The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series today unveiled a 25-race schedule at 21 tracks in five states bookended by the tour’s richest 2026 races, the $25,000-to-win Winter Freeze in February at Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga., and the $30,000-to-win Blue-Gray 100 in October at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. | Schedule

Screven and Cherokee, along with North Georgia Speedway in Chatsworth, Ga., are the lone tracks with multiple events on Dirt Late Model racing’s longest-running series now operated by Ray Cook, who revealed the schedule at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, Ind.

Three first-time series tracks are on the slate with a $10,053-to-win event on March 20 at Little River Speedway in Modoc, S.C., a $4,000-to-win event April 10 at Hartwell (Ga.) Speedway and a $5,000-to-win event May 15 at Golden Mountain Speedway in Sparta, Tenn. Returning to the series for the first time in more than 40 years is Ponderosa Speedway in Junction City, Ky., part of an Aug. 28-29 Bluegrass State weekend that also takes the tour to Burnside’s Lake Cumberland Speedway for the $12,022-to-win Harold Hardgrove Memorial.

Other schedule highlights include’s Cherokee’s $20,053-to-win March Madness on March 21, the $10,018-to-win Scott Bloomquist Memorial Scorcher at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., on Sept. 17, and the Dixie Nationals at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga.

Five tracks hosting 2025 didn’t return to the schedule, including Anderson (S.C.) Motor Speedway, which hosted dirt-cars-on-asphalt events for two seasons. More dates may be added to the schedule, including a Sept. 5 on Labor Day weekend between scheduled visits to Lavonia (Ga.) Speedway and Tazewell (Tenn.) Speedway.

The series champion will receive $15,000 with an extra $14,000 added to the points fund. Billy Franklin of Calera, Ala., is the reigning champion.