Talladega Short Track
23rd Annual Ice Bowl
January 5, 2014
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William Thomas Wins Ice Bowl Thriller At Talladega Short Track



SAS Media
EASTABOGA, AL (January 5) - The 2014 version of the Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track was not over till it was over as William Thomas of Phenix City, AL., moved under race leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS., coming to the checkered flag to grab the win and collect $6,000 for his 50 lap run Sunday afternoon

Eric Cooley started on the pole by virtue of his heat race win and then proceeded to put on driving clinic as he and Thomas worked through lapped traffic for the first half of the race, as the stretched out their lead over the third place of Lavon Sparks, fourth place Ross Martin and fifth place Todd Morrow. Cooley then ran into the stronger lap traffic just past the halfway point as he tried for several laps to get around the car of Tim Roszell. Cooley was trying to make his move around Roszell when the two made contact and forced Cooley to spin. Cooley was placed back into the top spot by track officials for the leader being taken out by a lapped car.

Cooley then had to hold off Thomas for the final quarter of the race as Thomas keep showing him his nose lap after lap for the final portion of the race and then he made his move as Cooley slipped coming off turn four and Thomas took advantage of the slip and powered by Cooley to take the win. Cooley came home in the second spot, although disappointed at the outcome of the main event, the Mississippi driver has strong Ice Bowl weekend as set overall fast time for the 50 Super Late Models on hand and was a pretty dominate car all weekend.

Thomas was in the right place at the right time and did what is takes to win events like this and is the 2014 Ice Bowl Champion. Now Thomas will get ready to head to Arizona and compete in the NDRL season openers. Third place went to 2013 Ice Bowl winner Ross Martin of Talladega, AL., fourth to Lavon Sparks oaf Phenix City, AL., and fifth to Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN.

Rounding out the top ten were Billy Ogle Jr of Knoxville, TN., Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC., Skip Freeman of Pell City, AL., Chris Jones of Alabaster, AL., and Tim Roszell of Coldwater, AL. Other heat race winners on Saturday in Super Late Model were Thomas, Martin and Sparks and Sunday B Main winners Tommy Bailey of Corbin, KY., Mark Haddon of Estill Springs, TN., Joe Armistead of Senoia, GA., and Tom Maddox of Centre, AL., 2013 Cruise with the Champions/another site Southern All Star Rookie of the Year Bret Holes received the Racecar Engineering Hard charger award as he moved from 24th to finish 11th.

In Crate Late Model action Ray Cook took home the Ice Bowl Championship was the dominate car as he lad all 40 lap to take home the $3,000 first place money, Mark Page of Winston, GA., ran second to Cook, but came up short at the scales as he was found to be light, giving second to Logan Yates of Lineville, AL., third to Jeff Smith of Chatsworth, GA., who came form his 18th starting spot, fourth to Jamie Oliver of Murphy, NC., and fifth to Larry Timms of Hodges, SC. Heat race winners were Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL., Cook, Dustin Stewart of Eastaboga, AL, and Jason Welshan of Maryville, TN., B Main winners were Chip Brindle of Dalton, GA., and Jeff Smith.

2014 Ice Bowl Championship Limited Late Model/Sportsman action saw Levi Hicks of Andrews, NC, score the win over Mark Page, Andy Morris of Canton, GA., Tom Maddox of Centre, AL., and Dallas Cooper of Talladega, AL. Heat race winners Hicks, Morris, Andy Picklesimer of Ooltewah, TN., and Cooper, while B Mains went to Jeff Walker of McMinnville, TN., Brian Hester of Dudley, GA., Tod Hernandez of Chattanooga, TN., and Aaron Miller of Crane Hill, AL.

Kenny Taylor of Woodstock, GA., won the Thunder Car/Bomber Ice Bowl Championship main event over Tyler Brown of Monroe, GA., Justin Winters of Cleveland, TN., Justin Shipley of Douglasville, GA., and Bobby Joe Robinson of Falkville, AL. Heat race winners were Taylor, Winters, Kirk Atkins of Linddle, CA, and Brown. B Mains were won by Jimmy Smith of Chattanooga, TN., and James Gagnon of Woodstock, GA.

Jason Baker of Addison, AL was crowned the 2014 Ice Bowl Champion in the Street Stocks as held off Russell Boothe of Nashville, TN., for the win with Jimmy Woodard of Mt Pleasant, TN., third, Jay Burchfield of Columbus, MS., fourth and Mike Cane of Pace, FL., fifth. Heat race winners were Eddie Brannon of Anniston, AL., Woodard Cane and Boothe. B Main winners were Donnie Hensley of Linden, TN., and Trevor Woodard of Mt Pleasant, TN.

In KMSA action Tim Ladd of Clinton, TN., took home the2014 Ice Bowl Championship with Michael Courtney of Knoxville, TN., coming home in the second spot, third to John Smartt of Manchester, TN., Bo Miner of Tuscaloosa, AL., fourth and fifth to Austin Baxley of Marianna, FL. Heat race winners were Ladd, Courtney, Minor and Smartt. B mains winner was Kevin Tullis of Commerce, GA.

