09/09/2025
Good evening racers! We are less than 3 months away from the 3rd Annual SJD SOUTHERN NATIONALS hosted by Thunderbird RC Speedway in Palestine Texas. Bellow you will find details regarding this event. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us via PM. We hope everyone is excited to carry on the memory of Silky Johnson through this East Texas Shootout!
CLASSES
𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 - 𝐌𝐔𝐃𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐒 - 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐒 - 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 - 𝐒𝐂 𝐌𝐎𝐃 - 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐃 - 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐋 -𝟏𝟎.𝟓 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓 - 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐖 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓
SCHEDULE AND START TIMES
𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍- 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 (11-14-2025)(𝐏𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐏 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄)
𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 – 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎
SATURDAY (11-15-2025)
𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐔𝐏𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 – 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎
𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒/𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐔𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 – 𝟐:𝟑𝟎
𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 – 𝟑:𝟎𝟎
QUALIFYING FORMAT
𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒, 𝟔 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀, 𝐁𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝟐 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒. 𝟖 𝐂𝐀𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒.
CLASS RULES
𝐖𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 LONE STAR DIRT OVAL SERIES RULES. (𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒) Each class has its own set of rules, please read over them and make sure your cars will be legal for the event. We will have a designated area for pre race/post race tech. Please make sure you come through tech before your race or your time for that round will be tossed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Your race director for this event is Jay Black. We appreciate Jay for accepting this role, he knows how to run a fast and smooth race program! If you have any issues on track or disagreements with the program during the event please DO NOT go to Jay. Come find Robert Chapman, Victor Cerda or Kevin Lenderman so we can handle the issue.
Entry fees will be $25, $20, $15. Each racer will be given an event souvenir. We will have raffle tickets for sale, raffle items will be posted as we get closer to the event. For awards we are doing TQ and Top 3 in each class. Amanda will be trackside providing our racers with food and beverages.
Please be sure to share this. We are committed to making this event as memorable and epic as possible. We ask that everyone reminds themselves why we are here, to honor and remember our late great friend Silky Johnson! We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday November 15th.
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