SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES PR#29        

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Southern All Stars Return To Cherokee Speedway For Stick Elliott Memorial August 2nd

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will be back in action again this Saturday night at the Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC., for the Stick Elliott Memorial a 50 lap $5,000 to win event.  This will be the 24th series event held at the speedway over the past 31 years, and in those 31 years there have been 16 different winners of Southern All Star events at the South Carolina facility with Gray Court, SC., driver Chris Madden and two time series champion Chris Madden with five wins, Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton, NC., has three wins and Mike Duvall of Cowpens, SC., with two wins.  Drivers that have won single Southern All Star events at Cherokee include Jared Landers, Mike Marlar, four time series champion Cling Smith, Jimmy Owens, Jeff Smith, three time series champion Randy Weaver, Earl Pearson Jr, Dennis Franklin, Donnie Moran, Petey Ivey, Billy Hicks, and Scott Bloomquist.

This Saturday night will we see somebody new add their name to this impressive winners list of event winners at Cherokee Speedway?  Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., continues to lead the series points and put a little ground between him and the second place driver of Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., who fell out with three laps remaining at Talladega Short Track, Morrow is expected to be back in action along with Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., who was the pole sitter last week and was on a solid top five run until his motor let go early in the race, Putnam still holds his third place in point and is now in tie with Crossville, TN., driver Chris Wilson who brought home a top ten finish and moved into the fourth spot in the points with Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., falling back to fifth after a 12th place finish at Talladega.  All these drivers are expected to be on hand for the 50 lap $5,000 to win event along with Jason Hiett of Oxford, AL., Austin Kirkpatrick of Ocala, FL., Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN.., along with drivers from across the North & south Carolina are expected.

The Southern All Stars program will consist of White Performance Group Qualifying, along with PPM Racing Products B Mains as well as a 50 lap $5,000 to win event.

Pit gates will open at 4pm with drivers meeting set for 6:30pm and hot laps to follow.

TIRE RULE: Hoosier 1350, 1450, 1600, 21, 55, Lucas 03, 05, 06, M30, M40, 70

STICK ELLIOTT MEMORIAL PAYOFF:1.$5,000; 2.$2,500, 3.$1,500; 4.$1,000; 5.$800 6.$700; 7.$600; 8.$550; 9.$525; 10.$500; 11.$450; 12.$425; 13.$420; 14.$415; 15.$410; 16.$405; 17.$400; 18$.400; 19.$400; 20.$400; 21.$400; 22.$400; 23.$400; 24.$400

For more information on the Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series can be obtained by calling General Manager Lynn Acklin at (256) 924-4546, lynn.acklin@sasdirt.com  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

Current Southern All Star Racing Series Top Ten Point Standings: 1.Riley Hickman 828; 2.Todd Morrow 724; 3.Josh Putnam 690; 4.Chris Wilson  690; 5.Dylan Ames 688; 6.Joe Armistead 404; 7.Jason Hiett 380; 8.Bo Shirley 372; 9.Austin Kirkpatrick 294; 10.Randy Weaver 260

Cruise With the Champions/DirtonDirt.com Rookie of the Year Point Standings: 1.Chris Wilson 230; 2.Dylan Ames 220; 3.Mark Gant 91; 4.Cale Finley 69;

Southern All Star Racing Series 2014 Event Winners:

March 22-Riley Hickman-Boyd’s Speedway
March 29-Joe Armistead-East Alabama Motor Speedway April 26-Billy Ogle Jr-Smoky Mt Speedway May 3-Todd Morrow-Talladega Short Track May 17-Waycross Motor Speedway-Ivedent Lloyd May 24-Tennessee National Raceway-Todd Morrow June 14-Volunteer Speedway-Brad Neat June 21-Talladega Short Track-Todd Morrow July 26-Talladega Short Track-Randy Weaver

Upcoming Southern All Star Racing Series Events:

August 2-Cherokee Speedway-Gaffney, SC-$5,000 September 6-Waycross Motor Speedway-Waycross, GA-$4,000

2014 Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series Sponsors:
*Hoosier Racing Tire “The Official Race Tire” of the Southern All Star Racing Series *Patriot Sports “The Official Merchandise Vendor” of the Southern All Star Racing Series *Sunoco Race Fuel “The Official Racing Fuel” of the Southern All Star Racing Series

2014 Southern All Star Racing Series Marketing Partners Include: AR Bodies, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Butlerbuilt Racing Seats,  Cruise with the Champions, DirtonDirt.com, H3 Performance Graphics, Integra Racing Shocks, , MSR Mafia Web Design and Service, PPM Racing Products, RockAuto.com, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil by Ed Lowe, The Joie of Seating, WhitePerformance.com

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