan, 11.256; 15. O1-Matt Vandervere, 11.342; 16. OO-Dane Lorenc, 11.348; 17. 51B-Joe Miller, 11.495; 18. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.503; 19. 9JR-Derek Hagar, 11.539; 20. 8S-Steve Short, 11.683; 21. 10P-Jim Perricone, 12.327

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 49-Brad Sweet, 10.808; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.961; 3. 91-Cale Thomas, 10.997; 4. 17-Sheldon Haudenschild, 11.056; 5. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.059; 6. 5C-Christopher Bell, 11.061; 7. 45-Paul McMahan, 11.085; 8. 83-Cory Eliason, 11.094; 9. O5-Gary Taylor, 11.104; 10. 99-Brady Bacon, 11.156; 11. 19-Brent Marks, 11.207; 12. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 11.248; 13. 21X-Carson Short, 11.452; 14. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 11.506; 15. 64-Scotty Thiel, 11.514; 16. 13-Clyde Knipp, 11.554; 17. 25-Jacob Blackhurst, 11.896; 18. 5B-Chase Briscoe, 11.987; 19. 12-Robert Ballou, 11.994; 20. 79J-Jacob Patton, 12.153; 21. 14T-Jimmy Bridgeman, 12.176; 22. 71M-Andy Bradley, 12.193

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:19:05-04:00April 25th, 2018|National, Racing News, Sprint Cars|Comments Off

Sheppard from 12th at Whynot Motorsports Park

MERIDIAN, MS– April 20, 2018– The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series returned to action on Friday evening at Whynot Motorsports Park for the first of two nights for the inaugural Queen City Shootout. This was the Series first race in 62 days due to several cancellations for weather, but Mother Nature finally showed some mercy and the 50-lap feature was worth the wait. The 2017 World of Outlaws champion Brandon Sheppard charged from 12th to collect his second win of the 2018 season.

“That was definitely not an easy one there. [Chris] Madden and Big Billy [Moyer] did a great job,” said Sheppard. “The track was really tricky tonight. The line kept changing all over the place. I could roll the middle there pretty good for a little bit, and then I could go to the bottom, and then I could move up, and then the middle got dirty there. We had a good car early, I think we just ran the wrong line in qualifying.”

The dominant New Berlin, IL driver qualified 21st overall earlier in the day which placed him fifth in his heat race. Sheppard was able to finish third in his heat which secured his transfer spot into the $10,000-to-win feature event. In the first lap of the race, Sheppard had remarkably gained four positions. By lap 13, Sheppard had bypassed Moyer for second and began chasing down pole-sitter and race-long leader, Madden. Known for his patient approach to taking over the lead position, Sheppard made the pass for the top spot on lap 41 when the perfect time arose.

“Well, I’m pretty sure it was hard to lead that race in the first half since like I said, the line was moving around all over the place,” continued Sheppard. “You know I could see where [Madden] was messing up a little bit. I found a little bit of a line there coming off of [turn] two, to where I could get up underneath him if he moved up again, and that’s what happened. Everything just worked out for us. We were really fortunate to be in a position to take the lead there.”

At the time, Madden was running around the bottom of the racetrack and slightly shifted his line up on the backstretch opening the door for Sheppard to charge through to command the lead. Madden continued to chase down Sheppard throughout the remaining laps in the feature. With five laps to go, the driver of Gray Court, SC headed to the top of the race track hoping to find the extra momentum he needed to reclaim the lead but while doing so, he opened the door for Moyer to steal second and was forced to settle for third.

“We just got too tight right there from about the middle of the race on and when I caught those lapped cars, and I couldn’t use the whole racetrack, I got in some trouble there,” said Madden. “I couldn’t stay down off of two over there and use the moisture like I could. I left the door open and Brandon was there to fill the spot. He was better than we were at the end of the race to steer around the bottom. We tried to go up top to get by Sheppard so we gave up second for third and that’s OK. We were trying to get the win instead of running second.”

“You just had to hit your marks perfect,” said Moyer. “We are happy to get a second here for sure. We had fun. We had a good racetrack. You know, we could move around on there, I thought it was a pretty neat deal.”

