Sunoco Super Series veteran driver Jim Crabtree Jr. was the highest finishing Sunoco Super Series driver with his 11th place finish in his first ever race at the historic half mile Fairgrounds Speedway. Crabtree’s 5th place qualifying effort was also the highest among the seven Sunoco Super Series drivers attempting to qualify for the event. In all, the event attracted 42 cars total with 38 attempting to qualify.

"We had a good qualifying run, but we missed the race setup," remarked Crabtree. "We had plenty of motor to compete with the Southern All Star cars, my car just got real loose and became very hard to drive. I really like this racetrack, I’m looking forward to coming back here in October, we’ll be a lot better with what we learned today!"

Sunoco Super Series rookie Billy Barton finished 12th and on the lead lap, following up his great 5th place finish in the Sunoco Super Series season opener at Anderson Speedway. Joey Miller, who is scheduled to make his first 2003 Sunoco Super Series start next Saturday at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, finished 17th, one lap down. Former Sunoco Super Series Champion Scott Hantz finished 21st with ignition problems. Robert Ohlman finished 24th after a spin and making contact with the front-stretch wall which ended his night on lap 118. JR Roahrig, the only Sunoco Super Series driver who had raced previously at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, finished 24th after a broken rear end sidelined his car. Scottish series driver John Dalziel had his debut at Fairgrounds Speedway end on lap 39 after an incident with another car caused heavy damage to the right front suspension of his car.

All 38 qualifiers started the race, which included a roster of the best late models drivers in the south including second place finisher Dennis Schoenfeld, the only car to complete all 150 laps with out a pit stop. 17-year-old ASA Racing Series rookie sensation Reed Sorenson finished third after leading 50 laps early in the event. 2002 NASCAR All-Pro Series Rookie Of The Year Jason Hogan finished 5th after starting the race from the 38th position. Hogan had been the events fast qualifier, but was placed on the tail of the starting field after his qualifying attempt was disallowed after he failed post-qualifying inspection. Scott Carlson, the events fast qualifier after Hogan’s problems, rounded out the top five. More information on the event can be found at www.southern-allstars.com.