Story By: RYAN DELPH / SOUTHERN ALL STAR DIRT RACING SERIES – BRASSTOWN, NC – Round two of the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Franklin Enterprises schedule will be held next Saturday, February 22 at Buckshot Speedway in Clanton, Alabama.
The SAS tour has made four previous stops to Buckshot Speedway with Dillon Tidmore winning both races in 2023 and Joseph Joiner securing a pair of victories in 2022.
A $5,000 winner’s check will be up for grabs on Saturday, February 22 for the cars and stars racing with the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series. In addition to the Super Late Models, the 602 Late Model, Open Wheel Modified, Factory Stock, Crown Vic, and Buzz 4&6 divisions will also be in competition. The pits will open at 2:00pm local time, while the grandstands will start to allow patrons into the facility starting an hour later at 3:00pm. The drivers meeting is scheduled to get underway at 5:30pm and hot laps will take to the track at 6:00pm local time.
Grandstand admission will be $15.00 for adults and only $7.00 for kids ages 6-12. Pit admission will be $35.00 for adults and $15.00 for kids ages 6-12. Children ages five and under will be allowed onto the Buckshot Speedway grounds for FREE.
Cory Hedgecock, of Loudon, Tennessee, currently sits atop the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series point standings heading into Buckshot Speedway, as he was the winner of the ‘Winter Championships’ at I-75 (TN) Raceway back on February 1. Hedgecock leads Billy Franklin, Kendall Franklin, Joe Denby, Joshua Chesney, Jordan Rodabaugh, Christian Hanger, Ronnie Johnson, Matthew Brocato, and John Ownbey in the chase for the Championship, which will award the SAS Champion $10,000 at year’s end.
The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series tire rule in 2025 is as follows:
- Left Front: Open
- Right Front: American Racer 44, 48, 56 / Pro 2, 3, 4 or Hoosier NLMT 2, 3, 4
- Left Rear: American Racer 44, 48, 56 / Pro 2, 3, 4 or Hoosier NLMT 2, 3, 4
- Right Rear: American Racer 48, 56 / Pro 2, 3, 4 or Hoosier NLMT 3, 4
Body rules and the Droop Rule will be the same as those agreed on by both the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series – among others. Other rules including engine and weight rules can be found online at www.SASDirt.com. The entry fee will be $120.00 and transponders will be available to rent. Any driver not advancing into the 40-lap feature event will receive $75.00 in tow money.
SAS Feature Purse (40 Laps): 1. $5,000, 2. $2,500, 3. $1,500, 4. $1,200, 5. $1,000, 6. $800, 7. $750, 8. $700, 9. $650, 10. $600, 11. $550, 12. $525, 13. $500, 14. $475, 15. $450, 16. $440, 17. $430, 18. $420, 19. $410, 20. $400, 21. $400, 22. $400
2025 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Schedule of Events:
- Saturday, February 1 – I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, TN) – CORY HEDGECOCK
- Saturday, February 22 – Buckshot Speedway (Clanton, AL) – $5,000 to win
- Friday, March 21 – Southern Raceway (Milton, FL) – $3,000 to win
- Saturday, March 22 – Southern Raceway (Milton, FL) – $7,000 to win
- Friday, April 11 – Penton Raceway (Lafayette, AL) – $5,000 to win
- Saturday, April 12 – Winder Barrow Speedway (Winder, GA) – $5,000 to win
- Friday, May 16 – West Alabama Speedway (Winfield, AL) – $4,000 to win
- Saturday, May 17 – North Alabama Speedway (Tuscumbia, AL) – $5,000 to win
- Friday, June 13 – To Be Announced
- Saturday, June 14 – Lavonia Speedway (Lavonia, GA) – $5,000 to win
- Friday, June 20 – North Georgia Speedway (Chatsworth, GA) – $4,000 to win
- Saturday, June 21 – Sugar Creek Raceway (Blue Ridge, GA) – $5,000 to win
- Thursday, July 3 – I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, TN) – $5,000 to win
- Saturday, July 5 – Mountain View Raceway (Spring City, TN) – $4,000 to win
- Saturday, August 16 – Sugar Creek Raceway (Blue Ridge, GA) – $10,057 to win
- Friday, August 22 – Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, KY) – $7,500 to win
- Saturday, August 23 – Lake Cumberland Speedway (Burnside, KY) – $12,000 to win
- Friday, August 29 – 191 Speedway (Campton, KY) – $4,000 to win
- Saturday, August 30 – 191 Speedway (Campton, KY) – $6,000 to win
- Sunday, August 31 – Tazewell Speedway (Tazewell, TN) – $5,000 to win
- Saturday, September 13 – Wartburg Speedway (Wartburg, TN) – $5,000 to win
- Friday, September 19 – Anderson Motor Speedway (Anderson, SC) – $12,000 to win
- Saturday, October 11 – Dixie Speedway (Woodstock, GA) – $5,000 to win
- Saturday, October 25 – I-75 Raceway (Sweetwater, TN) – $10,053 to win