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series will return to the quarter-mile dirt track at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday for the finale of the inaugural Queen City Shootout.

Whynot Motorsports Park Abbreviated Results:

Craftsman Club Feature (50 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard [12]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [1]; 4. 1x-Chub Frank [11]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar [8]; 6. 7-Rick Eckert [14]; 7. 18c-Chase Junghans [20]; 8. B1-Brent Larson [24]; 9. 14m-Morgan Bagley [13]; 10. 21jr-Billy Moyer [18]; 11. 1c-Chad Thrash [4]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [23]; 13. 97-Cade Dillard [22]; 14. 54-David Breazeale [15]; 15. 18s-Jack Sullivan [9]; 16. 86-Rick Rickman [7]; 17. C8-Timothy Culp [25]; 18. 91-Tyler Erb [16]; 19. 6-Blake Spencer [26]; 20. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [19]; 21. 25-Shane Clanton [6]; 22. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 23. 4-Michael Arnold [10]; 24. 22-Chris Ferguson [17]; 25. 77-Gavin Landers [5]; 26. 9-Devin Moran [21]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.589; 2. 4-Michael Arnold, 12.661; 3. 21xxx-Neil Baggett, 12.694; 4. 1b-BJ Robinson, 12.755; 5. 25-Shane Clanton, 12.797; 6. 1c-Chad Thrash, 12.88; 7. 14z-Zack McMillan, 12.889; 8. 77-Gavin Landers, 12.898; 9. 18s-Jack Sullivan, 12.9; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.902; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.914; 12. 10-Spencer Hughes, 12.953; 13. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 12.961; 14. 777-Jared Landers, 12.984; 15. 9-Devin Moran, 12.994; 16. 7-Rick Eckert, 13.053; 17. 116-Brandon Overton, 13.07; 18. 5-Jon Mitchell, 13.173; 19. 94-Austin Rettig, 13.22; 20. 6-Blake Spencer, 13.634

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 86-Rick Rickman, 12.685; 2. 91-Tyler Erb, 12.709; 3. 90-Brian Rickman, 12.731; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 12.79; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer, 12.881; 6. 97-Cade Dillard, 12.884; 7. B1-Brent Larson, 12.904; 8. 51m-Joey Moriarty, 12.929; 9. 54-David Breazeale, 12.941; 10. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.946; 11. 18c-Chase Junghans, 12.949; 12. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.961; 13. 3-Shay Knight, 13.02; 14. 6r-Robbie Stuart, 13.029; 15. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.149; 16. 44s-Dave Hess, 13.189; 17. 1x-Chub Frank, 13.26; 18. 15-Chris Smith, 13.323; 19. 99B-Boom Briggs, 13.594

PFC Fast Time Award: Billy Moyer, 12.589

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [3]; 3. 18s-Jack Sullivan [5]; 4. 14m-Morgan Bagley [7]; 5. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [6]; 6. 14z-Zack McMillan [4]; 7. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [2]; 8. 9-Devin Moran [8]; 9. 94-Austin Rettig [10]; 10. 116-Brandon Overton [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 1c-Chad Thrash [3]; 2. 77-Gavin Landers [4]; 3. 4-Michael Arnold [1]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [8]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson [5]; 6. 777-Jared Landers [7]; 7. 1b-BJ Robinson [2]; 8. 10-Spencer Hughes [6]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [9]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [10]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 2. 86-Rick Rickman [1]; 3. 1x-Chub Frank [9]; 4. 54-David Breazeale [5]; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer [3]; 6. 18c-Chase Junghans [6]; 7. B1-Brent Larson [4]; 8. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [8]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [10]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 44-Chris Madden [2]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar [6]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [5]; 4. 91-Tyler Erb [1]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard [3]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [7]; 7. 15-Chris Smith [9]; 8. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [4]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 22-Chris Ferguson [2]; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 3. 9-Devin Moran [7]; 4. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [5]; 5. 777-Jared Landers [4]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig [9]; 7. 10-Spencer Hughes [8]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer [12]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [10]; 10. 14z-Zack McMillan [3]; 11. 1b-BJ Robinson [6]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [11]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( 10 Laps): 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 18c-Chase Junghans [3]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard [2]; 4. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 5. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [4]; 7. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 8. 15-Chris Smith [6]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [9]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [11]; 11. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10]

