Casey Roberts Wins South Georgia Shootout at Oglethorpe Speedway Park

Casey Roberts Wins South Georgia Shootout at Oglethorpe Speedway Park

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

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

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, Dirt Car Lift

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