The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series announced that the Thursday night preliminary race for The Winter Freeze has been rained out.

In a post to Facebook, the series shared, “Due to unexpected rain and mist throughout the day, coupled with a temperature in the 30s, tonight’s $5,000 to win Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series presented by Showtime Properties season opener at Screven Motor Sports Complex has been rained-out and will not be rescheduled.”

However, they are optimistic that Friday and Saturday night will go ahead, “The weather looks much better for the rest of the weekend!”

Given the rain out, the series has changed the schedule for its Friday night program. The SEHA Hornets and SCDRA 4-Cylinders will engage in preliminary action in the morning and early afternoon. The SEHA Hornets were originally supposed to compete in hot lap qualifying and heat races tonight along with a top 6 qualifier shootout or dash.

You can see the updated schedule for Friday below:

The Southern All Star Dirt Racing Series had confirmed around 20 drivers for the weekend ahead of last night’s practice cancellation and tonight’s rain out. They included:

• Tucker Anderson
• Brandon Overton
• Payton Stevenson
• Kyle Bronson
• Garrett Smith
• Drake Troutman
• Terbo Tyler Erb
• Ryan Gustin
• Cody Overton
• Jamie Oliver
• Luke Morey
• Ross Bailes
• Brian Shirley
• Billy Franklin
• Payton Freeman
• Evan Harrell
• Jake Jackson
• Jason Riggs
• Michael Leach

However, Kyle Bronson and Jason Riggs announced they will no longer be competing in the event. Riggs shared on Facebook earlier today, “We have had a change of plans for our schedule. We sadly won’t be able to make it to Screven Motor Sports Complex this weekend for the Winter Freeze event. We will be back racing next week at Volusia Speedway Park! See you all then!”

Bronson and his team shared last night, “We are going to forego racing this weekend ,get alittle more preparation in for Volusia and beyond, as well as some family time before we hit the road for a month.”

“We do apologize to any one looking to see us race this weekend, plenty of racing coming up, and if you have the opportunity definitely check Screven out,” he added.