FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2014
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Todd Morrow Wins 3rd Annual B J Parker Memorial At Talladega Short Track

SAS PR
EASTABOGA, AL (June 21) — The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series returned to the 1/3 mile Talladega Short Track Saturday night for the 3rd Annual B J Parker Memorial and the fans in attendance did not leave disappointed as Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN., moved around three time series champion Randy Weaver from Crossville, TN., to capture his third win of the season with the Southern All Stars.

Morrow lead White Performance Qualifying with a 14.952 second lap in Group A and was locked in  with Jason Hiett of Anniston, AL., Chris Wilson of Crossville, TN., and Tom Roszell of Anniston, AL., while Group B qualifying was lead by Randy Weaver, John Owenby of Chattanooga, TN., Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN., and Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN. PPM Racing Products B Mains were won by Tom Maddox of Centre, AL., and Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA.

Weaver took the lead at the drop of the green and looked to be the man to beat early as he pulled to a 10 car length lead over Morrow in the early stages as Morrow was being challenged by Hiett of the second spot.  These two swapped the second place back and forth several times, until Morrow finally got control of the second spot and set his sights on Weaver.  Morrow made several challenges to Weaver each time coming up short until on lap 37 Morrow went around Weaver and then pulled away at the end to get the win.  Weaver who won this event last year finished in the second spot with Hiett bringing home third, Jake Knowles started 11th and worked his way into a top five finish with a fourth place run and finishing the fifth spot was Ronnie Johnson in his first start with the series this year.

Tim Roszell came home in sixth place, seventh went to Aaron Ridley form his 10th stating spot, eighth to Austin Kirkpatrick of Ocala, FL., from 13th starting spot, current series point leave Riley Hickman over came a early race caution that caused damage to hi car but still managed to get a ninth place finish and John Owenby finished in the 10th spot.

As for the drivers battling it out for the series championship, Hickman still is on top, but with Morrow’s win he moved ahead of Josh Putnam for second place as Putnam recovered from and earlier spin for a 15th place finish, Chris Wilson faded late it the race and fished 16th and Dylan Ames also had problem late in the race finished 18th.

The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series would like to thank Talladega Short Track, the drivers, fans and everybody who helped make the 3rd Annual B J Parker Memorial a very successful event.

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 .

B J PARKER MEMORIAL OFFICIAL FINISH; 1. Todd Morrow; 2. Randy Weaver; 3. Jason Hiett; 4. Jake Knowles; 5. Ronnie Johnson; 6. Tim Roszell; 7. Aaron Ridley; 8. Austin Kirkpatrick; 9. Riley Hickman; 10. John Owenby; 11.T J Alford; 12. Tim Busha; 13. Terry Smith; 14. Chris Thomas; 15. Josh Putnam; 16. Chris Wilson; 17. Josh Adkins; 18. Dylan Ames; 19. Dingus Griffin; 20. Tom Maddox; 21. Neil Baggett; 22. Carlton Freeman; 23. David Seibers; 24. Ross Martin.

Group Qualifying A: Todd Morrow 14.952
Group B Randy Weaver 15.007
B Main Winners: Tom Maddox & Aaron Ridley

Current Southern All Star Racing Series Top Ten Point Standings: 1. Riley Hickman 732; 2. Todd Morrow 650; 3. Josh Putnam 630; 4. Dylan Ames 612; 5. Chris Wilson  610; 6. Jason Hiett 380; 7. Bo Shirley 372; 8. Joe Armistead 342; 9. Brandon Kinzer 242; 10. Billy Ogle Jr 236

Southern All Star Racing Series 2014 Event Winners:

March 22-Riley Hickman-Boyd’s Speedway
March 29-Joe Armistead-East Alabama Motor Speedway April 26-Billy Ogle Jr-Smoky Mt Speedway May 3-Todd Morrow-Talladega Short Track May 17-Waycross Motor Speedway-Ivedent Lloyd May 24-Tennessee National Raceway-Todd Morrow June 14-Volunteer Speedway-Brad Neat June 21-Talladega Short Track-Todd Morrow

Upcoming Southern All Star Racing Series Events:

July 19-Magnolia Motor Speedway-Columbus, MS-$4,000 July 26-Talladega Short Track-Eastaboga, AL-$4,000 August 2-Cherokee Speedway-Gaffney, SC-$5,000

OFFICIAL FINISH
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK
June 21, 2014

NESMITH CHEVROLET DIRT LATE MODEL
1) Adam Gauldin 2) Gathen Burns 3) Jason Wilson 4) Ryan King 5) Cruz Skinner 6) Mike Combs 7) Justin Angle 8) Trent Thomas 9) Dustin Knighten 10) Boone Fullwood 11) Maddux Mullinax 12) Jason Lackey.

CHEVROLET OF BOAZ SUPER LATE MODEL/SOUTHERN ALL-STAR BJ PARKER MEMORIAL
1) Todd Morrow 2) Randy Weaver 3) Jason Hiett 4) Jake Knowles 5) Ronnie Johnson 6) Tim Roszell 7) Aaron Ridley 8) Austin Kirkpatrick 9) Riley Hickman 10) John Owenby 11) TJ Alford 12) Tim Busha 13) Terry Smith 14) Chris Thomas 15) Josh Putnam 16) Chris Wilson 17) Josh Adkins 18) Dylan Ames 19) Dingus Griffin 20) Tom Maddox 21) Neil Baggett 22) Carlton Freeman 23) David Seibers 24) Ross Martin.

SPORTSMAN
1) Brad Berry 2) Joe Noojin 3) Adam Cummings 4) Oliver Gentry 5) Dallas Cooper 6) Dylan Smith 7) Dennis Reno 8) Nick Deweese 9) Jeremy Leopard 10) Landon Sims 11) Jay Schiller 12) Andy Gulledge 13) Jon Stewart.

OXFORD LOVE STUFF THUNDERCARS
1) Jeff Chumley 2) Shane Beason 3) Michael McCrelles 4) Joseph Champion 5) Kevin Walls 6) Charles Grogan 7) Tommy Jerrel 8) Dale Poe 9) Bradley Johnson 10) Ross Maye 11) Heath McCombs.

NESMITH STREET STOCKS
1) Phillip Haynes 2) Steve Pate 3) Bobby Clark 4) Greg Loyd 5) Billy Bryant.

RITEWAY AUTO SALES HOT SHOTS
1) Jimmy McAvoy 2) Josh McBride 3) Nick King 4) Corey Pressley 5) James Ganey, Jr. 6) Terry Graves 7) Kurtis Busby 8) Garrett Loyd 9) Thomas Champion 10) Christy Graves 11) Josh Salisbury 12) Logan McDaniel 13) Chase McAvoy.

RITEWAY AUTO SALES HOT SHOTS - Trophy Dash
1) Jimmy McAvoy 2) Nick King 3) James Ganey, Jr..

Pony Stock
1) Adam Thornton 2) Josh Morgan 3) Michael Loyd 4) Justin Trivett.