Points Top 25:

Pos.	Car	Driver	Total	Diff	Earnings
1	1	Brandon Sheppard	446	0	$30,450
2	44	Chris Madden	436	-10	$18,050
3	7	Rick Eckert	418	-28	$10,800
4	157	Mike Marlar	412	-34	$8,810
5	18c	Chase Junghans	412	-34	$7,760
6	1x	Chub Frank	406	-40	$8,190
7	25	Shane Clanton	382	-64	$8,700
8	116	Brandon Overton	378	-68	$4,410
9	14m	Morgan Bagley	368	-78	$3,590
10	B1	Brent Larson *R	366	-80	$3,140
11	9	Devin Moran	360	-86	$5,950
12	54	David Breazeale *R	352	-94	$3,550
13	91	Tyler Erb	352	-94	$4,100
14	21jr	Billy Moyer Jr	348	-98	$3,360
15	C8	Timothy Culp *R	338	-108	$2,970
16	22	Chris Ferguson *R	336	-110	$2,855
17	CJ1	Rusty Schlenk *R	320	-126	$2,380
18	17M	Dale McDowell	294	-152	$14,610
19	99B	Boom Briggs	290	-156	$1,290
20	0	Scott Bloomquist	290	-156	$13,500
21	1r	Josh Richards	286	-160	$9,050
22	39	Tim McCreadie	286	-160	$14,300
23	49	Jonathan Davenport	284	-162	$7,400
24	6	Blake Spencer	272	-174	$440
25	28	Dennis Erb	270	-176	$4,850

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:24:37-04:00April 25th, 2018|Late Models, National, Racing News|Comments Off

Queen City Shootout Moyer Beats Clanton in Photo Finish

MERIDIAN, MS– April 21, 2018– The “House of Hook” at Whynot Motorsports Park lived up to its name on Saturday evening for the finale of the Queen City Shootout. The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series’ 50 lap feature event saw multiple lanes of hooked-up racing. When the checkered flag waved for the final time of the evening, it was Billy Moyer Jr. who was the best of the field claiming his first World of Outlaws win of the 2018 season and third all-time Series win.

Moyer Jr. was overwhelmed with emotion as he climbed out of his car in Victory Lane. He explained to the crowd that at 5 p.m. he received a call saying that his daughter Hallie Rae Moyer (born on March 8, 2018) is not doing well. Receiving the call just one hour before the World of Outlaws were scheduled to hit the track for hot laps, Moyer Jr. explained he felt committed to finishing the night.

“This racing doesn’t mean anything. Right now, I’m thinking about my daughter,” said Moyer Jr. “I’m scatterbrained right now. I got a call at 5 o’clock and my mind is so far in left field I don’t really care about this race right now. I just want to get home to her. Man, they were with me here tonight. I want to make a living and to win, but I need to get back to Arkansas as quick as I can.”

The Batesville, AR driver placed second in Group A Qualifying, won his heat race, and drew the outside pole position for the Craftsman Club Feature. Moyer Jr. commanded the lead on the first lap, only to hand over the top spot once on lap 18 to Mississippi driver Brian Rickman. Chris Madden and Shane Clanton also challenged Moyer Jr. for the lead position but were unable to complete the pass. When the checkers fell, it was a photo finish with only 0.0645 separating Moyer Jr. from Clanton.

“Chris was doing all he could to win the race,” said Clanton. “That’s what we were just saying, ‘we’re here to win the race not to get second’ and he did all he could to get by him. Moyer went to block him and it gave me the opportunity to get in the bottom and I hit Chris a little bit but it’s alright, we were going for the win.”

“I guess it don’t look like we can do no better than third. You know we just keep going for the win there,” said Madden. “We come to win the races, not to run second. We took a shot at him there and if he didn’t move up on me there maybe I could’ve finished the pass. It just kind of killed my momentum and let the hole open for Shane to get back into second.