The 2014 Ice Bowl Hot Shot Champion was Corey Pressley of Alexandria, AL., with Matthew Tucker of Huntsville, AL., coming home in the second spot, third to Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL., fourth to Sam Martin of Thorsby, AL., and fifth to Terry Merritt of Deatsville, AL. Heat race winners were Merritt and Skinner.

Over 320 were in attendance at this year’s Ice Bowl from 11 different states.


January 5, 2014
Race Results

Super Late Models

A-Main (unofficial)
1 2 19T William Thomas Phenix City, AL $6,000
2 1 33c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS
3 3 47 Ross Martin Talladega, AL
4 4 11 Lavon Sparks Phenix City, AL
5 8 1T Todd Morrow East Ridge, TN
6 6 201 Billy Ogle Jr Knoxville, TN
7 14 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC
8 10 X15 Skip Freeman Pell City, AL
9 5 46 Chris Jones Alabaster, AL
10 12 6 Tim Roszell Anniston, AL
11 24 H2 Bret Holmes Munford, AL
12 16 33 David Brannon Elora, TN
13 20 33T Tom Maddox Centre, AL
14 13 P1 Andy Picklesimer Ooltewah, TN
15 17 11b Tommy Bailey Corbin, GA
16 22 15 Brian Smith Sand Rock, AL
17 23 55 Ryan King Seymour, TN
18 19 21 Joe Armistead Jr Senoia, GA
19 7 19 Mark Mears Decatur, AL
20 25 22 Jason Wilson Margaret, AL
21 21 15W Randall Walker Oxford, AL
22 18 17H Mark Haddon Estill Springs, TN
23 15 21 Neil Baggett Shannon, MS
24 9 31M Tony Morris Murfreesboro, TN
25 11 1H Jason Hiett Oxford, AL

B-Main #1 (top 2 transfer)
1 2 11b Tommy Bailey Corbin, GA
2 1 15W Randall Walker Oxford, AL
3 3 18s David Seibers Petersburg, TN
4 6 0 Mike Fields Calera, AL
5 9 87 Caleb Ashby Cunningham, TN
6 7 b25 Jerry Bradley Dalton, GA
7 5 00 Jason Skinner Danville, AL
8 4 71 Mike Ashley Greenwood, SC
9 8 27 Brandon Ifft Lake Wylie, SC

B-Main #2
1 1 17H Mark Haddon Estill Springs, TN
2 2 15 Brian Smith Sand Rock, AL
3 3 18 Benji Shaw Tellico Springs, TN
4 4 15 Jamie Dacus Lakeland, TN
dns 15b Tim Busha Boaz, AL
dns 66 Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA
dns 64 Braden Mitchell Russellville, AR
dns 343 John Parker Chatsworth, GA
dns 61 Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN

B-Main #3
1 3 21 Joe Armistead Jr Senoia, GA
2 2 55 Ryan King Seymour, TN
3 5 4 Justin Litchford Soddy Daisy, TN
4 4 29 Jason Welshan Maryville, TN
5 7 22 Jason Wilson Margaret, AL
6 1 15jr Thomas Dacus Lakeland, TN
7 6 X2 Dennis Reno Sumiton, AL
8 8 9 Cass Fowler Acworth, GA

B-Main #4
1 1 33T Tom Maddox Centre, AL
2 4 H2 Bret Holmes Munford, AL
3 7 6J Joey Standridge Tellico Springs, TN
4 6 21 Mario Gresham Rome, GA
5 5 15 Andy Standridge Tellico Springs, TN
6 2 21 Luke Hoffner Turbotville, PA
7 3 35 Dennis Barton Corbin, KY
dns 99 Bubba Franks Tupelo, MS

unofficial results

Heat #1  
1 1 33c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS
2 2 46 Chris Jones Alabaster, AL
3 4 31M Tony Morris Murfreesboro, TN
4 3 P1 Andy Picklesimer Ooltewah, TN
5 5 15W Randall Walker Oxford, AL
6 6 11b Tommy Bailey Corbin, GA
7 8 18s David Seibers Petersburg, TN
8 10 71 Mike Ashley Greenwood, SC
9 9 00 Jason Skinner Danville, AL
10 12 0 Mike Fields Calera, AL
11 11 b25 Jerry Bradley Dalton, GA
12 7 27 Brandon Ifft Lake Wylie, SC

Heat #2  
1 1 19T William Thomas Phenix City, AL
2 2 201 Billy Ogle Jr Knoxville, TN
3 4 X15 Skip Freeman Pell City, AL
4 3 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC
5 5 15b Tim Busha Boaz, AL
6 6 17H Mark Haddon Estill Springs, TN
7 8 15 Brian Smith Sand Rock, AL
8 7 66 Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA
9 9 15 Jamie Dacus Lakeland, TN
10 11 64 Braden Mitchell Russellville, AR
11 10 343 John Parker Chatsworth, GA
12 12 18 Benji Shaw Knoxville, TN
13 13 87 Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN

