Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

July 17, 2015

NIPPER FINDS THE CHEVY SUPER SERIES TO HIS LIKING AFTER PENTON WIN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                PENTON, AL – Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA made his maiden voyage with the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series a successful one by driving the Scotty’s Muffler Rocket to victory on Friday night at Penton Raceway.  Nipper took the lead from his outside front row starting spot at the start of the race and never looked back, leading all 40 laps.

                Nipper found the Chevy Super Series to his liking both from a performance and an economical standpoint.  Nipper has found that with the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series, it is possible for a driver to spend less and earn more.

“I really like the engines in this series with the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series and our Chevrolet Performance CT 525 Engine gave us good power,” Nipper said.  “I’ve been running Limited Late Models for the past few seasons, and we’ve wanted to try this series for a long time.  This series is a lot easier on the wallet and we’ll be running the Chevy Super Series a lot more.”

Tyler Crowder of Lamont, FL finished second in the Crowder Excavating Special after earning the pole position for the race by setting fast time among the 34 entrants with a lap in 14.294 seconds.  Chad Wallace of LaGrange, GA was third in the Wallace Racing GRT, and Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL took the fourth spot in the Edge’s Gas Company Special.

Adam Martin of Talladega, AL drove the Seals Insurance Special to a fifth-place finish and was the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Race.  Ricky Culpepper of Hamilton, GA was sixth in the H&M Auto Care Rocket and defending Chevy Super Series National Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN finished seventh.

Jake Knowles of Rome, GA took the eighth spot in the Coosa Heating and Air Rocket and Mario Gresham of Rome, GA finished ninth in the Gresham Race Parts Special.  Matt Dooley of Brooks, GA rounded out the Top 10 in the Scott’s Auto Machine Special.

After Friday night’s race, Crowder and Johnson share the Chevy Super Series point lead with 442 points.  Martin is third in the National standings and leads the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year points.  Tim Busha of Boaz, AL, who was the point leader coming into the race, dropped out early and finished 18th in the Kilpatrick Racing GRT.  Gresham is fifth with 424 points.

Nipper, Wallace, Edge and Martin all qualified as Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega Drivers, and will be eligible to win $10,000 in the Chevy Super Series season finale, the 6th Annual Dega 100 on October 3 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.  Nipper, Wallace, Edge and Martin join Crowder, Johnson, Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS and Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS as the first eight of 16 Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega drivers.

The Dega 100 for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series pays $6,000-to-win.  If a Road To Dega driver can win the race, Hoosier Race Tire will pay him a $4,000 Bonus for a $10,000 payday.  If a Road To Dega driver fails to win the Dega 100, Hoosier Race Tire will pay the highest finishing Road To Dega driver a $1,000 Bonus.  The next Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega Qualifying Race will be on August 15 at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 5 AT PENTON RACEWAY IN PENTON, AL ON 7/17/15:

POS        STRT     CAR #    DRIVER                               HOMETOWN                     LAPS     $ WON 
1.             2              1n           Jordy Nipper (D)                Gray, GA                              40           $2,000
2.             1              47c         Tyler Crowder (D)             Lamont, FL                         40           $1,000
3.             3              34           Chad Wallace (D)               LaGrange, GA                    40           $700
4.             4              18           Chase Edge (D)                   LaFayette, AL                     40           $550
5.             6              47a         Adam Martin (R)                Talladega, AL                     40           $500
6.             5              20           Ricky Culpepper                Hamilton, GA                      40           $425
7.             11           5              Ronnie Johnson (D)           Chattanooga, TN                40           $375
8.             12           66           Jake Knowles                      Rome, GA                             40           $350
9.             10           21           Mario Gresham                  Rome, GA                             40           $325
10.          17           18           Matt Dooley (R)                  Brooks, GA                          40           $300
11.          15           95           Brandon Williams (R)      Crossville, TN                     40           $275
12.          18           10           Matthew Turner                 Dawsonville, GA                 40           $250
13.          7              47r         Ross Martin                         Talladega, AL                     40           $225
14.          16           101         Forrest Trent                      Talbott, TN                          40           $200
15.          19           11           Lavon Sparks                      Phenix City, AL                  40           $175
16.          20           J8           Jadon Frame                       Winchester, TN                   40           $150
17.          23           25           Matt Larson                        Marietta, GA                       40           $140
18.          8              15           Tim Busha                           Boaz, AL                              30           $125
19.          21           23           Trevor Thompson (R)       Dallas, GA                            26           $125
20.          13           72           Frank Wilson                      Milton, FL                            23           $125
21.          9              55           Ryan King (R)                     Anniston, AL                       12           $125
22.          14           16           Tony Kemp                          Carrollton, GA                   12           $125
23.          22           105         Taylor Mitcham                 LaFayette, AL                     11           $125
24.          24           11x         Brian Sims                           Hope IN                                5              $125

