TST Southern Allstars BJ Parker Memorial

[clanton25fan]

44 super late models in the pits tonight for the TST Southern Allstars BJ Parker Memorial race. Should be a good race tonight for $10,000.

[clanton25fan]

After hot laps Micheal Page, Austin Horton, Cody Overton and Tim Busha were fast.

[clanton25fan]

One more super showed up. There are now 45 supers in the pits. It’s going to be a choir just to make the show.

[B_K]

They’ll have to be at full song for sure.

[clanton25fan]

Super qualifying coming up!!

[clanton25fan]

Group 1 qualifying

Top 3
1- Riley Hickman 14.690
85- Randy Weaver
121- Blake Croft

Track has slowed a lot from hot laps

[clanton25fan]

Group 2 qualifying

66- Dylan Knowles 14.887
44- Dalton Cook
15- Tim Busha

Heats coming up shortly

[clanton25fan]

144 cars total in the pits tonight. A lot of good racing ahead.

[clanton25fan]

Heat 1

1-Riley Hickman
16- Sam Seawright
121- Blake Croft
38- Dillon Tidmore

[clanton25fan]

Heat 2

66K- Dylan Knowles
44- Dalton Cook
109- Eli Beets
16- Austin Horton

[TerryM]

The North/South was over before they finished qualifying in Alabama lol.

[clanton25fan]

Heat 3

18X- Micheal Page
85- Randy Weaver
35- Dallas Cooper
23- Ahnna Parkhurst

[clanton25fan]

Heat 4

1- Payton Freeman
3- Josh Adkins
15- Tim Busha
25- Tim Roszell

Everyone else goes to the 2 B Mains

[clanton25fan]

Terry M I’d be willing to bet they didn’t have 144 cars in the pits to run either. We’re also an hour behind them I believe. 🤣

[TerryM]

I get that, but Florence also had an hour long intermission to wait for the MAV TV broadcast to start. I’ll never understand why they do things the way they do down here in the south. It’s almost as if they don’t want it to be a family-friendly show.

[obamaracing#1]

Actually if I could of picked I would of went here tonight. 44 cars! TST has been on my buckle list for years. I don't understand why this track doesn't get more love, seems like such a neat place. Be nice if there was a crown jewel there

[TerryM]

It’s midnight and they’re still running heats. That’s why there will never be a crown jewel here. It doesn’t matter if it’s a neat place. The best tracks care about time management. DOD did a recent survey about issues in the sport. Time management was #1 on the list.

[clanton25fan]

B Main 1

11- Cruz Skinner
86- Kyle Beard
9- John Owenby

Everyone else goes home.

B Main 2 coming up

[clanton25fan]

B Main 2

15- Christian Hangar
14- Will Herrington
4- Ryan Wilson

Everyone else goes home.

[NeedforLM$peed]

Did they qualify 144 cars?

[clanton25fan]

Here is the line up for the Feature for 60 laps and $10,000.

1- Riley Hickman 66K- Dylan Knowles
18X- Michael Page F1- Payton Freeman
16- Sam Seawright 44D- Dalton Cook
85- Randy Weaver 3- Adkins
121C- Craft 109- Beets
35- Dallas Cooper. 15- Tim Busha
38- Dillon Tidmore 16- Austin Horton
23- Ahnna Parkhurst 25- Tim Rozwell
11- Cruz Skinner 15- Hangar
86- Kyle Beard. 14- Will Herrington
9- John Owenby 4- Ryan Wilson
17- Billy Franklin 32- Dodson

[TerryM]

Here is the line up for the Feature for 60 laps and $10,000.

1- Riley Hickman 66K- Dylan Knowles
18X- Michael Page F1- Payton Freeman
16- Sam Seawright 44D- Dalton Cook
85- Randy Weaver 3- Adkins
121C- Craft 109- Beets
35- Dallas Cooper. 15- Tim Busha
38- Dillon Tidmore 16- Austin Horton
23- Ahnna Parkhurst 25- Tim Rozwell
11- Cruz Skinner 15- Hangar
86- Kyle Beard. 14- Will Herrington
9- John Owenby 4- Ryan Wilson
17- Billy Franklin 32- Dodson

No Cody Overton?

[AllenK]

602 feature is a marathon.

[TerryM]

602 feature is a marathon.
They keep talking about a time limit for this race lol. What is it, an hour? It’s 1:00am and they’re still begging the feature cars to stage. You can’t make this up.

[clanton25fan]

Feature Finish Top 5

18X- Michael Page
44D- Dalton Cook
16- Austin Horton
66K- Dylan Knowles
3- Adkins

Riley Hickman lead till lap 56 and had a tire go down. Was a pretty good race.

[TerryM]

Feature in the books at 1:40am. The only thing worse than the show, was the announcer. How is that idiot still employed?

[Raceready]

Is Page still running the 17 year old chassis he was running at the beginning of the year ?

[clanton25fan]

Page was running a Stinger. Not sure how old it is but it was working tonight.

