Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series
Talladega Short Track
July 26, 2014
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Randy Weaver Moves Into Top Five On All Time Southern All Star Win List With Michael Head Jr Memorial Win

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EASTABOGA, AL (July 26) - The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series made it’s third stop of the 2014 season Saturday night at the Talladega Short Track for the 17th Annual Michael Head Jr Memorial and Crossville, TN., native  and three time series champion Randy Weaver picked up his second Michael Head Jr Memorial win, and ironically moved into a tie for fourth place in all time series wins with Michael’s dad Mike Head as they are tied now with 24 career wins with the series.

Weaver also had another reason to get to victory tonight as his father Glen Weaver who is battling pancreatic cancer was in attendance and was with Randy in victory lane also tonight.  Weaver drove a GRT chassis with sponsorship from AF Stone Professional Medical Services/Hoosier Racing Tire/Outlaw Race Parts/Mission Transport/Stone Land Clearing & Excavation/Slicker Graphics/The Bailey Company/VP Race Fuels to the 40 lap $4,000 to win event.

In White Performance Qualifying Weaver also set fast time with a 13.775 second lap with Josh Putnam of Florence, AL., starting n the pole as he was fast qualifier in group one with a time of 13.865, but Weaver was overall fast qualifier for the night.

At the drop of the green flag Putnam led the field into turn one but Weaver moved ahead of Putnam coming off turn two and then started to build a lead almost immediately, as second place was a heated battle between Putnam, Ronnie Johnson and Todd Morrow.  Johnson finally got around Putnam and took over the second spot with Morrow fourth and Josh Adkins fifth.  The top five would remain this way until a caution came out for Tom Maddox who hit into the outside wall.  On the restart second place in the series points chase took a hit as Todd Morrow as he spun in turn one.  Morrow went to the rear worked his way back up into the top ten until he later retired with mechanical problems and finished 13th.

Weaver has a challenge midway through the race as Ronnie Johnson got around him and led the race for 11 laps until Weaver worked his way back around Johnson with a side by side battle for several laps.   Weaver has one more challenge coming he thought as Riley Hickman was making a hard run after him after he got around Johnson for the second spot only to run out laps at the end and had to settle for second place, Johnson came home in third, Tim Busha of Boaz, AL, who was steady all night brought home a 4th place finish and Josh Adkins got his career best Southern All Star finish with a 5th place finish.

Finishing in the sixth spot was Dingus Griffin, seventh to Mike Marlar, eighth to Doug King, ninth Tim Roszell and tenth to Chris Wilson.

Hickman built back some his point leaver over the rest of the five after Talladega as Chris Wilson of Crossville TN., gained ground as he moved into the fourth spot and Dylan Ames of Harvest, AL., moved back to fifth.  All five drivers are within 140 points of each other going into the series 10th event of the year this Saturday night August 2nd at the Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC., for the Stick Elliott Memorial a 50 lap $5,000 to win event.

OFFICIAL FINISH
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK
July 26, 2014

SOUTHERN ALL STARS SERIES
1) Randy Weaver 2) Riley Hickman 3) Ronnie Johnson 4) Tim Busha 5) Josh Adkins 6) Dingus Griffin 7) Mike Marlar 8) Dougy King 9) Tim Rozell 10) Chris Wilson 11) Austin Kirkpatrick 12) Dylan Ames 13) Todd Morrow 14) Skip Freeman 15) Lavon Sparks 16) Dillon Tidmore 17) David Seibers 18) Dylan Crim 19) Joe Armstead 20) Josh Putnam 21) Tom Maddox 22) Danny Peoples 23) Scott Dewylder 24) Dane Dacus.

NESMITH DIRT LATE MODEL
1) Adam Gauldin 2) Cruz Skinner 3) Mike Combs 4) Red Farmer 5) Maddux Mullinax 6) Jason Wilson 7) Austin Steele 8) Dustin Knighten 9) Brandon Hood 10) Karl Parks 11) Nicholas Kimbrell 12) Wesley Ford 13) Scott Davis 14) Crew Benefield.

SPORTSMAN
1) Brad Berry 2) Dallas Cooper 3) Joey Armstead 4) Shane Criswell 5) Joe Noojin 6) Dennis Reno 7) Adam Cummings 8) David Kay 9) Justin Angle 10) Jay Schiller 11) Jeremy Leopard 12) Eddie Holder 13) Wesley Cotton 14) Andy Gulledge 15) Bubba Lackey 16) Shane Holder 17) Dylan Smith 18) Nick Deweese 19) Steve Waters 20) Shane Holmes 21) Jon Stewart.

OXFORD LOVE STUFF THUNDERCARS
1) Corey Maye 2) Shane Beason 3) Jessie Hollis 4) Kevin Walls 5) Adam Magourik 6) Dale Poe 7) Chris Sorenson 8) Tommy Jerrells 9) Michael McCrelles 10) Eric Smith 11) Roby Goodman 12) Bradley Johnson 13) Joseph Champion 14) Keith Wilson.

NESMITH STREET STOCKS
1) Jud Hurst 2) Steve Pate 3) Josh Yarbrough 4) Andy Davis 5) JR Brown 6) Kyle Davison 7) Trever Howell 8) Shane Ferguson 9) Corey Korreckt 10) Phillip Haynes 11) Clint Vaughn 12) Brock Love.

RITEWAY AUTO SALES HOT SHOTS
1) Jimmy McAvoy 2) Nick King 3) Sam Martin 4) Mark McBride 5) James Ganey, Jr. 6) Kurtis Busby 7) Thomas Champion 8) Terry Graves 9) Luke Hollingsworth 10) Jeffery Dix 11) Kirk Pembrook 12) Jacob Catlett 13) Christy Graves 14) James McAvoy 15) Derek Davidson 16) Corey Pressley 17) Josh Salisbury 18) Josh McBride.