The Southern Thunder Super Dirt Series announced its 2026 schedule and it includes 15 races across the southeast.

The series will return to Senoia, Needmore, Penton Raceway, the Talladega Short Track, and Southern Raceway.

It adds a bevy of new tracks including Cochran Motor Speedway, Waycross, Big South Fork Raceway, Winder Barrow Speedway, Modoc Raceway, North Alabama Speedway, and Thunderhill Raceway Park.

The series will kick off in the middle of April at Cochran Motor Speedway before heading to Senoia in May. May is the series’ busiest month with three races including the one at Senoia. They’ll also race at Waycross and Needmore in the middle of the month. The series will have at least one race every single month from April to November with most months have two races.

There is one big question mark in August as they are planning to race on August 7th and 8th, but the track is currently listed as To Be Determined.

Every race will compete for at least $5,000 to-win with a number of the races such as the opener at Cochrane and the finale at Southern Raceway having $10,000 up for the winner.

Here’s the official schedule as it was shared to Facebook.

• April 18 – Cochran (Ga.) Motor Speedway – $10,000
• May 9 – Senoia (Ga.) Raceway – $10,000
• May 15 – Waycross (Ga.) Motor Speedway – $5,000
• May 16 – Needmore Speedway (Norman Park, Ga.) – $7,500
• June 19 – Penton (Ala.) Raceway – $5,000
• June 20 – Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, Ala.) – $7,542
• July 3 – Big South Fork Raceway (Huntsville, Tenn.) – $10,000
• Aug 7 – TBD
• Aug 8 – TBD
• September 5 – Winder (Ga.) Barrow Speedway – $5,000
• September 19 – Modoc (S.C.) Raceway – $7,522
• October 9 – North Alabama Speedway (Tuscumbia, Ala.) – $5,000
• October 10 – Thunderhill Raceway Park (Summertown, Tenn.) – $10,000
• November 20 – Southern Raceway (Milton, Fla.) – $5,000
• November 21 – Southern Raceway (Milton, Fla.) – $10,000

It’s possible the series will add more events. It initially announced 22 races last year, but ended up having 23 on the schedule albeit there were a number of rain outs. They only completed 16.

Dalton Cook won the inaugural Southern Thunder Series Championship. He best Dillard Hatchett, Trey Mills, Zack Mitchell, and Cory Hedgecock who rounded out the top 5. Beckham Malone, Josh Putnam, Brent Larson, Joseph Joiner, and Jackson Hise completed the top 10.

The series had multiple different winners including Ben Watkins, Joseph Joiner, Camaron Marlar, Jordy Nipper, Mark Whitener, Trey Mills, Ashton Winger, Cory Hedgecock, Zack Mitchell, and Sam Seawright. Cory Hedgecock had the most wins with four at North Georgia Speedway, Senoia, the Talladega Short Track, and Smoky Mountain Speedway.

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