Georgia-Florida Speedweeks
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks Almanac (Feb. 5)
By Todd Turner
DirtonDirt managing editor
Thursday's race: Fifth of 30 originally scheduled Super Late Model events from Jan. 22-March 7.
Venue: Screven Motor Speedway in Sylvania, Ga.
Race details: The first of three Winter Freeze events on Ray Cook's Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series pays $5,000-to-win.
Weather forecast: Cloudy during day with intermittent drizzle this morning (30 percent chance of precipitation. High 42F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, a few clouds (8 percent chance of precipitation). Low 28F. Winds light and variable.
Who's Hot: Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., last week’s Hunt the Front Super Dirt Series winner at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, Ga., who lists Screven among his favorite tracks.
Who's Not: Kyle Bronson of Brandon, Fla., who has a single top-five finish since September.
DirtonDirt prediction: Brandon Overton captures the opener for his first back-to-back victories since March 2024 — Todd Turner
Around the Pits: Screven has completed Winter Freeze events all but three seasons (2014, '18 and ‘21) going back to 2012. … Brandon Overton and Shane Clanton are tied atop the list of winningest Winter Freeze drivers with four victories apiece. … Three drivers have won two Winter Freeze races: Ross Bailes, Rick Eckert and Josh Richards.
Up next: Friday's $10,000-to-win Southern All Star event at Screven.
Next week: Volusia’s DIRTcar Nationals on Feb. 9-14 includes three nights of DIRTcar action and three nights of World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition.
This Date in Dirt Late Model History: On Feb. 5, 2002, Don O’Neal leads all 75 laps to win the second feature during a record-setting four-victory week at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. He led 188 of 225 feature laps during the week's Renegade DirtCar Racing Series competition with nearly 90 cars in action.
Speedweeks trivia: Which driver, in the 1990s at East Bay Raceway Park, made an event-record rally (27th-to-first) to win during the track’s Winternationals as the seventh of seven leaders in a 100-lapper? (Answer in Friday's almanac; Jan. 30's answer of Speedweeks-winning brother combos: Joey and Tony Izzo; Keith and Ken Nosbisch; Brandon and Cody Overton)
Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series point standings
(Final 2025 standings)
1. Billy Franklin, Calera, Ala. (3,304)
2. Ronnie Johnson, Chattanooga, Tenn. (3,220)
3. Kendall Franklin, Calera, Ala. (3,196)
4. Michael Luna, Sparta, Tenn. (3,050)
5. Dillon Tidmore, Gadsden, Ala. (2,205)
6. Josh Henry, Newport, Tenn. (2,127)
7. Joe Denby, Tullahoma, Tenn. (1,912)
8. Will Hicks, Cleveland, Tenn. (1,696)
9. Jordon Horton, Sneedville, Tenn. (1,657)
10. David Payne, Murphy, N.C. (1,428)
Georgia-Florida Speedweeks schedule/results
January
Date, sanction, track, location, winning purse (winner)
Jan. 22, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $12,000 (Chris Madden)
Jan. 23, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $12,000 (Hudson O’Neal)
Jan. 24, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $20,000 (Tim McCreadie)
Jan. 30, Hunt the Front, Needmore Speedway, Norman Park, Ga., $10,000 (Brandon Overton)
Jan. 31, Hunt the Front, Needmore Speedway, Norman Park, Ga., $10,000 (cancelled)
February
Feb. 2, Hunt the Front, Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway, $10,000 (cancelled)
Feb. 3, Hunt the Front, Swainsboro (Ga.) Raceway, $10,000 (cancelled)
Feb. 5, Southern All Stars, Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Ga., $5,000
Feb. 6, Southern All Stars, Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Ga., $10,000
Feb. 7, Southern All Stars, Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Ga., $25,000
Feb. 9, DIRTcar Supers, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $7,000
Feb. 10, DIRTcar Supers, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $7,000
Feb. 11, DIRTcar Supers, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $5,000 (semifeature)
Feb. 11, DIRTcar Supers, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $5,000 (semifeature)
Feb. 11, DIRTcar Supers, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $5,000 (semifeature)
Feb. 12, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $12,000
Feb. 13, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $12,000
Feb. 14, WoO, Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Fla., $20,000
Feb. 19, Lucas Oil, All-Tech Raceway, Ellisville, Fla., $10,000
Feb. 20, Lucas Oil, All-Tech Raceway, Ellisville, Fla., $12,000
Feb. 20, WoO, Hendry County Motorsports Park, Clewiston, Fla., $12,000
Feb. 21, Lucas Oil, All-Tech Raceway, Ellisville, Fla., $15,000
Feb. 21, WoO, Hendry County Motorsports Park, Clewiston, Fla., $20,000
Feb. 24, Lucas Oil, Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, $7,000
Feb. 25, Lucas Oil, Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, $7,000
Feb. 26, Lucas Oil, Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, $10,000
Feb. 27, Lucas Oil, Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, $12,000
Feb. 28, Lucas Oil, Ocala (Fla.) Speedway, $25,000
March
March 4, Lucas Oil, Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Ga., $7,000
March 5, Lucas Oil, Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Ga., $10,000
March 6, Lucas Oil, Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Ga., $12,000
March 7, Lucas Oil, Golden Isles Speedway, Brunswick, Ga., $25,000
