FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series spent the July 4th weekend in the Peach State of Georgia and Toccoa, GA., driver Casey Roberts picked up his second & third wins the season as he took the win in the Roscoe Smith Classic at the Senoia Raceway in front of a full house Saturday night. Roberts battled side by side and swapped the lead with Riley Hickman until Roberts took over the top spot for good on lap 11 as Roberts slid under Hickman and then checked out of the rest of the field to get the win, the 7th of his Southern All Star career.
Finishing in the second spot was Michael Page of Douglasville, GA., who got around Hickman at the halfway point for his first top five of the season with the series, third place went to Hickman who continues to led the series point’s, fourth to Tyler Millwood of Kingston, GA., and fifth went to Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN.
Finishing in the sixth spot in the caution free 44 lap event honoring his dad was Clint Smith of Senoia, GA., seventh to Austin Horton of Senoia, GA., eighth Cody King of McDonough, GA., ninth to Skylar Marlar of Winfield, TN., and tenth Joe Armistead of Senoia, GA.
The second event of the weekend took place at Chris Martin’s Cochran Speedway and in 100 plus degree weather that moved the starting time back, the capacity crowd watch a battle between Casey Roberts & Jimmy Sharpe Jr for the first half of the race till Roberts finally took command and took his 8th career win and second in two nights. Sharpe Jr then had to battle with Hunter Peacock of Macon, GA., for the second spot with Peacock taking over the second for good late in the race, Sharpe Jr., came home in third and Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA who drove the last 11 laps with a left front flat tire came in fourth and fifth went to Todd Morrow who has his second top five of the weekend and moved back into the top five in series points.
The sixth spot went to Austin Horton, seventh to Riley Hickman eight to Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., ninth to Chesley Dixon of Swainsboro, GA., and tenth to Tod Darda of LaGrange, GA.
The Southern All Stars would like to thanks all the fans at both track for huge crowds, the drivers who supported the series for both days as well as just one day, track promoters Mays & Bill Massey at Senoia and Chris & Joanie Martin and all their staffs for the hard work to make this a great weekend for all those involved and looks forward to working with these tracks in the near future.
The next Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series event will be on Saturday night July 16th at Johnny Stokes Magnolia Speedway the 13th Annual Governors Cup 50 lap $5,000 to win. For more information www.magnoliadirt.com
For more information concerning the Southern All Star contact Lynn Acklin – General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com
FINISH SENOIA (PENDING TIRE RESULTS) 1.Casey Roberts; 2.Michael Page; 3.Riley Hickman; 4.Tyler Millwood; 5.Todd Morrow; 6.Clint Smith; 7.Austin Horton; 8.Cody King; 9.Skylar Marlar; 10.Joe Armistead; 11.Ricky Williams; 12.T J Reaid; 13.Tod Darda; 14,Brad Skinner; 15.Glenn Morris; 16.Richie Stephens; 17.Jake Knowles; 18.Ashton Winger; 19.Zac Leonhardi; 20.Tristan Sealy; 21.Joey Armistead; 22.Dillon Tidmore; 23.Brian Reese; 24.Jim Rogers DNS: Matt Dooley; Chad Marchman; Shane Fulcher; Eric Granger; Mayes Massey
FINISH COCHRAN (PENDING TIRE RESULTS) 1.Casey Roberts; 2.Hunter Peacock; 3.Jommy Sharpe Jr; 4.Jordy Nipper; 5.Todd Morrow; 6.Austin Horton; 7.Riley Hickman; 8.Brad Skinner; 9.Chesley Dixon; 10.Tod Darda; 11.Tristan Sealy; 12.Jim Rogers; 13.J R Moseley; 14.Russell Brown; 15.Steve Roberts.
SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS: 1.Riley Hickman 844; 2.Brad Skinner 756; 3.Jim Rogers 692; 4.Casey Roberts 548; 5.Todd Morrow 478; 6.Austin Horton 380; 7.Dylan Ames 338; 8.Cody King 302; 9.Tristan Sealy 300; 10.Brandon Overton 286;
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Brad Skinner 756; 2.Jay Rogers 692
SPECIAL PRODUCTS AWARDS
Senoia Raceway
Group Qualifying: Group A: Casey Roberts Group B Riley Hickman PPM Racing Products B Main: #1 Joe Armistead #2 Joey Armistead AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Skylar Marlar COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Joe Armistead
36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Richie Stephens Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Jim Rogers BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Tyler Millwood
Cochran Motor Speedway
Group Qualifying: Group A: Jimmy Sharpe Jr; Group B Hunter Peacock PPM Racing Products B Main:
AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Brad Skinner COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Tod Darda
36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Jordy Nipper Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Steven Roberts BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Jordy Nipper
AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Brad Skinner 230; 2.Dillon Tidmore 103; 3.Todd Morrow 99; 4.Terry Smith 58; 5.Dennis Franklin 46; 6.Josh Putnam 39; 7.Brandon McCollum 31; 8.Ricky Williams 28; 9.Shannon Buckingham 26; 10.James Kelso 24; 11.Tim Busha 24; 12..Robby Moses 23, 13.David Brannon 23; 14..Billy Ogle Jr 22 15.Jim Rasey 21 16.Tim Allen 19, 17.Jeff Johns 19; 18.Mark Fields 16; 19.Eric Hickerson 15;
UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:
July 16-Magnolia Motor Speedway-Columbus, MS-$5,000 Aug 13-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$4,000
2016 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
2016 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Butlerbuilt Racing Seats, 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, The Joie of Seating, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering, BrakeOMeter