Post by LMR on 10/19/14 at 1:16am
Riley Hickman On His Way To SAS Championship With Talladega Win
SAS Media
EASTABOGA, AL (October 18) - The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returned to the Talladega Short Track Saturday night the fall NASCAR weekend and 2013 series champion Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., put on a dominating performance as he arrived at the track in Riley Hickman fashion late, missed hot laps, then went out for White Performance Qualifying and set overall fast time of the 35 cars on hand with a 14.814 then proceeded to lead the entire 40 lap event to get his second win of the season and padded his series points lead.
Southern All Stars - 2014 Schedule/Results | 2014 Point Standings
Hickman driving his CVR chassis with Vic Hill Racing Engines power under the hood was only going to be slowed by three caution flags as he was the man to beat as he worked in and out of lapped traffic and built a lead over second fast qualifier Tom Maddox of Centre, AL., early in the race and then late in the race Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC., got the high side working and he got around Maddox for the second spot late in the race but time ran out as Hickman capped off his dominating performance and took home the $4,000 first place money. Cook finished in the runner up spot with Maddox bringing home third, fourth went to Jason Croft of Woodstock, GA., in first appearance with the series this year and rounding out the top five was Kyle Bead of Truman, AR., also in his first appearance of the season with the series.
Jake Knowles of Tyrone, GA., worked his way from his 10th starting spot for a 6th place finish, 7th to Brandon Kinzer of Allen, KY., eighth to Josh Adkins of Talladega, AL., from his 14th starting spot, ninth to Jeff Smith of Chatsworth, GA., and tenth to 2014 Talladega Short Track Champion Tim Roszell of Anniston, AL.
The top five drivers of Hickman, Cook, Maddox, Croft and Beard qualified for a $500 bonus at the Duck River Speedway on Nov 13-15 in the Deep Fried 75 if they win the event
The next Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series events will be the Gobbler Weekend with a pair of $5,000 to win events, Friday night November 21st at the Cleveland Speedway in Cleveland, TN., and on Saturday night November 22nd at the Boyds Speedway in Ringgold, GA., which is setting up to be a big weekend of racing in southeast Tennessee for that weekend.
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.
Talladega Short Track
October 18, 2014
1 R1 Riley Hickman Ooltewah, TN $4,000
2 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC
3 33t Tom Maddox Centre, AL
4 9C Jason Croft Woodstock, GA
5 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
6 66 Jake Knowles Tyrone, GA
7 18k Brandon Kinzer Allen, KY
8 57 Josh Adkins Talladega, AL
9 17s Jeff Smith Chatsworth, GA
10 6 Tim Roszell Anniston, AL
11 49 Dingus Griffin Ohatchee, AL
12 15b Tim Busha Boaz, AL
13 212 Josh Putnam Florence, AL
14 77 Dylan Ames Harvest, AL
15 99 Terry Smith Oxford, AL
16 376 Mark Bangs Rainbow City, AL
17 18 David Seibers Petersburg, TN
18 42 Steve Kirk Munford, AL
19 44R Rod Carroll Anniston, AL
20 T1 Todd Morrow Cleveland, TN
21 81 Aaron Ridley Chatsworth, GA
23 g19 Mark Green Rogersville, AL
24 10 Adam Giles Moultrie, GA
B-Main #1
1 81 Aaron Ridley
2 18S David Seibers
3 99 Terry Smith
4 212 Josh Putnam
5 376 Mark Bangs
6 42 Steve Kirk
7 15B Tim Busha
8 11 Danny Peoples
9 51 Brandon McCallam
10 T3 Todd Watson
11 311 Scott Groves
12 96 David Newton
13 19G Mark Green
B-Main #2
1 6 Tim Roszell
2 57 Josh Adkins
3 77A Dylan Ames
4 49 Dingus Griffin
5 10 Adam Giles
6 47 Douglas Stewart
7 21 Mario Gresham
8 17W Ricky Williams
9 0S Teddy Snow
10 44R Rod Carroll
11 3X Bo Eaton
Unofficial Qualifying Results
Group #1
1 43 Tom Maddox 14.887*
2 86B Kyle Beard 14.964*
3 10W Chris Wilson 15.059*
4 18K Brandon Kinzer 15.077*
5 T1 Todd Morrow 15.160*
6 81 Aaron Ridley 15.227
7 18S David Seibers 15.255
8 15B Tim Busha 15.287
9 99 Terry Smith 15.347
10 212 Josh Putnam 15.418
11 376 Mark Bangs 15.460
12 11 Danny Peoples 15.650
13 311 Scott Groves 15.743
14 42 Steve Kirk 15.838
15 51 Brandon McCallam 15.928
16 96 David Newton 16.250
17 T3 Todd Watson 31.772
Group #2
1 R1 Riley Hickman 14.814*
2 9C Jason Croft 14.820*
3 17S Jeff Smith 14.911*
4 53 Ray Cook 14.981*
5 66K Jake Knowles 15.011*
6 6 Tim Roszell 15.032
7 57 Josh Adkins 15.035
8 77A Dylan Ames 15.091
9 49 Dingus Griffin 15.106
10 10 Adam Giles 15.401
11 47 Douglas Stewart 15.538
12 17W Ricky Williams 15.656
13 G9 Eric Granger 15.696
14 21 Mario Gresham 15.972
15 0S Teddy Snow 16.015
16 44R Rod Carroll 16.475
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