FAYETTEVILLE, TN – The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returns to action on Saturday night August 13^th at the Talladega Short track for the 19^th 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. (more…)

COLUMBUS, MS – The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returned to the Magnolia Speedway in Columbus, MS., for its annual visit at the 13^th Annual Cliburn Truck Lines Governors Cup and three time Southern All Star series champion Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., got win #2 on the season and also a $5,000 payday in the 50 lap main.

In SUNOCO Race Fuels qualifying Batesville, AR., driver Wendell Wallace and Hickman were fast qualifiers in their respective groups with Wallace setting overall fast time with a `14.561 lap to Hickman’s 14.669 lap.

Wallace took the lead at the start and was looking to be the man to beat as he stretched out to half a straight lead over Hickman, Jack Sullivan, Eric Cooley and David Breazeale.  Then on lap seven trouble came as the car of Ashton  Winger spun in turn one and right in front of the leaders and Wallace had no place to go as he clipped Winger’s car ending his night, along with Brett White and Cale Finley.  Wallace went to the pits for repairs and returned to the tail end of the field and charged back to a 10^th place finish. (more…)

Current Southern All Stars Points Leader, Riley Hickman

COLUMBUS, MS – Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi returns to action with the 13th Annual Governor’s Cup, paying $5,000-to-win for the Southern All Stars Super Late Models on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Also in action will be the NeSmith Late Models, Street Stocks, Factory Stocks and 602 Late Model Stocks will be action as well.

This will be will the 7th appearance of the series at the 3/8ths mile gumbo oval, Bub McCool of Vicksburg, MS., took the win last year and should be in action his weekend along with the current points leader and defending series champion Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., current second place and Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com rookie leader Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., and second place in rookie points as well as third in over all series points Jim Rogers of Statesboro, GA., who will be making his first visit to the Mississippi oval, Todd  Morrow of East Ridge, TN., Austin Horton of Senoia, GA., Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., Joe & Joey Armistead  of Senoia., GA., Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., Cale Finley of Athens, AL.,  plus many more drivers from the local as well as regional area are expected to be in action. (more…)

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. (more…)

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—Magnolia Motor Speedway officials &  the Southern All Stars have adjusted the program for  the annual Governors Cup event that is to be held at the 3/8ths mile gumbo track on July 16th.

The race will now be a one day 50 lap event that will pay $5,000 to win and $400 to start.  Also on Friday night July 15^th there will be an open practice session for this event.

More information concerning this event and the whole month of racing in July for the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be released in a few days.

The next events for the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be on Saturday & Sunday July 2-3 at the Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA., a 40 lap $4,444 event the Roscoe Smith Classic and then at the Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA., another 40 lap $4,000 to win event.  More information concerning these races can be found at found at www.senoiaraceway.com or www.cochranspeedway.com

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 664; 2.Brad Skinner 600; 3.Jim Rogers 564; 4.Casey Roberts 348; 5.Dylan Ames 338; 6.Todd Morrow 298; 7.Brandon Overton 286; 8.Jason Hiett 280; 9.Dale McDowell; 10.Tommy Taylor 222

CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Brad Skinner 600; 2.Jay Rogers 564

SPECIAL PRODUCTS AWARDS

Group Qualifying: Group A: Riley Hickman B: Josh Putnam

PPM Racing Products B Main: William Thomas-Todd Morrow

AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Mark Bangs

COR Suspensions 10^th Place Finisher: Dylan Ames

36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Terry Smith

Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Brandon Kinzer

BrakeOMeter 4^th Place Finisher Award: Josh Putnam (more…)

EASTABOGA, AL–Saturday night three time Southern All Star Champion Riley Hickman finally got to where he has been trying to since the season started and that is first place in 2016 and that he did as he led all 42 laps to get the $4,200 check in the B J Parker Memorial at the Talladega Short Track.  Hickman got his first Southern All Star win of the year and his 5^th in his Southern All Star career, which moved him into the top 20 in all time wins, tying him with drivers Jerry Inmon, Buddy Morris, Johnny Stokes, Bill Frye, Earl Pearson Jr & Billy Moyer.

