SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES PR#6

Southern All Stars Open 2018 Season At Cherokee Speedway March Madness 16 $12,000 To Win

FAYETTEVILLE, TN- The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by MaxFab will kick off year 35 as it has done for several years at the 16th Annual March Madness at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC., with a 60 lap $12,000 to win event that will pay $600 to start Sunday afternoon March 4th.

Southern All Stars and Cherokee Speedway have a long history of  racing and over the past years the series has sanctioned all but one of the March Madness races and has also sanctioned several other events at the track throughout the years and is currently working on scheduling another event at the track for later in the year.

Southern All Stars looks to have a good field of drivers that are planning on tackling the series again this year as 2017 Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series Champion & Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com Rookie of the Year Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., looks to return to defend his title as well as look into running a few more higher paying races during the season.  Tristan Sealy of Moultrie, GA., is coming back in 2018 after his runner up place finish in 2017 Tristan will make a run again for the title in 2018 as he will going back to tracks for the second year in a row and he has some notes and experience to use.  Eric Hickerson of Linden, TN., has plans on returning in 2018 as he came home third in points as well as the 2017 AR Bodies Challenge winner for 2017.  Eric had his first full time run with the series last year and will also use his gained knowledge to make a strong run toward the 2018 title.  T J Reaid of Acworth, GA., came home in the fourth spot in series standings and by all indications plans on making the title run again in 2018 T J got one win last year at Talladega Short Track.  Bad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN., will be back in 2018, Brad had plans in 2017 to run but a crash at Smoky Mt early in the year slowed the team down with cars and he had to miss a few races but he made a strong run late in the season to come home in fifth place.

Pit gates will open at 10:30 am with registration & tech open till 12:45 hot laps at 1 pm.

For more information about these two companies www.cherokeespeedwaysc.com

Southern All Star information please contact  Lynn Acklin - General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com  or lynn.acklin@sasdirt.com

Tire Rule: Hoosier 1350, 1600, 70.

Entry Fee: Sunday: $110.00

PURSE: (60 Laps): 1) $12,000, 2) $5000, 3) $2500, 4) $2000, 5) $1500, 6) $1400, 7) $1300, 8) $1200, 9) $1100, 10) $1000, 11) $850, 12) $800, 13) $750, 14) $700, 15) $650, 16) $600, 17) $600, 18) $600, 19) $600, 20) $600, 21) $600, 22) $600, 23) $600 24) $600

Past Southern All Star Winners At Cherokee Speedway: Chris Madden (6), Ricky Weeks (3), Mike Duvall, Randy Weaver (2), Jared Landers, Mike Marlar, Randle Chupp, Clint Smith, Jimmy Owens, Jeff Smith,  Earl Pearson Jr., Dennis Franklin, Donnie Moran, Petey Ivey, Billy Hicks, Scott Bloomquist, Ross Bailes

2018 SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES SCHEDULE—WORKING SCHEDULE

Sun-March 4-Cherokee Speedway-Gaffney, SC-$12,000-16th Annual March Madness Fri-March 16-Southern Raceway-Milton, FL-$4,000-Bash at the Beach Night #1 Sat-March 17-Southern Raceway-Milton, FL-$5,000-Bash at the Beach Night #2 Sat-April 28-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$4,000 Sat-May 19-Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA $4,000 Sat-June 2-North Alabama Speedway-Tuscumbia, AL $4,000 Sat June 16-Smoky Mt Speedway-Maryville, TN -$5,000-Big Daddy 500 Sat June 23-Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA-Michael Head Jr Memorial $5,454 Sat-August 4-Blue Ridge Motorsports Park-Blue Ridge, GA-$4,000 Sat-August 11-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$10,000-Govenors Cup Sat-August 25-Smoky Mt Speedway-Maryville, TN $5,000 Sat-September 15-I-75 Raceway-Sweetwater, TN-$4,000 Fri-October 5-Smoky Mt Speedway—Maryville, TN-$5,000-King of the Mountain Fall Classic Night #1 Sat October 6-Smoky Mt Speedway—Maryville, TN-$7,500-King of the Mountain Fall Classic Night #2 Sat-October 13-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$4,200-NASCAR Weekend-B J Parker Memorial

2018 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS:

2018 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

2018 AR Bodies Challenge:

Contingency Sponsors:

SUNOCO Race Fuels Group Qualifying: Group A:   Group B:
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

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:
SUN-MARCH 4-CHEROKEE SPEEDWAY-GAFFNEY, SC-$12.000 FRI-MARCH 16-SOUTHERN RACEWAY-MILTON, FL-$4,000 SAT-MARCH 17-SOUTHERN RACEWAY-MILTON, FL-$5,000

2018 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

2018 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, ,  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, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering, BrakeOMeter

-Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series -P.O. Box 189-Fayetteville, Tennessee  37334-