SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES PR#14

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   

Mike Marlar Scores Third Career Southern All Star Win At Smoky Mt Speedway

MARYVILLE, TN--The Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series made its first stop of the 2016 season along with the USCS Sprint cars at the Smoky Mt Speedway and in front of a huge crowd Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN., took the Southern All Stars portion of the program to collect his third career win with the series. Marlar jumped into the lead from T J Reaid and went on to take the $5,000 payday.
Marlar set fast time in White Performance qualifying group one, with T J Reaid fastest in group two to set up the front row.

At the drop of the green flag Marlar took the top spot over Reaid, while Skip Arp batted with Casey Roberts for the third spot, Arp finally got around Roberts for the third spot and then started to run down Reaid, while Riley Hickman moved under Chris Ferguson to take over the fifth spot.

The caution came out on lap six as Jeff Wolfenbarger spun in turn one and two.  Marlar then jumped ahead of the field while the second and third place battle between Reaid and Arp and fourth place between Roberts and Hickman were very intense as the four drivers raced each other hard and clean.

Arp finally got by Reaid and then set his sights on Marlar, but he could not run him down in the remaining laps and had to take home the second place finish in his best run with the series in years, third place went to Reaid, fourth place to Hickman and Tommy Kerr of Rockford, TN., made a strong run from his 10th starting position for a fifth place finish.

Finishing in the sixth spot was Chris Ferguson Holly, NC., seventh Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., eighth to Derek Ellis of Chatsworth, GA., ninth Eric Wells of Hazard, KY., and tenth to Shannon Buckingham of Maryville, TN.,

The next event for the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be on Saturday night April 30th at the Talladega Short Track NASCAR Weekend 40 lap $4,000 to win

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

FINISH SMOKY MT SPEEDWAY; 1.Mike Marlar; 2.Skip Arp; 3.T J Reaid; 4.Riley Hickman, 5.Tommy Kerr; 6.Chris Ferguson; 7.Dylan Ames; 8.Derek Ellis; 9.Eric Wells; 10.Shannon Buckingham; 11.Dennis Franklin; 12.Brad Skinner; 13.Jake O’Neil; 14.James Kelso; 15.Jim Rogers; 16.Robby Moses; 17.Billy Ogle Jr; 18.Roger Best; 19.Bobby Giffin; 20.Dusty Carver; 21.Casey Roberts; 22.Jeff Wolfenbarger; 23.Mark Douglas; 24.David Crabtree
DNS: Skylar Marlar; Tommy Taylor; Kayne Hickman

SOUTHERN ALL STAR POINTS STANDINGS:1.Casey Roberts 348; 2.Brad Skinner 312; 3.Brandon Overton 286; 4.Jim Rogers 280; 5.Riley Hickman 278; 6.Jordy Nipper 184; 7.Chris Ferguson 182; 8.Dale McDowell 164;  9.Todd Morrow 160; 10.Ahnna Parkhurst 158.

CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS/DIRTONDIRT.COM ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1.Brad Skinner 312; 2.Jay Rogers 280

SPECIAL PRODUCTS AWARDS

White Performance Group Qualifying: Group A Mike Marlar 16.507 Group B 16.316 PPM Racing Products B Main: Mark Douglas-Dennis Franklin AR Bodies Last Car Lead Lap: Dennis Franklin COR Suspensions 10th Place Finisher: Shannon Buckingham
36 Racing & Fabrication Hard Charger: James Kelso Race Car Engineering Hard Luck Award: Tommy Taylor

AR Bodies Challenge: 1.Brad Skinner 84; 2.Dillon Tidmore 44; 3.Shannon Buckingham 24; 4.Jim Rasey 21; 5.James Kelso 20; 6.Robby Moses 18, 7.Billy Ogle Jr 16.

UPCOMING SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES EVENT:

April 30-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL., $4,000 May 7-Thunderhill Raceway-Summertown, TN-$4,000 May 14-Senoia Raceway-Senoia, GA-$5,025

2016 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

2016 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Butlerbuilt Racing Seats,  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, The Joie of Seating, WhitePerformance.com, 36 Racing & Fabrication, Racecar Engineering

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

SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES TECHNICAL BULLETIN #3

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ENGINES / SPOILERS: CT 525 & SAS / SUPR SPEC ENGINES

After careful consideration of current trends and to be more in line with other touring series in the region the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series announced theses changes in the interest of fair competition and a level playing field among all engine classifications.

These changes are effective April 30, 2016 and will be administered at events subsequent to this date.

All cars powered by a SAS or SUPR Spec engine will be allowed an 8” maximum spoiler and sides and weight 2300 pounds.
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All cars powered by the Chevrolet CT 525 Crate Engine will be allowed an 8” maximum spoiler and sides and weigh 2250 pounds.

Weight / Engines:

1. GM 602 or 604 2200 lbs 12 inch spoiler-12”side 2. NLMS (358 cu in) 2200 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8”side 3. Steel block, steel head (362 cu in) Open 2300 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8”side 4. Steel block, steel head (363 cu in) Open 2400 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8”side 5. SAS or SUPR SPEC 2300 lbs 8 inch spoiler 8”side 6. Steel block, aluminum head 2250 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8” side 7. GM CT525 2250 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8” side 8. Open engines 2300 lbs 8 inch spoiler-8”side

Further information on the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series can be obtained by calling General Manager Lynn Acklin at (256) 924-4546 or you can log on to the official series website at www.sasdirt.com . Also, LIKE the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series on Facebook or be a FOLLOWER on Twitter @SASDIRT.