What won the race: Polesitter Derek Ellis of Chatsworth, Ga., outran fourth-starting Michael Page of Douglasville, Ga., to emerge victorious in Saturday night's 40-lap Southern All Star Series feature at Talladega Short Track. Ellis took the checkered flag 1.291 seconds ahead of Page for a $4,000 payday in the track's NASCAR weekend finale.

Key notes: Ellis tangled with a slower car in turn two on lap 25 but was restored to the lead. ... Sixteen of the event's 24 starters finished on the lead lap. ... The Southern All Stars wrapped up the season. ... Jonathan Davenport drove Midwesterner Chad Stapleton's No. 32 to a fourth-place finish. ... Ohio's Devin Moran finished seventh driving a machine that his car owner, Tommy Pope, had at his own Alabama shop. ... Ninth-place finisher Jason Hiett won the NeSmith Crate Late Model feature, earning $2,500.

On the move: Austin Horton of Whitesburg, Ga., started 18th and finished 11th.

Winner's sponsors: Ellis drives a No. 99 Longhorn Chassis with a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsorship from Autozone, Base Racing Fuels, and Ellis Contracting.

Points chase: Third-place finisher Riley Hickman of Ooltewah, Tenn., wrapped up an unprecedented fourth series championship over top series rookie Brad Skinner.

Car count: 42

Fast qualifier: Riley Hickman

Time: 14.745 seconds

Consolation race winners: Jason Welshan, Dillon Tidmore, Ryan King, Terry Smith,