ENTRIES:  34
FAST QUALIFIER:  Crowder, 14.294 Seconds
PROVISIONALS:  None
LEAD CHANGES:  None
LAP LEADERS:  Nipper, 1-40
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: A. Martin
GRESHAM RACE PARTS FIFTH-PLACE AWARD: A. Martin
CRATEINSIDER.COM SIXTH-PLACE AWARD: Culpepper
BEYEA HEADERS SEVENTH-PLACE AWARD:  Johnson
SCHAEFER’S OIL (presented by Chad Wallace) EIGHTH-PLACE AWARD:  Knowles
SCHOENFELD HEADERS NINTH-PLACE AWARD:  Gresham
IMAGE SCREEN PRINTING NINTH-PLACE AWARD:  Gresham
AR BODIES TENTH-PLACE AWARD: Dooley
CAUTIONS:  7
MARGIN OF VICTORY:  1.936 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 43 Minutes, and 06.409 Seconds
NEXT EVENT:  Senoia Raceway, Senoia, GA, July 18
QUALIFYING (Top 12 Transfer To Main Event):

B-MAINS (10 Laps – Top 5 Transfer To Main Event)

                1ST B-MAIN:  1. Wilson; 2. Williams (R); 3. Dooley (R); 4. Sparks; 5. Tr. Thompson (R); 6. Larson; 7. To. Thompson; 8. Dodgen.

                2ND B-MAIN:  1. Kemp; 2. Trent; 3. Turner; 4. Frame; 5. Mitcham; 6. Sims; 7. Clifton.

R – Denotes Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year Candidate

D- Denotes Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega Driver

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Sunoco Race Fuel is the Official Race Fuel of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Panama City Cycles is the Official ATV Provider of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Schaeffer’s Oil Presented By Chad Wallace is the Official Oil of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  AR Bodies is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2015 are CrateInsider.Com, Gresham Racing Parts, Beyea Headers, Image Screen Printing, and Schoenfeld Headers.

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Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

July 18, 2015

SMITH SAILS TO SENOIA CHEVY SUPER SERIES WIN

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                SENOIA, GA – Earlier in the day, Jeff Smith of Dalton, GA was looking for reasons not to go the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series race on Saturday night at Senoia Raceway, but by the end of the night, he had 3,000 reasons, as in dollars, he was glad he made the trip.  Smith waited out the rain, led all 50 laps of the race, and went home with a smile.

                “We were thrashing at the shop trying to get the car ready to run both races this weekend, and we didn’t get done for Penton last night, so we got up this morning and I wasn’t too enthused about coming here,” Smith said.  “But as the day went on, we got more and more done on the car, and I said let’s load it up and head for Senoia.  I think that’s the best decision I’ve made in a long time!”

                Smith set second fast time and started the race from the outside front row.  Smith put his Josh Roberts Hauling Warrior into the lead coming off the second turn on the first lap, and led all 50 to the checkered flag.  Defending Chevy Super Series National Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN challenged Smith on a couple of restarts, so Smith did have some work to do.

                “I was well aware Ronnie Johnson was there on those restarts, and if there is one thing Ronnie has taught me through the years, it’s that in this type of racing, you had better not try to take it easy because he’s not going to when he’s trying to beat you, “ Smith said.  “He was definitely trying to beat me on those restarts, and there was no way I was going to take it easy!”

                Johnson finished second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Special, and Tyler Crowder of Lamont, FL took the third spot in the Crowder Excavating Special.  Johnson and Crowder came into the race tied for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series point lead, and Johnson left Senoia Raceway with a two-point advantage over Crowder in the battle for the $10,000 National Championship.

                Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA finished fourth in the Hedman Hedders Special and Oliver Gentry of Newnan, GA was fifth in the Gentry’s Used Auto Parts Rocket.  Chad Wallace of LaGrange, GA took the sixth spot in the Wallace Racing GRT and Lavon Sparks of Phenix City, AL drove the Modern Images GRT to a seventh-place finish.

                Ross Martin of Talladega, AL was eighth in the Dorsett Trucking Special and Jake Knowles of Rome, GA took the ninth spot in the Coosa Heating and Cooling Rocket.  Forrest Trent of Talbott, TN rounded out the Top 10 in the Service 101 Rocket. 

Tony Thompson of Ohatchee, AL started 24th and finished 11th to earn the Hard Charger of the Race Award driving the East Alabama Portables Special and Adam Martin of Talladega, AL finished 12th in the Seals Insurance Special and was the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Race Award winner.

In preliminary action, Johnson out-timed the 24-car field with a lap around Senoia Raceway in 14.406 seconds to earn the pole position for the 50-lap main event.  The two ten-lap B-Main Races were won by Jadon Frame of Winchester, TN in the Poultry Electric/Pro Hardware Special and Clint Smith of Senoia, GA in the American Pie Pizzeria Rocket.

At the drop of the green flag after a 30 minute rain delay, Johnson and Jeff Smith raced side-by-side into turn one, but on the exit of turn two, Smith had the lead followed by Johnson, Crowder, Gentry and Sparks.  Hunter Peacock of Dublin, GA in the Wynn Land Development Special raced into the top five by lap three.

The field raced clean and green until lap 20 when Trevor Thomson of Dallas, GA stalled the Peach State Printing Rocket on the front straightaway.  Smith led the field with Johnson, Crowder, Peacock, Gentry, Sparks, Wallace, Adam Martin, Turner and Clint Smith doubled up behind him for the “Dixie-Style” double-file restart.

Johnson looked to the inside of Smith in turn one when the field went back to green flag action and pulled along aide in turn two.  Smith got hooked up coming off the second turn to remain the leader.  The second caution flag came out on lap 28 when Knowles cut down a right-rear tire on the front straightaway. 

When the field went back to green flag racing, Clint Smith got busy on the high side of the track and came from the eighth spot to challenge Sparks for sixth.  They got together coming off the fourth turn and the big one was on down the front straightaway.  The wreck also collected Frame, Matt Dooley of Brooks, GA in the Scott’s Auto Machine Special, and Matt Larson of Marietta, GA in the Larson Construction GRT.

Mario Gresham of Rome, GA was also involved in the wreck, but restarted his Gresham Race Parts Special in the ninth spot.  After the field went back to green, Gresham’s car did a hard right down the backstretch on lap 31 and hit the wall getting the car up on its side. 

The car came back down on all four wheels, but darted to the right once again in turn three getting up on the wall and on its side.  The once again landed on all four wheels, came to a stop and Gresham climbed out O.K.  The restart saw Smith leading with Johnson, Crowder, Gentry, Peacock, Turner, Wallace, Sparks, Ross Martin and Trent behind him single file.

The top five shuffled up on lap 33 when Gentry jumped the cushion in turn two and lost two spots, as Peacock and Turner moved up to take over the fourth and fifth spots respectively.  Turner was able to get by Peacock for the fourth spot just before the final caution flag of the race came out on lap 46 when Adam Martin spun in turn three.

During the caution period, Peacock rammed Turner, and Chevy Super Series officials parked Peacock for the rest of the race.  The five-lap dash to the finish saw Smith leading Johnson, Crowder, Turner, Gentry, Wallace, Sparks, Ross Martin, Trent and Knowles.

The next two races for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series will be a pair of East Tennessee 50-lap $3,000-to-win events at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN on August 14, and at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN on August 15.  The 411 Motor Speedway race will also be a Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega Qualifying Race.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT SENOIA RACEWAY IN SENOIA, GA ON 7/18/15:

