FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series will open up season #33 in South Georgia as Chris Martin and his staff welcome the series to his 3/8ths mile oval for a pair of 50 lap $5,000 to win event on Saturday & Sunday February 27th & 28th with a practice session slated for Friday night February 26th.
The series is no stranger to opening in south Georgia as Golden Isle Speedway in Brunswick, GA., has held the opening round of the series 8 times with Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN., 7 series openings, Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL., 6, Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC., has hosted the series opener 4 times and Volusia County Speedway 2 times. Other tracks that have hosted the series opener include Gulf Coast Speedway in Biloxi, MS., Spencer Speedway in Tupelo, MS., Crossville Raceway Crossville, TN., Talladega Short Track Eastaboga, AL., Boyd’s Speedway Ringgold, GA., all have hosted series opening events throughout the year.
Cochran Motor Speedway will put its name into the Southern All Star record books as hosting the opening weekend for the series and this will be the first trip back to Cochran since 2010 when 2 time Southern All Star champion Ivedent Lloyd Jr of took home the win, other previous winners at Cochran include 4 time Southern All Star champion Clint Smith of Senoia, GA in 2002 and 3 time Southern All Star champion Chris Madden gray Court, SC., in 2001.
Three time Southern All Star champion Riley Hickman of Ooltewah, TN., will be back to defend his title as well as the 2015 Cruise with the Champions/Dirt On Dirt Rookie of the Year Dillon Tidmore of Glencoe, AL., will also be in action as well as other drivers expected include Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN., Chris Madden of Gray Court, SC., Ivedent Lloyd Jr of Ocala, FL., Bo Shirley Gadsden, AL., Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA., plus many more to be named.
For more information concerning this event contact Cochran Motor Speedway at www.cochranspeedway.com
