FAYETTEVILLE, TN – The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returns to action on Saturday night August 13th at the Talladega Short track for the 19th Annual Michael Head Jr Memorial, a 40 lap $4,000 to win race that honors the son of 1991 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Champion & Hall of Fame member Mike Head. Michael Head Jr was killed in a carjacking in Atlanta, GA., and was just starting his career in racing when the tragedy happened. “This has always been a big event for the series as well as Talladega Short Track,” said GM Lynn Acklin.
Past winners of this event include Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN., who has won the event four times, Mark Mears of Decatur, AL., who has three wins, Danny Peoples of Margaret, AL., two times as well as William Thomas of Phenix City, AL., and Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN. Single time winner’s have be Mike Boland of Cuba, AL., Duayne Hommell of Newport, TN., Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC., Tim Busha of Boaz, AL., and Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN.
Drivers that are expected to be in action include Riley Hickman, current Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com rookie of the year Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., second in rookie standings Jim Rogers of Statesboro, GA., Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., Austin Horton of Senoia, GA., along with the local contingent of Jason Hiett, Terry Smith, Mark Bangs, Tim Busha, Danny Peoples, Brad Berry, Adam Cummings and many more.
More information can be found at www.talladegashorttrack.com
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For more information concerning the Southern All Star contact Lynn Acklin – General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com
SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS: 1.Riley Hickman 944; 2.Brad Skinner 838; 3.Jim Rogers 762; 4.Casey Roberts 548; 5.Todd Morrow 540; 6.Austin Horton 454; 7.Dylan Ames 422; 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 838; 2.Jay Rogers 762
SPECIAL PRODUCTS AWARDS
SUNOCO Race Fuels Group Qualifying: Group A: Group B: Riley Hickman
PPM Racing Products B Main:
AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap:
COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher:
36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger:
Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award:
BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award:
AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Brad Skinner 257; 2.Todd Morrow 115; 3.Dillon Tidmore 103; 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:
Aug 13-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$4,000
Sept 3-Thunderhill Raceway-Lawrenceburg, TN-$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