Heat #3  
1 2 47 Ross Martin Talladega, AL
2 3 19 Mark Mears Decatur, AL
3 1 1H Jason Hiett Oxford, AL
4 5 21 Neil Baggett Shannon, MS
5 10 15jr Thomas Dacus Lakeland, TN
6 11 55 Ryan King Seymour, TN
7 6 21 Joe Armistead Jr Senoia, GA
8 9 29 Jason Welshan Maryville, TN
9 4 4 Justin Litchford Soddy Daisy, TN
10 7 X2 Dennis Reno Sumiton, AL
11 13 22 Jason Wilson Margaret, AL
12 8 9 Cass Fowler Acworth, GA
13 12 61 Caleb Ashby Cunningham, TN

Heat #4  
1 2 11 Lavon Sparks Phenix City, AL
2 1 1T Todd Morrow East Ridge, TN
3 3 6 Tim Roszell Anniston, AL
4 4 33 David Brannon Elora, TN
5 8 33T Tom Maddox Centre, AL
6 10 21 Luke Hoffner Turbotville, PA
7 12 35 Dennis Barton Corbin, KY
8 5 H2 Bret Holmes Munford, AL
9 11 15 Andy Standridge Tellico Springs, TN
10 9 21 Mario Gresham Rome, GA
11 6 6J Joey Standridge Tellico Springs, TN
12 7 99 Bubba Franks Tupelo, MS

Qualifying Results (unofficial)
1 33c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS 14.708
2 19T William Thomas Phenix City, AL 14.813
3 1H Jason Hiett Oxford, AL 14.882
4 47 Ross Martin Talladega, AL 14.900
5 201 Billy Ogle Jr Knoxville, TN 14.987
6 19 Mark Mears Decatur, AL 14.999
7 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC 15.143
8 X15 Skip Freeman Pell City, AL 15.186
9 4 Justin Litchford Soddy Daisy, TN 15.199
10 21 Neil Baggett Shannon, MS 15.228
11 21 Joe Armistead Jr Senoia, GA 15.239
12 1T Todd Morrow East Ridge, TN 15.261
13 15b Tim Busha Boaz, AL 15.267
14 11 Lavon Sparks Phenix City, AL 15.268
15 X2 Dennis Reno Sumiton, AL 15.271
16 9 Cass Fowler Acworth, GA 15.278
17 46 Chris Jones Alabaster, AL 15.291
18 6 Tim Roszell Anniston, AL 15.297
19 29 Jason Welshan Maryville, TN 15.300
20 P1 Andy Picklesimer Ooltewah, TN 15.306
21 15jr Thomas Dacus Lakeland, TN 15.307
22 55 Ryan King Seymour, TN 15.313
23 33 David Brannon Elora, TN 15.317
24 31M Tony Morris Murfreesboro, TN 15.348
25 H2 Bret Holmes Munford, AL 15.351
26 61 Caleb Ashby Cunningham, TN 15.365
27 17H Mark Haddon Estill Springs, TN 15.431
28 15W Randall Walker Oxford, AL 15.455
29 11b Tommy Bailey Corbin, GA 15.460
30 27 Brandon Ifft Lake Wylie, SC 15.513
31 18s David Seibers Petersburg, TN 15.519
32 6J Joey Standridge Tellico Springs, TN 15.523
33 66 Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA 15.546
34 15 Brian Smith Sand Rock, AL 15.547
35 15 Jamie Dacus Lakeland, TN 15.580
36 00 Jason Skinner Danville, AL 15.596
37 71 Mike Ashley Greenwood, SC 15.626
38 99 Bubba Franks Tupelo, MS 15.655
39 33T Tom Maddox Centre, AL 15.677
40 21 Mario Gresham Rome, GA 15.772
41 21 Luke Hoffner Turbotville, PA 15.815
42 b25 Jerry Bradley Dalton, GA 15.865
43 343 John Parker Chatsworth, GA 15.907
44 0 Mike Fields Calera, AL 15.947
45 15 Andy Standridge Tellico Springs, TN 15.995
46 64 Braden Mitchell Russellville, AR 16.003
47 18 Benji Shaw Knoxville, TN 16.015
48 35 Dennis Barton Corbin, KY 16.339
49 22 Jason Wilson Margaret, AL 16.676
50 87 Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN 99.990

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 9,2014
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Ice Bowl Tires Clear Lab

FAYETTEVILLE, TN—The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series took samples of various cars at the 23rd Annual Ice Bowl at the Talladega Short Track last weekend and all the samples that were sent to the lab have been cleared and checked out as they all met the tire compound bench mark as indicated by each tire manufacturer.

In the Limited Late Model/Sportsman division the tires of Levi Hicks, Andy Morris, Andy Picklesimer and Dallas Cooper all had samples taken as well as in Super Late Model the tires of William Thomas, Eric Cooley, Ross Martin and Lavon Sparks.

For more information contact Lynn Acklin at 256-924-4546 or lynn.acklin@sasdirt.com