“Overall, we had a great car all weekend. We started 12th tonight and made it all the way up there to battle for the lead, at least for a little while. I think we can take this momentum here in our new ride and build on it and maybe it will play out good for us at the end of the year.”

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series returns to action next Thursday at Smoky Mountain Speedway for a night of practice followed by the doubleheader weekend, The Tennessee Tipoff on Friday and Saturday, April 27-28.

Craftsman Club Feature (50 Laps): 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [2][$10,000]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [4][$5,000]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [12][$3,000]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar [24][$2,500]; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard [11][$2,000]; 6. 90-Brian Rickman [1][$1,700]; 7. 21-Billy Moyer [8][$1,400]; 8. 116-Brandon Overton [16][$1,300]; 9. 14m-Morgan Bagley [6][$1,200]; 10. 14z-Zack McMillan [10][$1,100]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard [22][$1,050]; 12. 91-Tyler Erb [7][$1,000]; 13. 7-Rick Eckert [15][$950]; 14. B1-Brent Larson [19][$900]; 15. 1c-Chad Thrash [20][$850]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs [27][$110]; 17. 18c-Chase Junghans [25][$110]; 18. 18s-Jack Sullivan [18][$750]; 19. 86-Rick Rickman [5][$730]; 20. 54-David Breazeale [9][$700]; 21. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [14][$700]; 22. 9-Devin Moran [23][$700]; 23. 22-Chris Ferguson [13][$700]; 24. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [3][$700]; 25. C8-Timothy Culp [17][$700]; 26. 6-Blake Spencer [28][$110]; 27. 1x-Chub Frank [26][$110]; 28. 4-Michael Arnold [21][$700]

Hard Charger: 157-Mike Marlar[+20]

Qualifying Flight-A: 1. 21xxx-Neil Baggett, 12.271; 2. 21jr-Billy Moyer, 12.642; 3. 54-David Breazeale, 12.702; 4. 14z-Zack McMillan, 12.751; 5. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 12.754; 6. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.759; 7. 4-Michael Arnold, 12.764; 8. 18c-Chase Junghans, 12.767; 9. B1-Brent Larson, 12.787; 10. 777-Jared Landers, 12.788; 11. 99B-Boom Briggs, 12.825; 12. 51m-Joey Moriarty, 12.863; 13. 10-Spencer Hughes, 12.918; 14. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.942; 15. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.954; 16. 6r-Robbie Stuart, 13.109; 17. 17-Billy Franklin, 13.146; 18. 9-Devin Moran, 13.189; 19. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.855; DNS. 15-Chris Smith, NT

Qualifying Flight-B: 1. 90-Brian Rickman, 12.271; 2. 25-Shane Clanton, 12.366; 3. 86-Rick Rickman, 12.462; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 12.541; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.572; 6. 91-Tyler Erb, 12.644; 7. 97-Cade Dillard, 12.691; 8. 5-Jon Mitchell, 12.804; 9. 7-Rick Eckert, 12.85; 10. 1c-Chad Thrash, 12.855; 11. 3-Shay Knight, 12.88; 12. 116-Brandon Overton, 12.992; 13. 18s-Jack Sullivan, 12.996; 14. 157-Mike Marlar, 13.051; 15. 1x-Chub Frank, 13.086; 16. 1b-BJ Robinson, 13.146; 17. 94-Austin Rettig, 13.225; 18. 44h-Dave Hess, 13.33; 19. 6-Blake Spencer, NT

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [1]; 2. 14m-Morgan Bagley [3]; 3. 54-David Breazeale [2]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson [8]; 5. 4-Michael Arnold [4]; 6. C8-Timothy Culp [10]; 7. 99B-Boom Briggs [6]; 8. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 9. 10-Spencer Hughes [7]; 10. 17-Billy Franklin [9]

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 21jr-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 3. 14z-Zack McMillan [2]; 4. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [7]; 5. 777-Jared Landers [5]; 6. 15-Chris Smith [10]; 7. 9-Devin Moran [9]; 8. 18c-Chase Junghans [4]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [6]; 10. 6r-Robbie Stuart [8]