[clanton25fan]

Terry M it was a long night. Them having the Hall of Fame ceremony as well pushed everything that much more. It was worth the long night though to me especially since Page won. Dwayne is not the best on the mic but he’s far from the worst. I couldn’t hear him during the race so it wasn’t that bad on my end. I’m sure folks watching online got an ear full though.

[3 wide]

This announcer is the worst I can't believe they keep using him all he does is scream on the mic.

[Late_Model_Mark]

Terry M, come on dude, relax, it was one of those nights, there was a lot going on, yes the hall of fame took some time, yes some of the races had lot's of yellows, happens. For this race there about 10 extra qualifying heats races and 2 b-mains. Only the Supers timed in. The fields were big, very hard fought in the other divisions and the competition level was very nice. There were a total of 105 Late Models, you let me know when your local track has 105. It is easy to be a keyboard critic but as we all know, you have those nights. It was very hot, very humid, the very nice crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.

A huge back gate/pit, 145 cars, booming concessions, and a great crowd=success, not matter how Terry, you think we fail down here, no disrespect to you, just wanted to point some things out.

Terry M, if you ever come down here as you call it, the race is on me, I'll take care of you, so the offer is there.


Late Model Mark
TST Announcer

[zer018]

Terry M, come on dude, relax, it was one of those nights, there was a lot going on, yes the hall of fame took some time, yes some of the races had lot's of yellows, happens. For this race there about 10 extra qualifying heats races and 2 b-mains. Only the Supers timed in. The fields were big, very hard fought in the other divisions and the competition level was very nice. There were a total of 105 Late Models, you let me know when your local track has 105. It is easy to be a keyboard critic but as we all know, you have those nights. It was very hot, very humid, the very nice crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.

A huge back gate/pit, 145 cars, booming concessions, and a great crowd=success, not matter how Terry, you think we fail down here, no disrespect to you, just wanted to point some things out.

Terry M, if you ever come down here as you call it, the race is on me, I'll take care of you, so the offer is there.


Late Model Mark
TST Announcer

Mark don’t forget TerryM’s special Vag Pleasing Chair

[fastford]

isnt it something that a person will sit up till one in the morning to trash a track that he has never been to , I dont under stand this criticism ....all I can say is dont ever come and we could care less what you think....

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Is Page still running the 17 year old chassis he was running at the beginning of the year ?

You are talking about the Mastersbilt crate car.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Hickman was the class of the field. That last caution cost him. Tire would have made it to the end without all that cool down time.

[Barbecueboy]

A lot of dirt track master sommelier-ing going on last night……..

[TerryM]

I’ve been wanting to see a show at TST ever since I moved down here in 2014. It’s on our list and we will get there at some point. The problem is, almost every time we take in a show around here, it turns into “one of those nights”. I no longer have the desire to drive hone at 2:00am. It’s one thing to stay up til 1:00am watching on TV, because I love the sport. It’s a whole different deal driving on the interstate half asleep. I also consider the future of the sport. They showed the crowd several times last night. I never saw one single child. I’m sure there were some there somewhere, but I didn’t see any. This is the issue the DOD guys go on and on about on a regular basis. So y’all can pretend it’s just me, but it’s a big problem — especially down here in the south. We have three tracks we attend in our area that get the show done efficiently. Golden Isles, which thank goodness reopens in ‘22; Oglethorpe, which rarely runs Supers and is closing down after this year.; and Screven, which can run a little late at times, but they run the Super feature first if there’s a time issue. There are lots of ways to get it done, but some tracks just don’t care. I’m not referencing any one track in particular. Just making a general observation.

[B_K]

To whom it may concern:

Please add about 5 degrees back to the topside at TST. Wasn’t sure if I was watching TST or Winchester, TN circa 1999. Wasn’t awful, wasn’t what it can be.

#MakeTSTgreatagain

[3 wide]

Well I started going to races when I was 16 years old I went to races for 50 years I've been everywhere 2 years ago I quit because they want to race all night or it's a one lane ace track when everybody has a big race they think they have to run everything they can drag in the pits they can do what they want to but I got better things to do than sit in the grandstands for 8 hours.

[AllenK]

Did Hickman run over something,or did he just blister his tire? He was pointing something out on the track during the last caution.

[billetbirdcage]

Did Hickman run over something,or did he just blister his tire? He was pointing something out on the track during the last caution.

Tire was worn down with no real tread left, but it had a 10" to 12" rip in the tire long ways so appears he did run over something

[TerryM]

Did a track official retrieve anything from the track after Hickman pointed to something during the last caution? Couldn’t tell on TV.

[clanton25fan]

Terry M, yes. There was a piece of debris that the track official picked up. I honestly don’t think Riley ran it over to cause his problem. He was sliding his tires pretty good and I think he just wore the right rear down. I hate it for him. I don’t think anyone had anything for him but that’s why you run all the laps. I was happy to see my guy Page win though.

