NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

March 28, 2016

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 1 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS, Newell Didone Jr. of Kentwood, LA, and Stephen Joyce Jr. of Dayton, TX were the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 1 winners, and share the lead of the National point standings.  Three of the five Week 1 races were run with two tracks raining out.

Geddie drove the Geddie Tree Service Chevrolet to a 40-point win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS to open the 2016 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season.  Didone was the winner on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway (formerly known as St. Tammany Raceway) driving the Didone Racing Chevrolet.

Bronco Raceway Park in Cleveland, TX ran its first-ever NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division sanctioned race on Saturday night, and Joyce will go into the record books as the first NeSmith Street Stock winner at the Southeast Texas track in the Joyce Racing Chevrolet.

Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS, David Brown of Kentwood, LA, and Adam Bartels of Cleveland, TX are in a three-way battle for the fourth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 39 points apiece.  Jarrell finished second at Hattiesburg Speedway, Brown took the second spot at LA 36 Speedway, and Bartels was third at Bronco Raceway Park.

There is a three-way tie for the seventh spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings at 38 points among the third-place finisher on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway, Joseph Richbourg of Cantonment, FL, Blake Ewing of Lacombe, LA, who finished third at LA 36 Speedway on Saturday night, and Josh Chevalier of Cleveland, TX who took the third spot at Bronco Raceway Park on Saturday night.

Dustin Ladner of Gulfport, MS rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 37 points.  Ladner drove the Ladner Racing Chevrolet to a fourth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Saturday night NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 1 races scheduled for Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, GA and Southern Raceway in Milton, FL were rained out.

For more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.  Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.  You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 3/26/16:

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 1 RESULTS:
March 25:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 37 Jay Geddie
2. 20 Jason Jarrell
3. 15 Joseph Richbourg
4. 01 Dustin Ladner
5. 10 Anthony Kates
6. 67 Roman Davis

March 26:

LA 36 SPEEDWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 17 Newell Didone Jr.
2. 4 David Brown
3. 0 Blake Ewing
4. 1 Kenneth Myers DNS

BRONCO RACEWAY PARK – CLEVELAND, TX:
1. 6 Stephen Joyce Jr.
2. 44 Adam Bartels
3. 55 Josh Chevalier

NEEDMORE SPEEDWAY – NORMAN PARK, GA:
Rained Out

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
Rained Out

NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.  NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation’s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Dealer six years running, with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast.  Chevrolet Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. 

-30-