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

April 8, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 8

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – A familiar name is on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings after Week 2 competition.  A second-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS has put three-time series champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS at the top of the standings with 98 points.

                Just six points separate the top five drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings.  Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the with 97 points after a fourth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT.

                Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 96 points after finishing fifth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Sparks Motorsports/J. Dunning Sandblasting and Paint Special.  Arnold and Trosclair were tied for the point lead going into Week 2 competition.

                Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS picked up the win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Villa South Trak-Star.  The victory moved Scarbrough up to the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 95 points.  Robert Casada of Hattiesburg, MS is fifth with 92 points.

                Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS took a 40-point win on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA driving the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star and is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 89 points.  Derrick Mackmer is seventh with 87 points, and Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS is eighth with 84 points driving the Quick Lane Tune and Auto Center Special.

                Tommy Nichols and Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS in the Bert Sullivan Warrior are tied for the tenth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 83 points apiece.

                Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL was a busy driver on Saturday night, as he topped a 32-car field for the win at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the High Roller Race Cars Special.  At the completion of that race, McRee loaded up and headed south to Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

                McRee arrived at Whynot Motorsports Park in time to tag the tail of the 25-car field, and rallied to finish third in the 25-lap main event that was won by Randy Boyd of Marion, MS in the Coca-Cola Trak-Star.

                In Friday night NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 2 action, Chandler Petty of Beebe, AR took the win in the season opener at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR driving the Petty Racing Rocket.  Friday night action at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS was rained out.

                In Saturday night NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series action, Jeff Mathews of Valrico, FL drove the CURS Warrior to victory in the season opener at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, FL.  Ricky Waggoner of Martin, TN took the win at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN driving the Taylormade Performance Special.

                Third-generation driver Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, AL was the winner in the 40th Anniversary season opener at East Alabama Motor Speedway in the Dublin Tire Company Special.  Scott Brantley of Monroeville, AL drove the Airport Sports Center Special to victory at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL.  Brian Ponder of Talladega, AL was the winner at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the BP Racing Special.

                NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 2 victories by Scarbrough, Lee and Boyd has put Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL on of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with three wins.

                Defending and four-time champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is tied for the second spot in the Chassis Manufacturers point standings with Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV and Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN, all with one win apiece. In Week 2 competition,  Petty posted a win for Rocket, and Mathews picked a win for Warrior.

                Stinger Race Cars built by J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment of Rockford, TN, TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN, and CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN are also participating in the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge, and are looking for their first wins of the season.

                After just two weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 148 different drivers have earned points.  The complete NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS point standings are posted on the NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

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NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/6/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 2 RESULTS:

April 5:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 33 Sid Scarbrough
2. C11 Cliff Williams
3. 8p Mike Palasini Jr.
4. 747 Michael Arnold
5. 521 Mickey Trosclair
6. K9 Robert Casada
7. 110 Brent Barrett
8. G33 Greg Dedwylder
9. 221 Lucky Keeton
10. S16 Ashley Stockstill
11. 8 Owen Stockstill
12. 41 Al Kouhout
13. J8 Bobby Jordan
14. 115 Derrick Mackmer
15. 22 David Weems
16. J88 Jered Smith
17. 47 Shannon Lee
18. 69 Tony Lawson
19. 34 Doug Sanchagrin DNS
20. MRX Kash Wilson DNS

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
1. 47 Chandler Petty
2. 66 Robby Moore
3. 77 Gavin Landers
4. 18 Roger Witt
5. 1 Joey Smith
6. 23 Travis Ashley
7. 5x Randall Griffin
8. 44g Jim Gulley
9. 4a Mike Atchison

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
Rained Out

April 6:

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 00 Justin McRee
2. 1s Jeremy Shaw
3. 73 Evan Ellis
4. 2s Kyle Shaw
5. 35 Tony Gray
6. 27 Hunter Carroll
7. 7 Todd Gray
8. 6 T.K. King
9. 110 Brent Barrett
10. 1 Johnny Stokes
11. 38 Chase Washington
12. 91 Billy Tedford
13. F5 Lamar Furr
14. 19 Marcus Minga
15. 1m Johnny Smith
16. 3 Shay Knight
17. J8 Bobby Jordan
18. 24 Mark Tice
19. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
20. 11 Jeff Holloway
21. R3 Ryan Rigdon
22. 15 Heath Minor
23. 7 Eric Carr
24. 1L Caleb Myers
25. 84 Randall Beckwith DNS
26. 14 Chance Inman DNS
27. 7p Eric Pollan DNS
28. 42 T.J. Garrett DNS
29. 11 Matt Bollinger DNS
30. 99 Brad Tomlinson DNS
31. 6 Shane Tilley DNS
32. 7 Jon Biles DNS
33. 96 Trey Rickman DNS

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 118 Randy Boyd
2. 221 Lucky Keeton
3. 00 Justin McRee
4. 747 Michael Arnold
5. 4w Wiley Williams
6. 27 Larry Murphy
7. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
8. C11 Cliff Williams
9. 01 Nick Thrash
10. 75p Phillip Stanley
11. 2 Tyler Burgess
12. C20 Cliff Ross
13. 48 Tody Ratcliff
14. 000 Rick Hasselle
15. 28j Joey Hiatt
16. 711 Tommy Nichols
17. 9 Mike Haralson
18. 73 Larry Havens
19. 232 Jamey Boland
20. 2s Allen Sanders
21. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
22. 77 Carl Wilson
23. G33 Greg Dedwylder
24. 11 Tim Dees
25. 760 Jim McDuffie

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 00 Ricky Waggoner
2. 10 Ronnie Cooper
3. C21 Rex Berry
4. 18 Tait Davenport
5. 8 Chris Tays
6. 94 T.J. Hays
7. 62 Zach Jenkins
8. 311 Henry Pullen
9. 97 Craig Lindsey
10. 00g Ben Garner
11. 4 Blake Brooker
12. 6 Jimmy Halford
13. 12 Jeff Glisson
14. C1 Dakota Berry DNS

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 29 Brian Ponder
2. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
3. 19 Josh Adkins
4. F97 Red Farmer
5. F22 Carlton Freeman
6. X Ivan Meeks
7. 5 Mike Combs
8. 30 Karl Parks
9. X Dalton Cook
10. X Justin McGatha
11. 57 Maddox Mullinax
12. X Thomas Grau
13. 16 Ken Pate
14. X Darrell Mackey
15. 19 Brady Burns
16. X Josh Watson
17. 19g Gathan Burns
18. 17 Adam Gauldin

BUBBA RACEWAY PARK – OCALA, FL:
1. 33 Jeff Mathews
2. 11 Austin Kirkpatrick
3. B69 Bryan Bernhardt
4. 17ss Shan Smith
5. 14 Bubba Clem
6. 311 Kenny Monahan
7. 33 Carter Stokes
8. 7 Billy Holmes
9. 54 Dalton Myers
10. 21 Josh Peacock

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 22 Jimmy Thomas
2. 55 Montana Dudley
3. 27 Larry Harrod
4. 5 Rodgerick Dykes
5. 14 Pat Wall
6. 18 Cord Dodgen
7. 34 Chad Wallace
8. K9 Dana Eiland
9. 44 Scott Prins
10. 66k Scott Knowles

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 47 Shannon Lee
2. 8 Owen Stockstill
3. 115 Derrick Mackmer
4. 521 Mickey Trosclair
5. 22 Noah Daspit
6. 20 William Alsobrooks

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 02 Stephen Brantley
2. 1 Kevin Maher
3. 2 Randy Polk
4. 3 David Smith
5. 17 Stevie Blanchette Jr.
6. 54 Kyle Bryant
7. 47 James Gilmore
8. 34 Lee Mason
9. 72 Frank Wilson
10. 64 Ricky Gilmore
11. 00m Monte Skinner
12. 2 Jason Sims
13. 1kp Kenny Parker

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