POS        STRT     CAR #    DRIVER                               HOMETOWN                     LAPS     $ WON 
1.             2              85           Jeff Smith                            Dalton, GA                           50           $3,000
2.             1              5              Ronnie Johnson                  Chattanooga, TN                50           $1,500
3.             6              47c         Tyler Crowder                    Lamont, FL                         50           $1,000
4.             9              10           Matthew Turner                 Dawsonville, GA                 50           $850
5.             3              03           Oliver Gentry                     Newman, GA                       50           $750
6.             8              34           Chad Wallace                     LaGrange, GA                    50           $700
7.             5              11           Lavon Sparks                      Phenix City, AL                  50           $650
8.             14           47r         Ross Martin                         Talladega,  AL                    50           $600
9.             13           66           Jake Knowles                      Rome, GA                             50           $550
10.          19           101         Forrest Trent                      Talbott, TN                          50           $500
11.          24           58           Tony Thompson                 Ohatchee, AL                      47           $475
12.          4              47a         Adam Martin (R)                Talladega, AL                     44           $450
13.          7              12           Hunter Peacock                  Dublin, GA                           44           $425
14.          18           21           Mario Gresham (R)           Rome, GA                             30           $400
15.          11           J8           Jadon Frame                       Winchester, TN                   29           $375
16.          16           25           Matt Larson                        Marietta, GA                       29           $350
17.          17           18           Matt Dooley (R)                  Brooks, GA                          29           $325
18.          12           44           Clint Smith                           Senoia, GA                           29           $300
19.          10           95           Brandon Williams (R)      Crossville, TN                     19           $300
20.          23           23           Trevor Thompson (R)       Dallas, GA                            18           $300
21.          17           1n           Jordy Nipper                       Gray, GA                              10           $300
22.          21           5x           Tim Busha                           Boaz, AL                              10           $300
23.          22           72           Frank Wilson                      Milton, FL                            9              $300
24.          20           16           Tony Kemp                          Carrollton, GA                   8              $300

ENTRIES:  27
FAST QUALIFIER:  Johnson, 14.406 Seconds
PROVISIONALS:  Trevor Thompson and Tony Thompson
LEAD CHANGES:  None
LAPS LED:  J. Smith, 1-50
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: A. Martin
GRESHAM RACE PARTS FIFTH-PLACE AWARD: Gentry
CRATEINSIDER.COM SIXTH-PLACE AWARD: Wallace
BEYEA HEADERS SEVENTH-PLACE AWARD:  Sparks
SCHAEFER’S OIL (presented by Chad Wallace) EIGHTH-PLACE AWARD:  R. Martin
IMAGE SCREEN PRINTING NINTH-PLACE AWARD:  Knowles
AR BODIES TENTH-PLACE AWARD: Trent
SCHOENFELD HEADERS TENTH-PLACE AWARD:  Trent
CAUTIONS:  4
NEXT EVENT:  I-75 Raceway, Sweetwater, TN, August 14
QUALIFYING (Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):

B-MAINS (10 Laps – Top 6 Transfer To Main Event)

                1ST B-MAIN:  1. Frame; 2. Knowles; 3. Nipper; 4. Dooley (R); 5. Trent; 6. Busha; 7. Kilgore; 8. Tr. Thompson (R) 9. Page.

                2ND B-MAIN:  1. C. Smith; 2. R. Martin; 3. Larson; 4. Gresham (R); 5. Kemp; 6. Wilson; 7. To. Thompson; 8. Bloodworth.

CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 7/18/15:

1. 5 Ronnie Johnson (D) – 538
2. 47c Tyler Crowder (D) – 536
3. 47a Adam Martin (R/D) – 512
4. Mario Gresham (R) – 496
5. 15 Tim Busha – 482
6. 66 Jake Knowles – 464
7. 95 Brandon Williams (R) – 446
8. J8 Jadon Frame – 432
9. 47r Ross Martin – 414
10. 23 Trevor Thompson (R) – 376
11. 58 Tony Thompson (R) – 374
12. 55 Ryan King (R) – 364
13. 72 Frank Wilson – 288
14. 11 Lavon Sparks – 280
15. 18 Matt Dooley (R) – 260
16. 85 Jeff Smith – 250
17. 101 Forrest Trent – 220
18. 99g Jacob Grizzle – 216
19. 24 Barry Goodman – 190
20. J1 Josh Johnson (R) - 188

R – Denotes Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year Candidate

D – Denotes Hoosier Race Tire Road To Dega Driver

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Sunoco Race Fuel is the Official Race Fuel of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Panama City Cycles is the Official ATV Provider of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Schaeffer’s Oil Presented By Chad Wallace is the Official Oil of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  AR Bodies is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2015 are CrateInsider.Com, Gresham Racing Parts, Beyea Headers, Image Screen Printing, and Schoenfeld Headers.

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