Southern All Stars Series
East Alabama Motor Speedway
September 27, 2014
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Clanton & Weaver Take Southern All Star Wins At East Alabama



SAS Media
FAYETTEVILLE, TN (September 28) - The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returned to the 36th Alabama State Championships for the second year in a row to sanction the super late model portion at the East Alabama Motor Speedway and under what many described as the worst possible weather forecast all four days of the event took place with Shane Clanton and former Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series champion Randy Weaver taking the  wins in the twin 40 lap $4,000 to win events on Saturday night & Sunday afternoon.

38 cars checked in for the two days of racing and in Saturday nights action Clanton of Zebulon, GA., picked up where he left off from last year as he started from the pole and then put on dominate performance in the 40 lap feature.  Clanton built a huge lead after race leader Ray Cook had contact with a lapped car to slow his night down.  Clanton then only had caution flags slow him down and get the field bunched up back behind him but nobody could challenge him again until late in the race when Mack McCarter of Gatlinburg, TN., made a strong run to the second spot but ran out laps at the end.  McCarter brought home second place in his best career Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series finish in second, four time Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Champion Clint Smith of Senoia, GA., came home in the third spot in his first run with the series this year, fourth place went to current series points leader Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN., and rounding out the top five in another career run with the series was Tom Maddox of Centre, AL.

Rounding out the top ten in Saturday event was Randy Chupp of Troutman, NC., in sixth, seventh went to three time Southern All Star Champion Ronnie Johnson, eight place went to current second place driver in series points Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., ninth to Chris Wilson of Crossville, TN., who is third place in points after the Saturday night run and tenth went to Cale Simons of Leesburg, GA., in his second race with the series this season.



The Sunday afternoon 40 lap event was ran after East Alabama officials made the decision to rework the track due to all the laps that had been put on the track before the race racing conditions, but the wait was well worth it as Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN., brought the field to the green, but it was Chris Madden who jumped into the lead, but for the first half of the race the lead swapped several times between Weaver, Madden and Clanton as the trio was doing numerous slide jobs taking over the top spot and brought the crowd tot heir feet several times as the racing was in multiple grooves.  Weaver finally took control of the race just past halfway and looked like he may have it easy for the rest of the event, but slowly and quietly Riley Hickman worked his way around the bottom and through the field from his 17th stating spot and was pressuring Weaver for the lead when a caution came out on lap 34.  This was what Hickman did not need as his tires cooled and this allowed Weave to capture his third win of the season with the series, Hickman came home in the second spot Chris Madden another Southern All Star champion was third with Clanton coming home fourth and Chris Wilson getting his career best finish with the series in 5th.

Another former Southern All Star champion Ivedent Lloyd of Ocala, FL., came in 6th, 7th place was Todd Morrow, eight place went to William Thomas in his return to series action driving for Blount Motorsports, ninth place to Florida super late model hot shoe Mark Whitener of Middleburg, FL., and tenth to Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC.,

Sunday Results

A-Main
1 116 Randy Weaver
2 R1 Riley Hickman
3 44 Chris Madden
4 25 Shane Clanton
5 10 Chris Wilson
6 21 Ivedent Lloyd
7 T1 Todd Morrow
8 19 William Thomas
9 58 Mark Whitener
10 53 Ray Cook
11 2 Randle Chupp
12 60 Gar Dickson
13 22 Cecil Eunice
14 77 Dylan Ames
15 62 Cody King
16 1c Kenny Collins
17 19a Ronnie Johnson
18 29 Ricky Culpepper
19 2c Cale Simons
20 99 J.R. Mosley
21 19m Josh Adkins
22 212 Josh Putnam
23 7 Donald McIntosh
24 44 Clint Smith

Saturday Results

A-Main
1 25 Shane Clanton
2 51 Mack McCarter
3 44 Clint Smith
4 1R Riley Hickman
5 43 Tom Maddox
6 2 Randle Chupp
7 19A Ronnie Johnson
8 1T Todd Morrow
9 10 Chris Wilson
10 2c Cale Simons
11 4T William Thomas
12 7 Donald McIntosh
13 10c Adam Giles
14 29 Ricky Culpepper
15 46 Chris Jones
16 212 Josh Putnam
17 53 Ray Cook
18 21A Joey Armistead  
19 60 Gar Dickson
20 19m Josh Adkins
21 77a Dylan Ames  
22 44m Chris Madden
23 11 Austin Smith
24 21l Ivedent Lloyd

B-Main #1
1 2 Randle Chupp
2 2c Cale Simons
3 46 Chris Jones
4 60 Gar Dickson
5 58 Mark Whitner
6 212 Josh Putnam
7 311 Scott Groves
8 6 Chad Marchman

B-Main #2
1 10 Chris Wilson
2 10c Adam Giles
3 4T William Thomas
4 29 Ricky Culpepper
5 62 Cody King
6 82 Russell Flynn
7 40 Marvin Cook
8 81 Aaron Ridley

B-Main #3
1 T1 Todd Morrow


Qualifying Results

Group One
1 44m Chris Madden 15.829
2 11 Austin Smith 16.026
3 43 Tom Maddox 16.128
4 1R Riley Hickman 16.213
5 7 Donald McIntosh 16.367
6 10 Chris Wilson 16.392
7 60 Gar Dickson 16.529
8 21A Joey Armistead 16.545
9 10c Adam Giles 16.572
10 212 Josh Putnam 16.603
11 21l Ivendent Lloyd 16.642
12 62 Cody King 16.704
13 1c Kenny Collins 16.704
14 58 Mark Whitner 16.757
15 22 Cecil Eunice 17.102
116 Randy Weaver DQ
81 Aaron Ridley DQ

Group Two
1 53 Ray Cook 16.264
2 25 Shane Clanton 16.279
3 51 Mack McCarter 16.288
4 19A Ronnie Johnson 16.313
5 44 Clint Smith 16.399
6 2 Randle Chupp 16.446
7 1T Todd Morrow 16.486
8 4T William Thomas 16.527
9 46 Chris Jones 16.711
10 77a Dylan Ames 16.745
11 29 Ricky Culpepper 16.752
12 2c Cale Simons 16.816
13 19m Josh Adkins 16.854
14 40 Marvin Cook 16.926
15 6 Chad Marchman 17.352
16 29g Buddy George 17.398
17 82 Russell Flynn 17.549
18 311 Scott Groves 17.625