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 90-Brian Rickman [1]; 2. 86-Rick Rickman [2]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [5]; 5. 18s-Jack Sullivan [7]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig [9]; 7. 1x-Chub Frank [8]; 8. 3-Shay Knight [6]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard [4]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [10]

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer: 1. 25-Shane Clanton [1]; 2. 91-Tyler Erb [3]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [2]; 4. 116-Brandon Overton [6]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar [7]; 6. 1c-Chad Thrash [5]; 7. 5-Jon Mitchell [4]; 8. 1b-BJ Robinson [8]; 9. 44h-Dave Hess [9]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. C8-Timothy Culp [3][-]; 2. B1-Brent Larson [7][-]; 3. 4-Michael Arnold [1][-]; 4. 18c-Chase Junghans [8][$110]; 5. 9-Devin Moran [6][$110]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs [5][$110]; 7. 10-Spencer Hughes [9][$110]; 8. 15-Chris Smith [4][]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10][]; 10. 6r-Robbie Stuart [12][$110]; 11. 777-Jared Landers [2][]; 12. 17-Billy Franklin [11][]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( 10 Laps): 1. 18s-Jack Sullivan [1][-]; 2. 1c-Chad Thrash [4][-]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard [9][-]; 4. 3-Shay Knight [7][$110]; 5. 94-Austin Rettig [3][$110]; 6. 44h-Dave Hess [10][$110]; 7. 1b-BJ Robinson [8][$110]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer [11][]; 9. 1x-Chub Frank [5][]; 10. 5-Jon Mitchell [6][$110]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar [2]

Points Top 25:

Pos.	Car	Driver	Total	Diff	Wins	Top 5’s	Top 10’s	Entered	Started	Earnings	Feature
1	1	Brandon Sheppard	586	0	2	4	4	4	4	$32,750	2300
2	44	Chris Madden	580	-6	0	4	4	4	4	$21,250	3200
3	157	Mike Marlar	554	-32	0	3	3	4	4	$11,510	2700
4	7	Rick Eckert	542	-44	0	1	3	4	4	$11,900	1100
5	25	Shane Clanton	528	-58	0	2	3	4	4	$14,000	5300
6	18c	Chase Junghans	528	-58	0	1	3	4	4	$7,870	110
7	116	Brandon Overton	512	-74	0	0	2	4	4	$5,760	1350
8	1x	Chub Frank	506	-80	0	1	2	4	4	$8,350	160
9	14m	Morgan Bagley	500	-86	0	0	2	4	4	$4,840	1250
10	21jr	Billy Moyer Jr	498	-88	1	1	2	4	4	$13,610	10250
11	B1	Brent Larson *R	488	-98	0	0	1	4	4	$4,290	1150
12	91	Tyler Erb	478	-108	0	0	1	4	4	$5,200	1100
13	9	Devin Moran	466	-120	0	0	1	4	4	$6,700	750
14	54	David Breazeale *R	462	-124	0	0	0	4	4	$4,250	700
15	22	Chris Ferguson *R	440	-146	0	0	0	4	4	$3,555	700
16	C8	Timothy Culp *R	438	-148	0	0	0	4	4	$3,695	725
17	CJ1	Rusty Schlenk *R	428	-158	0	0	0	4	4	$3,080	700
18	99B	Boom Briggs	408	-178	0	0	0	4	2	$1,400	110
19	14z	Zack McMillan	382	-204	0	0	1	4	1	$1,700	1150
20	6	Blake Spencer	372	-214	0	0	0	4	2	$550	110

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:10:27-04:00April 25th, 2018|Late Models, National, Racing News|Comments Off

Tanner English Battles Father Terry And Gets His First Southern All Stars Win At Duck River

RACE RECAP: WHEEL, TN–The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returned to Duck River Raceway Park Saturday night for the first time since 2001 and the fans that packed the stands got a show from a father & son duo as Tanner and Terry English of Benton, KY., battled side by side for 15 laps till Tanner got the lead for good after a late race restart to get his first Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series win in the Ducktona 40. They now are the fourth father and son duo to win Southern All Star events. They join Tony and T J Reaid, Billy and Billy Moyer Jr, and Jack and Travis Pennington.