[TerryM]

I was rooting for Page too. What did you think about the track announcer’s question in the post race interview?

[Late_Model_Mark]

Terry, we had a lot of kids who worked themselves into a humid lather in the crowded kids bouncy house, lol. This was the 1st time since the ownership changed that we had a super slick yet rather locked down track. It puzzled us a little as all the racers in the past months have complimented the track prep. Out of the 15 races, we have had just a few, "one of those nights."

The end game is for the track to make a couple of dollars, give good racing value to the fans, have decent racing and run a crisp program, a vast majority of our shows are very well run. Are car counts are way up, the crowds are increasing, concession sales good and happier racers who know that Adam is busting his tail at this track to put on a better product. If you talk to our fans, they enjoy themselves at Talladega because it is just a cool place to spend a night at the races.


LMM

[NeedforLM$peed]

144x4= alot of rubber being put down.

[TerryM]

I apologize, Mark. My comments last night were spur of the moment. My wife is out in California for a week. First time we’ve ever been apart. I was in a mood maybe. I’m old school and have my opinions of the sport. I’m assuming you are, and do, as well. I want the best for all tracks, and the best for the future of the sport. Thank you for everything you and your track do. Especially for the kids.

[clanton25fan]

Terry M, I thought his comment was far stretched and trying to create something that really wasn’t there. He tried to make it out that contact by Page was what caused Hickman’s tire to go down. That was the farthest from the truth. Like I said earlier. Dwayne is not the best announcer but he is far from the worst. He was just trying to stir the pot with his comment. I think Page put it to rest with his response when he was asked about it in victory lane.

Now that Late Model Mark guy. Talk about atrocious. LOL. I’m kidding Mark. Don’t send the enforcers after me.

[4wide]

I am not going to say anything about how late it was this is 3rd governors cup in a row for me got home same time all 3 times.Thought tra was really good till about halfway thru supers but very entertaining race for me. Really surprised about the 45 supers was thinking about 32 would be there. The only thing that irritated me was that mess of a 602 feature not the track fault.overall good night.

[riddle28]

i didnt go because of the forecast but watched it on flo. i love talladega and consider it a second home track but locking down 10 laps in to a 60 lap feature and having it turn into a tire conservation race is pitiful. cut some of the other late model classes if thats whats needed to put out a good product. that dirt has had so much rubber put on it that the best answer is new dirt. its been 10 years since the last time

[clanton25fan]

Riddle when we got home we were not brown frown the dirt, we were all black from the tire rubber. 🤣🤣
I do agree for a big show they should have 2 maybe three support classes at the most. With 145 cars in the pits it took 47 mins 15 seconds to run hot laps. Joke @ to Late Model Mark with the exact time. 🤣🤣 Then you throw in the Hall of Fame ceremony it was going to be a long night. I was happy to get to see all the racing though. Even thought the track got rubbered up there was still some pretty good racing. We rolled in the door at 3:15 and we only live 45 mins away.

[LM1]

Less classes next year for this event please

[Late_Model_Mark]

Terry, no worries bud, you have passion and sometimes we post stuff.

I want to stress this one last time, as far as the track surface went, we were thrown a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckleball in how it turned out. It has been a very nice surface up until Sat night.

I knew during the night with the size and scope of this race that when it was snail slow in SLM time trials we may have an issue, sure and the s*&# wasn't from a lack of effort.

The entire staff at TST busted the tails during the evening, we try hard, most in attendance had a good time.

My hats off to Adam, that ole boy works his keyster off.


Late Model Mark
TST Announcer

[TerryM]

“Hoyt Wilhelm knuckleball”

Mark, I’m not only a dirt late model historian, I’m also a baseball historian. Can’t wait to meet you.

[B_K]

Just further proof you’re not a true Georgian.

The only recognized knuckleball here was thrown by Niekro.

[TerryM]

Never claimed to be a Georgian, but I’ll talk baseball with ya forever.

[B_K]

Funny story, one of my best friends to this day and basketball teammate in high school could shoot it very well, but his shot had absolutely no rotation. Our coach affectionately dubbed him Hoyt because “you shoot the ugliest knuckleball Bulls**t shot I’ve ever seen, but it goes in”. Me and one other guy were the only two that laughed initially because nobody else knew what in the hell he was talking about.

[dirt crow]

As a previous comment stated, this event has ran after midnight the past few years. Less classes should be looked at for next year. Especially after SAS stated on Facebook this was one of there “crown jewel” events every year. Well we all know Crown Jewels run less classes. It should also be looked at at running this event a week earlier next season. Running against a 6k and 50k in Wisconsin makes better sense than running against a 10k and 50k In Kentucky. I know 45 was present but still.

[fastford]

BJ parker loved ALL the classes , being as this race is run in his honor , I say leave it alone....JMO.....

[Barbecueboy]

BJ parker loved ALL the classes , being as this race is run in his honor , I say leave it alone....JMO.....
Love that idea…….especially since the race is honoring him.