FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Southern All Stars Set For Opening Weekend Events At East Alabama & Cherokee Speedway FAYETTEVILLE, TN-The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will kick off the 2015 season with two of the top super late model racing events in the south. February 26-28 the series will be part of the 18th Annual Bama Bash at the East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL., for a 100 lap $15,000 to win event along with a possible $5,000 in lap money to make it a possible $20,000 to win payday. The series was the original sanctioning body of the Bama Bash when it was started at the Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL., that track closed and the event was moved to the East Alabama. The second race of the weekend with take place on Sunday afternoon March 1st at Lennie Buff’s Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC., for the 13th Annual March Madness a 60 lap $10,000 to win event. Combining the two races with tracks that are only four hours a part will give drivers a chance to win over $25,000 for the weekend and that will be by far the largest opening weekend of purses run under Southern All Stars sanction. The series also was the original sanctioning body over March Madness when it started. Some of the drivers that are expected to be on hand for the two race weekend include two time Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Champion Riley Hickman of Ooltewah, TN., Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., 2014 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Cruise with the Champions/Dirtondirt.com Rookie of the year Chris Wilson of Crossville, TN., Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., two time Southern All Star Champion Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC., Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, GA., and Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN. Other drivers that have expressed interest also include Tony Knowles of Tyrone, GA., Dennis Erb of Carpentersville, IL., four time Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Champion Clint Smith of Senoia, GA., Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., and there time Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Champion Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN. East Alabama Motor Speedway action gets under way on Thursday night with gates opening at noon and practice starting at 5pm, the Southern All Star portion of the program will consist of the Friday White Performance Qualifying, along with SUNOCO Race Fuel/Hoosier Tire heat Races, then on Saturday night there will be PPM Racing Products B Mains along with the 100 lap feature event. Cherokee Speedway on Sunday will open at 10am with drivers meeting set for 1pm and race time at 2pm. The Southern All Star portion of the program will consist of White Performance Qualifying, SUNOCO Race Fuel/Hoosier Tire heat races, PPM Racing Products B Mains along with a 60 lap feature. For more information concerning these two tracks East Alabama Motor Speedway www.eamsdirt.com or Cherokee Speedway visit www.cherokeespeedwaysc.com More information on this big weekend of events will be released next week For more information and rules about the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series, visit the series web site at www.sasdirt.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series. Also you can follow us on Twitter @sasdirt More information will be coming out on this event as the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series continues to work its schedule out for the 2015 season and if any tracks would like to be a part of the 32nd year of Southern All Star Dirt Series racing please call Lynn Acklin at 256-924-4546 or email at lynn.acklin@sasdirt.com 2015 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series