Local favorite and outside pole sitter Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., checked out at the drop of the green but the Skinner but the Skinner bad luck continues as his transmission locked up and ended his night.

Four time Southern All Stars Champion Riley Hickman made his first appearance with the series this season and they knew he was there as he was right behind the English cars battling with them and trying to get around them.

Eric Hickerson of Linden, TN., also returned to the series and he did not disappoint as he came from his 9th starting spot to finish fourth.

Jason Frame of Dechard, TN., also made his first start this year and got a fifth place finish.

Jay Scott of Fayetteville, TN., came home in 6th spot and alto took over the Southern All Stars points lead, 7th Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., who made his first start with the series this year, 8th Corey Posey of Petersburg, TN., also on his first start with the series, 9th went to Allen Murrey of San Antonio, TX., form his 14th starting spot, and 10th went to Caleb Ashby of Cunningham, TN.

RACE TIDBITS: First time career Southern All Star starters include Allen Murrey, Larry Greer, Clint Nichols

Also like to thank drivers and fans that turned out at Duck River Raceway Park and also Ricky Spurgeon and his staff for helping out with everything and look forward to the return on June 30th.

The next Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series event will be the first stop of the season at the Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL., for the annual NASCAR Weekend 40 paying $4,000 to win on Saturday night April 28th.

English Sponsors: Rocket Chassis/Jay Dickens Racing Engines/Seay Motors/M&S Concrete/Pope Construction/Jackson Auto Auction

Car Count: 27

SUNOCO RACE FUELS GROUP QUALIFYING: Group A: Tanner English 14.135 Group B Brad Skinner 13.938

PPM Race Products B Mains: Caleb Ashby-Josh Putnam

AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Mitch Thornton

COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Caleb Ashby

36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Larry Greer

Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Brad Skinner

BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Eric Hickerson

Rugged Radios Communications Award: Joseph Faulkner

Results Pending Tire Test: 1.Tanner English; 2.Terry English; 3.Riley Hickman; 4.Eric Hickerson; 5.Jadon Frame; 6.Jay Scott; 7.Josh Putnam; 8.Corey Posey; 9.Allen Murrey; 10.Caleb Ashby; 11.Mark Dodson; 12.Daniel Miller; 13.Larry Greer; 14.John Minon; 15.Mitch Thornton; 16.David Seibers; 17.Joseph Faulkner; 18.Ray McElhaney; 19.Tony Morris; 20.Clint Nichols; 21.Tommy Taylor; 22.Brad Skinner; 23.David Brannon; 24.Richard Frost

DNS: Wayne Murphy; David Gentry; Justin Taylor

For more information concerning the Southern All Stars contact Lynn Acklin – General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com

2018 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS PRESENTED BY MAXFAB:: 1.Jay Scott 236; 2.Mark Dodson 212; 3.Ray McElhaney 200; 4.Brad Skinner 174; 5.Tristan Sealy 154; 6.Joseph Faulkner 140; 7.Tommy Taylor 118; 8.Chris Madden 100; 9.G R Smith 100; 10.Tanner English

2018 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Jay Scott 236; 2.Mark Dodson 212; 3.Ray McElhaney 200; 4. Pearson Lee Williams 78.

2018 AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Brad Skinner 72; Joseph Faulkner 49; 3.Eric Hickerson 27; 4.David Brannon 24.

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:

April 28-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL., NASCAR Weekend-$4,000 May 19-Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA-Mayhem 40-$4,000 May 26-Winchester Speedway-Winchester, TN Memorial Day Weekend-$4,000

2018 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Sponsors:

*Hoosier Racing Tire “The Official Race Tire” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Patriot Sports “The Official Merchandise Vendor” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series *Sunoco Race Fuel “The Official Racing Fuel” of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series*MaxFab Presenting Sponsor

2018 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, , COR Suspensions, Cruise with the Champions, DirtonDirt.com, H3 Performance Graphics, Integra Racing Shocks, , MSR Mafia Web Design and Service, PPM Racing Products, RockAuto.com, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering, BrakeOMeter; Dirt Car Lift

By Scott|2018-04-25T00:03:31-04:00April 25th, 2018|Racing News, Regional, Southern All Stars|Comments Off