HUNTSVILLE, AL (October 31, 2012)—The 30^th anniversary season of the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series is coming to a close.

The final two stops on the 2012 edition will come on Saturday evening November 17^th at Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN and the Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC on Sunday Afternoon November 18^th.

On Saturday evening November 17^th the Southern All Stars will once again sanction, what is this season the 24^th Annual Gobbler 50, a tribute weekend to the former owner of Cleveland Speedway Joe Lee Johnson. The SAS Late Models will take to the confines of the historical Cleveland Speedway while competing for $5,000 to win. A complete show of Practice, VP Racing Fuels Qualifying, Hoosier Racing Tire Last Chance Showdowns and the 50-lap feature event will close the Cleveland schedule.

On Sunday Afternoon November 18^th the Southern All Stars will conclude their 2012 season at the Lennie Buff owned Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC for the 22^nd Annual Blue/Grey 100. This will be the first appearance by the SAS gang since November of 2008 when the series last sanctioned the event. The SAS Late Models will have a full show of Practice, VP Racing Fuels Group Qualifying, Heat Races, Hoosier Racing Tire Last Chance Showdowns and the 100-lap main event. (more…)

TOCCOA, GA (October 27, 2012)—David Payne of Murphy, NC led all forty laps at Toccoa (GA) Speedway on October 27^th for his first-career Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series victory, the Georgia State Championships/James Garrison Memorial event.

The win was worth $3,500 for the Tarheel state driver who came to victory lane while driving the Gibson Motorsports, Payne Tire Racing, GW Performance and BASE Racing Fuels sponsored MasterSbilt Race Car. This was Payne’s third event win of 2012 paying $3,000 or more as he claimed the most recent Tarheel 50 at Ray Cook’s Tri-County Race Track on October 4^th an un-sanctioned event and claimed the Southern Regional Racing Series-sanctioned $3,000 victory at Sugar Creek (GA) Raceway on July 7^th.

Payne, who was fourth in 2011 Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series points became the 156^th different winner in the 30 year history of the series that’s held 620 events since 1983. Payne is also the first driver from the state of North Carolina to win a SAS event this season. Rounding out the top-five at Toccoa was Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA, Mike Weeks of Friendsville, TN, Eddie Blackmon of Kennesaw, GA and Gabe Wilson of Waynesville, NC. (more…)

First SAS visit since April of 2010 to the oldest dirt track in Georgia

HUNTSVILLE, AL (October 17, 2012)—After a two year absence, the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series will return to Toccoa (GA) Speedway for the James Garrison/Georgia State Championship race.

Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA enjoyed Southern All Stars Victory Lane in the most recent series visit to Toccoa Speedway in April of 2010. This time the SAS travelers will be the headliner of a busy night of racing for Toccoa Speedway running for the $3,500 top prize in the 40-lapper. ‘We are very excited in having the Southern All Stars back to Toccoa Speedway’ stated Race Director Brad York.

A full show of Practice, VP Racing Fuels Qualifying, Hoosier Racing Tire Last Chance Showdowns and the 40-lap Feature event await the SAS on Saturday Night October 27.

The Speedway has announced earlier start times for the Georgia State Championships as the gates for grandstands and pits will both swing open at 1:00 pm and the Drivers Meeting will be at 4:00 pm with Hot Lap sessions beginning shortly after. On October 27^th the Grandstands admission will be $20.00 with $30.00 in the Pits and Trackside. The night before, Friday October 26^th the Speedway will host an open practice for all divisions from 5-9 pm with the cost of just $10 for Pits and Trackside. (more…)

HUNTSVILLE, AL –Randy Weaver wanted a third win at Talladega this year and he did it Saturday night as he beat Brandon Kinzer, Riley Hickman and the rain to capture his third win in a row at TST and pad his points lead for the 2012 season a third win at Talladega.  The win was worth another $3,500 to Weaver.

Weaver set fat time in VP Race Fuels qualifying as he turned a lap of 14.713 seconds on a cool and damp night with Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA., on the outside pole, Kinzer, Hickman and Todd Morrow rounded out the top five in qualifying.

At the drop of the green flag Ridley took the lead and moved ahead of Weaver until Weaver pulled along side Ridley on lap 5, and the two raced side by side with Weaver taking over on lap 7.  The only caution would come out on lap 9 as the cars of Skip Freeman and Adam Martin brought out the only caution of the night in the 40 lap event.

Weaver then brought the field around foe the restart and put on a show as he pulled ahead of Ridley, who now in battle with riley Hickman for the second spot.  Hickman got the second spot from Ridley but could never get through the lapped traffic as well as Weaver and could never gain ground him for the remainder of the race. (more…)

HUNTSVILLE, AL (September 30, 2012)—Randy Weaver wants a third win at Talladega!

