SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES PR#14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
T J Reaid Scores First Southern All Star Win At Talladega Short Track
RACE RECAP: EASTABOGA, AL--The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series finished the 2017 season Saturday night at the Talladega Short Track and T J Reaid of Acworth, GA., a full time competitor with the series this year scored his first career win with the series as he held off a late race charge from four time Southern All Star champion Riley Hickman to get the win. Reaid a former asphalt race who has one of the more prestigious asphalt wins in his career as he won the All American 400 at Nashville, moved to dirt racing over the last 2-3 years and has started to pick up wins and is learning more and more about the tracks and different types of surfaces. This is Reaid first full time run with the series and the 2018 plan right now is for him to start off with the Southern All Stars and see what develops. Four time series champion Riley Hickman had a great weekend at TST, 2 Nesmith wins, Friday night super win and second with the Southern All Stars. Austin Horton of Newnan, GA., became the 22nd Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series Champion in the 34 year history of the series and also became the first driver to win the series championship along with the Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com Rookie of the Year title.
Fourth place finisher Michael Page came from 11th, but was light at the scales, moving Eric Hickerson of Linden, TN., into fourth and Ashton Winger of Senoia, GA., rounded out the top five from his 7th starting spot.
RACE TIDBITS: Todd Morrow, Dallas Cooper, Will Roland, Tim Busha and Jason Croft rounded out the top 10 as all of these drivers advanced through the B mains and worked their way into top 10 finishes.
Major crash of the night took out Austin Smith, Jason Hiett, Mike McConnell, Terry Smith, J T Seawright, Austin Kirkpatrick, and Aaron Ridley
First time 2017 drivers this weekend included, Carlton Freeman, Tyler Thomason, Lavon Sparks, Patrick Michelle, and Lucas Burns.
Reaid’s Sponsors: Capital Race Cars/Cox Custom Interiors/ Crowe Custom Countertops/Glenncast/Allstar Performance
Car Count: 37
SUNOCO RACE FUELS GROUP QUALIFYING: Group A: T J Reaid 14.313 Group B: Austin Smith 14.334
PPM Race Products B Mains: Michael Page/Jason Hiett AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Brad Skinner COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Jason Croft
36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: Tim Roszell Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Mike McConnell BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Eric Hickerson
Results Pending Tire Test: 1.T J Reaid; 2.Riley Hickman; 3.Austin Horton; 4.Eric Hickerson; 5.Ashton Winger; 6.Todd Morrow; 7.Dallas Cooper; 8.Will Roland; 9.Tim Busha; 10.Jason Croft; 11.Tim Roszell; 12.Tristan Sealy; 13.Brad Skinner; 14.Matt Perry; 15.Jason Frame; 16.Austin Smith; 17.Jason Hiett; 18.Mike McConnell; 19.Terry Smith; 20.J T Seawright; 21.Austin Kirkpatrick; 22.Aaron Ridley; 23.Dana Eiland; 24.Dillon Tidmore; 25.Michael Page
DNS: Josh Adkins; Jason Lively; Jay Scott; Shane Tankersley; Lucas Burns; Brian Conner; Patrick Michelle; Lavon Sparks; Tyler Thomason; Brian Ligon
The Southern All Stars are currently working on the 2018 schedule and will be releasing it soon as every track that ran and event in 2017 is back on board for 2018, also new tracks are being negotiated with about the 2018 season. If you are interested in hosting a Southern All Star race in 2018 please feel free to contact Lynn Acklin - General Manager: 256-924-4546 email at lynn.acklin@sasdirt.com
2017 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS: 1.Austin Horton 1184; 2.Tristan Sealy 1038; 3.Eric Hickerson 1028; 4. T J Reaid 916; 5.Brad Skinner 838; 6.Riley Hickman 514; 7.Bo Shirley 466; 8.Casey Roberts 458; 9.Matt Perry 428; 10.Clint Smith 402;
2017 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Austin Horton 1184; 2.Tristan Sealy 1038; 3. Eric Hickerson 1028; 4.T J Reaid 916
2017 AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Eric Hickerson 383; 2.Brad Skinner 298; 3.Todd Morrow 159: 4.Josh Putnam 132; 5.Brandon Overton 106; 6.Joseph Faulkner 58 7.Jason Walker 50; 8.Derek Ellis 35; 9.Mitch Thornton 35; 10.Jamie Perry 33; 11.Will Roland 34; 12.Patrick Michelle 33: 13.Jeff Johns 30; 14.Jason Lyles 24; 15.David Brannon 19; 16.Ferrell Skelton 17; 17.Dean Carpenter 16; 18.John Minon 15; 19.Jim Gray 15
UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:
2017 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
2017 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- |
