4/12/2025
Southern All Stars
Dillon Tidmore Tames Winder-Barrow Field for $5,000 Southern All Stars Victory
(WINDER, GEORGIA) In front of a standing-room-only crowd in the inaugural visit by the Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Franklin Enterprises to Winder-Barrow Speedway, it was Dillon Tidmore that tamed the tight bullring to pocket the $5,000 first place prize money! Dillon toured the Winder, Georgia oval faster than any other competitor during VP Racing Fuels qualifying and later started the 50-lap headliner from the outside of the front row. The Gadsden, Alabama ace then jumped out to the early race lead and held off all challenges when the track turned one lane later in the feature distance.
Dillon beat runner-up and polesitter David McCoy to the checkered flag by 0.425 of a second to secure his third career SAS victory. McCoy, who laid down the quickest lap in Group A during time trials, ran in the second spot throughout the contest. Jordy Nipper picked off a trio of competitors to round out the podium in third. Local drivers Trae Kirk and Chris Woods represented very well and finished in the fourth and fifth position respectively. Friday night’s Penton Raceway Southern All Stars winner Cory Hedgecock started third on the grid, but repeated attempts to get rolling on the topside led to him slipping to sixth at the checkers.
“I was worried about somebody getting up there on the racetrack and blasting around that top,” quoted Tidmore in victory lane. “I was just going to ride around that bottom until I saw someone’s nose or saw someone get by me. We were just going to live and die on the bottom and it worked out. Gotta give a shoutout to Kenny Collins - he kind of had me prepped to come here, so we knew what we were getting into. But, it’s a pretty cool little place.”
Tidmore’s #38 Longhorn Chassis was powered by a Jay Dickens Racing Engine and was sponsored in part by Big D’s Sports Bar & Grill, A&G Excavation, CK Reid Trucking, Tidmore Construction, Payne’s Lawn Care, All Foam Solutions, Elite Motorsports, Atkins Appraisal, J&R Lumber & Supply Company, Batey and Sanders Fabrication, and Seawright Motorsports.
A total of 19 Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series competitors were on hand at Winder-Barrow Speedway for the track’s first-ever Super Late Model event. Jordy Nipper went quickest in MRP Fantasy League Hot Laps, while Dillon Tidmore turned the fastest lap in VP Racing Fuels qualifying with his quick time of 13.946 seconds. Only three caution flags slowed the pace - the most serious came on lap four when a huge pile-up blocked the track in turn four. The feature event lasted 33 minutes and twelve starters completed all fifty circuits.
The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Franklin Enterprises will now take about a month off until the next two scheduled events in the state of Alabama on May 16-17. A $4,000 paycheck will be up for grabs on that Friday night at West Alabama Speedway in Winfield, Alabama, while the weekend finale on that Saturday evening at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, Alabama will boast a $5,000 windfall. Billy Franklin will bring the SAS point lead into the doubleheader, as he leads Joe Denby by 40 markers and his son Kendall Franklin by 42 points.
Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Franklin Enterprises
Round 5 Race Summary
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Winder-Barrow Speedway - Winder, Georgia
American Racer Tires Feature Finish (50 Laps):
- (2) Dillon Tidmore $5,000
- (1) David McCoy $2,500
- (6) Jordy Nipper $1,500
- (4) Trae Kirk $1,200
- (8) Chris Woods $1,000
- (3) Cory Hedgecock $800
- (12) Billy Franklin $750
- (5) John Anderson $700
- (11) Josh Henry $650
- (9) Ronnie Johnson $600
- (16) Kendall Franklin $550
- (13) Gus Simpson $525
- (18) Joe Denby $500
- (14) Chris McKeehan $475
- (15) Ken Lampp $450
- (17) Michael Luna $440
- (7) James Cason $430
- (10) Devon Morgan $420
DNS. (19) Shay Miller
Entries: 19
Lap Leaders: Dillon Tidmore (Laps 1-50)
Caution Flags: 3
MRP Fantasy League Hot Laps:
Fastest Lap Overall: Jordy Nipper 13.785
VP Racing Fuels Time Trials:
Fast Time Overall: Dillon Tidmore 13.946
Qualifying - Group A: 1. 187-David McCoy, 00:14.152[2]; 2. 23V-Cory Hedgecock, 00:14.222[4]; 3. 7-John Anderson, 00:14.305[7]; 4. 105-James Cason, 00:14.452[3]; 5. 27J-Ronnie Johnson, 00:14.564[8]; 6. B00-Josh Henry, 00:14.667[1]; 7. 11-Gus Simpson, 00:14.680[6]; 8. 1K-Ken Lampp, 00:14.728[9]; 9. 63-Michael Luna, 00:15.151[5]
Qualifying - Group B: 1. 38-Dillon Tidmore, 00:13.946[1]; 2. 66-Trae Kirk, 00:14.068[2]; 3. 1N-Jordy Nipper, 00:14.110[9]; 4. 17W-Chris Woods, 00:14.152[6]; 5. 21-Devon Morgan, 00:14.285[8]; 6. 17-Billy Franklin, 00:14.387[3]; 7. 21M-Chris McKeehan, 00:14.491[10]; 8.317-Kendall Franklin, 00:14.551[7]; 9. 27-Joe Denby, 00:14.873[5]; 10. (DNS) 21S-Shay Miller
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) - POSTPONED
Friday, March 21 - Southern Raceway (Milton, FL) - JOSEPH JOINER
Saturday, March 22 - Southern Raceway (Milton, FL) - RYAN CRANE
Friday, April 11 - Penton Raceway (Lafayette, AL) - CORY HEDGECOCK
Saturday, April 12 - Winder-Barrow Speedway (Winder, GA) - DILLON
TIDMORE
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
Current Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series Point Standings:
- Billy Franklin - 956
- Joe Denby - 916
- Kendall Franklin - 914
- Ronnie Johnson - 910
- Michael Luna - 856
- Dillon Tidmore - 831
- Cory Hedgecock - 588
- Ryan Crane - 556
- Allen Styck - 556
- Bo Slay - 534
The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Franklin Enterprises would like to thank all of our 2025 marketing partners including Franklin Enterprises, American Racer Tires, J&J Construction, VP Racing Fuels, Coltman Farms Racing, Southern Racing Enterprise, Thirteen34 Racing Media, Fullmoon Graphics, Gentry Used Auto Parts & Recycling, RockAuto.com, Knowles Race Parts & Bodies, Olivia Gentry Real Estate, MD3 Body Panels, Delph Communications, and Rugged Radios. More information on the tour can be found online at www.SASDirt.com or by accessing the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SouthernAllStarDirtRacingSeries.
Media Contact: Ryan Delph - Delph Communications
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