In two previous visits by the 30-year-old Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series to “The Hornet’s Nest” the Crossville, TN driver and two-time series Champ has visited victory lane in a good track record. Weaver’s first win came on June 23^rd during the Inaugural B.J. Parker Memorial when he rallied from a 12^th starting spot to capture the $3,500 victory. Then on July 28^th, he came from his fourth starting spot to capture the 15^th Annual Michael Head Jr. Memorial event win and $3,500.

This weekend, the SAS rolls back into TST as the track presents their second weekend of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Weekend specials in conjunction with Talladega Super Speedway next door. The track will host an un-sanctioned $2,000 to win event on Friday Night October 5^th then the SAS drivers will do battle on Saturday Night October 6^th paying $3,500 to win / $300 to start the 40-lap event. This is the series’ fourth and final visit of the season. William Thomas of Phenix City, AL won the series’ previous NASCAR weekend visit on May 5^th in another exciting battle. (more…)

MARYVILLE, TN (September 22, 2012)—Billy Ogle Jr. being unstoppable would be an understatement.

The defending Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series champion won his fifth straight Super Late Model event, and third straight SAS victory on Saturday Night September 22nd at the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN. Ogle’s victory was his second straight Super Late Model victory at Smoky Mountain where he started his ‘drive for five’ on August 11th. Ogle has won five straight events coming in Southern Regional Racing Series, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and now three in a row with the Southern All Stars. This was Ogle’s sixth victory of 2012.

Ogle began the night by setting fast time in qualifying with a lap of 15.801 seconds around the 4/10 mile clay oval. The Southern All Stars lock in the top-10 drivers onto the starting grid through time-trials so Vic Hill, Mark Douglas, Randy Weaver, Riley Hickman, Skylar Marlar, Tommy Kerr, Dillon Wood, David Crabtree and Stacy Boles were able to avoid the heat races as they were set for the feature early in the evening. (more…)

Charlotte, NC 9/24/12- Preston Peltier knew what it would take to win at the Hickory Motor Speedway Saturday in the PASS South Series’ fall event, the Over the Mountain 150, and made it happen. Peltier saved his tires in the first half of the 150 lap race, and let his fellow competitors come to him eventually making his way to the front picking cars off one at a time before taking the lead for good on lap eighty-nine and never looked back. The win was the Concord, North Carolina driver’s second of the season dating back to the series season opener at the Dillon Motor Speedway on March 10^th.

“It was a special win tonight for us because it broke a tie with Ben (Rowe) to become the all time wins leader in the PASS South Series and that means a lot for a guy like me, “ said Peltier in victory lane. “Wins in this series are so hard to come by these days it makes each one you get a special one. I could tell my guys were a little nervous talking to them over the radio when that last caution came out with five to go for the #47 spinning, but I just told them we’ve been there before and came out on top and with as good as a car as we have tonight, we should do it again and we did.” (more…)

HUNTSVILLE, AL (September 16, 2012)—The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series will race for the second-straight weekend in East Tennessee this time making its third and final season appearance at the Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN on Saturday Night September 22^nd.

The King of the Mountain Fall Classic 50 event pays $5,000 to win / $300 to start for the SAS Late Models. The Southern Mod Lite tour will race for $300 to win, the Street Stocks will race for $300 to win and the Mini-Stocks will compete for $200 to win.

In two previous season visits to Smoky Mountain, Vic Hill of Mosheim, TN has been dominant in each event claiming the Rockin’ with the Stars event on April 14^th and the Big Daddy 500 win on June 16^th. This will be the eighth Super Late Model event of the season at Smoky Mountain Speedway. (more…)

CLEVELAND, TN (September 15, 2012)—Billy Ogle Jr. has been on a Tennessee HOT STREAK since mid-August.  The Knoxville, TN driver claimed his second-straight Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series event win during the Grant Adcox Memorial / Stars & Stripes 40 event at the Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN on Saturday Night September 15^th earning $3,500 for his efforts. Ogles previous SAS win came on August 18^th during the annual Budwesier Jean Johnson Memorial. Ogles other victories include the SRRS win at Smoky Mountain and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Scorcher win at Volunteer Speedway.

Ogle led all 40 laps and holding off a hard-pressing Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC for the win while driving the Blount Motorsports Rocket. Cook settled for second while driving the D & R Motorsports MasterSbilt Race Car. Rounding out the top-five were Derek Ellis of Chatsworth, GA, Riley Hickman of Chattanooga, TN and Skip Arp of Georgetown, TN. (more…)