Casey Roberts & Brandon Overton Southern All Stars Oglethorpe & Screven Winners

RACE RECAP: POOLER, GA--The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Max Fab made stops 12 & 13 this past weekend at the newly designed Oglethorpe Speedway in Pooler, GA., and Casey Roberts scored his first win of the season with the series as well as his first win for Blount Motorsports as he battled with Kyle Hardy for the top spot when he finally got under Hardy and went on to get the win. Hardy who set a new track record for Oglethorpe’s new design at a 17.426 finished in the second, Dewayne Kiefer of Bloomsdale, MO., finished in the third spot, Bob Robertson of Evans, GA., was fourth and Kyle Van Sickle of Jacksonville, FL., was fifth.

Finishing in sixth place was Ray McElhiney, seventh to Jay Scott, eighth to Mark Dodson, ninth Joseph Faulkner and tenth Eric Hickerson.

RACE TIDBITS: Southern All Star point contenders all finished in the top ten as the captured spots sixth through tenth.

Drivers really praised the new layout of the Oglethorpe Speedway as well as fans in attendance as this was the first test of super on the 3/8yths mile layout that produced side by side racing around the semi banked surface.

Many drivers believed that once the word gets out on how Oglethorpe Speedway is now it will attract more super to events and hopes that series will return in 2019.

2016 Southern All Stars regular Jim Rogers of Statesboro, GA., broke a driver shaft in hot laps and was unable to compete.

First time starts with the series this season include Dewayne Kiefer, Bob Robertson, Kyle Van Sickle, Mark Davidson, Johnny Pursley, Dustin Morris, Kerry Gibbons, Cla Knight, Travis Pennington, and Casey Barrow.

Roberts Sponsors: Blount Motorsports/Rocket/Vic Hill Racing Engines/Stowers Machinery/Blount Excavating/Massey Electric/Tennessee RV/Turner Hydraulics/Ole Ben Franklin Motors/Food City/The Win and Spirits Cellar

Car Count: 18

DNS: Jim Rogers

SUNOCO RACE FUELS GROUP QUALIFYING: Group A: Kyle Hardy 17.426

Group B Bob Robertson 17.598

Knowles Race Parts Fast Qualifier: Kyle Hardy 17.426

Hoosier Racing Tires Heat Race Winners:

PPM Race Products B Mains:

AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap:

COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Eric Hickerson

36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger:

Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award:

BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Bob Robertson

Rugged Radios Communications Award:

Results Pending Tire Test: 1.Casey Roberts; 2.Kyle Hardy; 3.Dewayne Kiefer; 4.Bob Robertson; 5.Kyle Van Sickle; 6.Ray McElhiney; 7.Jay Scott; 8.Mark Dodson; 9.Joseph Faulkner; 10.Eric Hickerson; 11.Johnny Pursley; 12,Dustin Morris; 13.Tristan Sealy; 14,Kerry Gibbons; 15,Cla Knight; 16.Travis Pennington; 17.Casey Barrow

RACE RECAP:SYLVANIA, GA--The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Max Fab made stops 12 & 13 this past weekend returned to the Screven Motor Speedway for the first time since 2008 as the 19th Annual Rebel Yell was on the line and Brandon Overton of Appleton, GA., garnered his second career Southern All Star win as he held off a late race battle with Casey Roberts to get the win and the $10,000 paycheck. Roberts came home in the second spot with Chris Ferguson third, Shannon Buckingham fourth and Brent Dixon fifth.

Finishing in sixth place was Zach Mitchell, Jeff Smith in seventh, eighth to Dennis Franklin, ninth Brian Conner and tenth to Johnny Pursley.

RACE TIDBITS: Southern All Star point contender did not have a good night as Eric Hickerson was highest finishing point contender, point’s leader Jay Scott had his worst finish of the year with a 14th place finish, Ray McElhiney 16th, Mark Dodson 17th and Joseph Faulkner 25th

Track owner James “Redd” Griffin upped the top price from $7,500 to $10,000 after the World 100 got rained out and it did attract a few drivers down t south Georgia, Overton, Ferguson Buckingham, and Steven Roberts.

27 cars entered the even and the decision was made to start all 27 as drivers that made their first trip to the facility like the track and hoped that the series would come back.

First time starts with the series this season include Brandon Overton, Brent Dixon, Jeff Smith, Brian Conner, Scott Shirey,

Overton Sponsors: Billy Franklin/Rocket/Vic Hill Racing Engines/BCI Asphalt/RW Powell Construction/F K Rod Ends/Franklin Finance Company/Franklin Ent

Car Count: 27

DNS:

SUNOCO RACE FUELS GROUP QUALIFYING: Group A: Group B

Knowles Race Parts Fast Qualifier: Brandon Overton 14.478

Hoosier Racing Tires Heat Race Winners:

PPM Race Products B Mains:

AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Dennis Franklin

COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Johnny Pursley

36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger:

Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award:

BrakeOMeter 4th Place Finisher Award: Shannon Buckingham

Rugged Radios Communications Award:

Results Pending Tire Test: 1.Brandon Overton; 2.Casey Roberts; 3.Chris Ferguson; 4.Shannon Buckingham; 5.Brent Dixon; 6.Zach Mitchell; 7.Jeff Smith; 8.Dennis Franklin; 9.Brian Conner; 10.Johnny Pursley; 11.Eric Hickerson; 12.Austin Horton; 13.Tristan Sealy; 14.Jay Scott; 15.Cla Knight; 16.Ray McElhiney; 17.Mark Dodson; 18.Scott Shirey; 19.Ray Cook; 20.Kenny Collins; 21.Steven Roberts; 22.Kyle Hardy; 23.Dewayne Kiefer; 24.Casey Truman; 25.Joseph Faulkner; 26.Casey Barrow; 27.Bob Robertson.

For more information concerning the Southern All Stars contact Lynn Acklin - General Manager: 256-924-4546 www.sasdirt.com

2018 SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS PRESENTED BY MAXFAB: 1.Jay Scott 1082; 2.Ray McElhiney 894; 3.Mark Dodson 874; 4.Eric Hickerson 754 5.Joseph Faulkner 586; 6.Brad Skinner 526; 7.Riley Hickman 526; 8.Kenny Collins 432; 9.Jadon Frame 416; 10.Michael Page 394

2018 CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Jay Scott 1082; 2.Ray McElhiney 894; 3.Mark Dodson 874; 4. Joseph Faulkner 586; 5.Pearson Lee Williams 78.

2018 AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Eric Hickerson 200; 2. Joseph Faulkner 286; 3.Brad Skinner 245; 4.David Brannon 90; 5.Kenny Collins 88; 6.Dalton Polston 74; 7.Mitch Thornton 46; 8.Riley Hickman 45; 9.Terry Smith 43; 10 Dwight Falcon Jr 40; 11.Bret Holmes 39; 12.Dwight Falcon Sr 39; 13.Tommy Taylor 37; 14.Rodney Martin 24; 15.Steve Smith 19

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:
Sept 15-I-75 Raceway-Sweetwater, TN $4,000 Oct 5 Smoky Mountain Speedway-Maryville, TN $5,000 Oct 6 Smoky Mountain Speedway-Maryville, TN $7,500

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*MaxFab Presenting Sponsor