EASTABOGA, AL-Brandon Overton of Appling, GA., scored his second career Southern All Star win Saturday night at Talladega Short Track at the annual NASCAR Weekend event, paying $4,000 to win. Overton passed race leader Dale McDowell on lap 28, then slid up the track coming off turn two giving McDowell another shot at the top spot but McDowell could not hang on as they entered turn three when Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN., slipped his nose in and tried to take over the top spot but could not and Overton then checked out on the field till a late race caution bunched the cars back up behind Overton, but he prevailed and got the win his first at TST. 1994 Southern All Star Champion Dale McDowell came home in the second spot, third went to a Talladega Short Track veteran Dallas Cooper of Talladega, AL., who worked his way to a third place finish from his 7th starting spot, fourth place was Hedgecock and fifth place went to Todd Morrow who worked his way through the field from his 11th starting spot.

Brandon Kinzer finished 6th, Douglas Stewart finished 7th from his 16th starting spot, Eric Hickerson finished 8th from his 18th starting spot, Austin Horton came home 9th and Brad Skinner 10th from his 22nd starting spot. (more…)

COCHRAN, GA-Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA., paid visit number three to Southern All Star victory lane in 2017 as he moved under Travis Pennington on lap 31 who was slowed by a lapped car to get his 12th career win with the series and also pad his points lead over second place Bo Shirley.  Pennington in his first start with the series in 2017 led the first half of the event as he and Roberts swapped the lead back and forth several times.  Pennington then made one last run at Roberts on the last restart but he had to contend with a late race challenge from Michael Page to  hang on to second, third went to Page who worked the high side most of the night, fourth place went  to Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., who had his best run so far with the series this season and it moved him into the third spot on the points standings and finishing fifth was 2008 Southern All Star Rookie  of the Year Jason Fitzgerald of Jacksonville, FL., who rode the high side all night but could never get the traction he needed to advance further.

RACE TIDBITS: Ivedent Lloyd had an impressive run from 24th to 11th; Clint Smith rolled his car in qualifying, then drove back on track qualified it then had to bring out back up car, only to end his night with broke driveshaft; Hunter Peacock broke a motor in qualifying; 2004 Southern All Star Champion Shane Tankersley made his first appearance again with the series after being off for 13 years. (more…)

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be back in action this weekend with the series returning to the Southern Raceway in Milton, FL., on Friday & Saturday night Match 17th & 18th for the 1st Annual Bash at the Beach.  Friday night will be a 40 lap event that pays $4,000 to win and on Saturday night it will be a 50 lap event that pays $5,000 to win.  This will be the first appearance by the series at the north Florida track since 1990 when Larry Lambeth of Flomaton, AL., beat Mike Head by a half a car length to get his one and only Southern All Star win.

Gulf coast race fans may remember the Southern All Star Asphalt Series that made frequent stop at the Five Flags & Mobile Speedway, but it has been 27 years since the series has been on the gulf coast and for many dirt fans in the region a chance to see super late models in action.

Promoter Tom Lowery & his wife Kim Lowery have worked hard in making this event happen and all the gulf coast racing fans should come out this weekend for a great weekend of racing with the Southern All Stars, but also all the local divisions of racing will be in action.

Drivers that are expected to be in action this weekend in  Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., T J Reaid of Acworth, GA., Bo Shirley of Gadsden, AL., Clint Smith of Senoia, GA., Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., Tristan Sealy of Moultrie, GA., Tommy Taylor of Lascassas, TN., Eric Hickerson of Linden, TN., Kelly Guy of  Thomson, GA., Ryan Crane Panama City Beach, FL., Jim Gray of Lynchburg, TN., Jim Manka of Savannah, GA., Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., plus many more drivers from all across the southeast. (more…)

EASTABOGA, AL–The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series concluded the 2016 season with having another first time winner as Derek Ellis of Chatsworth, GA., led all 40 lap to take the $4,000 NASCAR Weekend 40 at the Talladega Short Track Saturday and add his name to the 2016 list of first time winners which include Brandon Overton, Jason Hiett and Mark Fields.

Ellis started on the pole alongside the 2016 Southern All Star Champion Riley Hickman as they were the top two cars in SUNOCO Group Qualifying. Ellis jumped into the lead at the stop of the green flag and then had to work his way in and out of lapped traffic and also to survive several restarts due to caution flags. Midway through the race second place finisher Michael Page looked to have something for Ellis, but could never get around him to take over the top spot and finished second. Third place went to Hickman who tried to find something on the track but could not as he worked high and low but had no luck. Fourth place went to Jonathan Davenport driving Chris Stapleton Tony Stewart tribute car and fifth place went to Todd Morrow who rebounded for a top five finish after a bad couple races at East Alabama. (more…)

Josh Putnam Scores Victory at Thunderhill Raceway

FAYETTEVILLE, TN– The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be making its second stop of the 2016 season this Saturday night Sept 17^th at the Smoky Mt Speedway in Maryville, TN., for the King of the Mountain Fall Classic a 40 lap event paying $5,000 to win for the super late models along with the UCRA late models as well the sportsman to make it an all late model night at the track.  In the earlier appearance of the year Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN., took home the $5,000 payday in the Rocking with the Stars event for his third career series win.

This Saturday night will be the 13^th race of the season for the series and the 690^th race in series history as well as 20^th race in series history at the east Tennessee track.  It is also Hall of Fame Night as Smoky Mountain Speedway inducts five new members into the track’s hall of fame. Danny Glass, Bud Lunsford, Jimmy Monroe, Paul Lewis, and Harley “Fuzzy” Orange will be inducted during intermission of Saturday’s racing program. The intermission is set for approximately 8:00 pm.

Prior to racing action, several past hall of fame inductees will be present to sign autographs and meet fans. Herman Goddard, Randy Bethea, and L.D. Ottinger are tentatively scheduled to meet the fans from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm. Also appearing will be former Southern All-Stars champion Duayne Hommell. It will be Hommell’s first visit to Smoky Mountain Speedway since his accident that ended his racing career in 2003. (more…)

FAYETTEVILLE, TN – The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will head into the month of September with four races schedule over the month at three tracks, that all have different characteristics about them,

The series will return to the great fans of west Tennessee as promoter Ricky Spurgeon will have the series back for a Saturday night September 3^rd 40 $4,000 to win event at Thunderhill Raceway in Lawrenceburg, TN.  The series returned to the high banked 1/3 mile facility in May after a long absence and local driver Mark Fields of Lawrenceburg, TN., grabbed his first career Southern All Star win and will be back to see if he can make it two wins in a row.

Then on September 17^th the series will return for its second visit of the season to the Casey Moses & Dustin Dunlap promoted Smoky Mt Speedway in Maryville, TN., for a 40 lap $5,000 to win event.  The big 4/10^th mile track provides high speed and a lot of action, in the series first visit of the year Winfield, TN., driver Mike Marlar took the win and will be looking to make a clean sweep for the 2016 season. (more…)