Hickman has had several runner up or third place finishes this and was very happy in victory lane to get that first win.  In victory lane Hickman said, “We have been fast about every race this year and come close to winning but something would always bite us and end our run but tonight everything fell in place and we got the win.” (more…)

Current Southern All Stars Points Leader, Riley Hickman

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—Saturday Night June 11th at The Talladega Short Track the 4th Annual B J Parker Memorial will take place, a 42 lap $4,200 to win Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series event and in the three previous editions of the event the hardware as went back to Tennessee as all three races have been won by drivers from the volunteer state, they have been Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN., Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., and last year’s winner Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN.
This year’s edition will include some of the same drivers that have competed and won the race, that includes current points leader Hickman along with current Cruise with the ChampionsDirtonirt.com rookie of the year leader Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., and third place Jim Rogers of Statesboro, GA., Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., Dillon Tidmore of Glencoe, AL., Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., David Seibers of Chapel Hill, TN., Jason Hiett of Oxford, AL., Tommy Taylor Lascassas. TN., Austin Horton of Senoia, GA., Bo Shirley of Gadsden, AL., plus local drivers Tim Roszell, Terry Smith, Mark Bangs, Douglas Stewart, Ryan King, Brad Berry, Adam Cummings, Dallas Cooper and more. (more…)

FAYETTEVILLE, TN–The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be back in action this Saturday night May 21st for the 4th Annual Scott Sexton Memorial at the Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN., for a 52 lap $5,200 to win event . The event honors Sexton who in his short Southern All Star career collected 10 wins that all accounted for $10,000 wins the most by one driver in series history. Past winners of this event include 2014 Ray Cook of Murphy, NC, 2013 Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY., and in 2012 Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC.,

For the fourth edition of this event Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., will lead the Southern All Star drivers into the 4/10th mile high banked oval along with two Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com rookies in the second and third, Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., and Jim Rogers of Statesboro, GA., both of who will be making their first trips to Volunteer Speedway. (more…)

SENOIA, GA–The Southern All Star Dirt racing Series returned to the Senoia Raceway Saturday night for the first time since 1987 and before a standing room only crowd Shane Clanton of Zebulon, GA., took the win worth $5.125.

Clanton made it two for two in the race that honored his late father Billy, who also competed with the Southern All Stars back in the day. Clanton worked his way past three time and current Southern All Star points champion riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., with 10 laps to go as late race cautions hurt Hickman and allowed Clanton to run him down.

Hickman moved into the lead at the start over Mason Massey of Douglasville, GA., for the 50 lap feature and built a huge lead while the rest of the drivers battled three and four wide, with four time Southern All Star champion Clint Smith stepping up and looking to be the man as he went to the high side and work the top groove and took the lead from Hickman on lap 14, but Hickman did not let that last long as he took it back on lap 15 as Smith’s tires started to fade.

Then Chase Junghans from Manhattan, KS. was next to make the challenge to Hickman as he did like Smith and use the top groove to run down Hickman, but he then got into a battle with Frank Heckenast Jr of Frankfort, IL., and the two were slowed by cautions that cooled down their tires and took them out of contention. (more…)

FAYETTEVILLE, TN–The Southern All Star racing name last appeared at the Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA., was when the track was paved, well the asphalt series ceased operations after the 2005 season and the track at Senoia returned to dirt and so the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be back in action at the track for the second Annual Billy Clanton Memorial 50 lapper that will pay $5,025 to win and $400 to start Saturday night May 14th.

This race is in honor of the late Billy Clanton a legend of dirt track racing across the southeast, especially in the state of Georgia where he competed in many Southern All Star races during his racing career. His son’s Shane, Joey and Rusty all followed their father’s footsteps and are very actively involved in all different forms of racing,

The Southern All Stars have raced two times at the 3/8ths mile and that was in 1987 when Mike Head of Ellenwood, GA., took the win and in 1985 when another Georgia dirt late model Hall of Famer Leon Archer of Griffin, GA., took the win. (more…)