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

April 11, 2016

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 3 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS drove the Jarrell Rigged Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a 40-point win Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS.  That gives Jarrell 137 points and the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point lead after Week 3 competition.

Jarrell has one win and four top five finishes in four races, and holds an eight-point advantage over Blake Ewing of Lacombe, LA and Stephen Joyce Jr. of  Dayton, TX, who are tied for second in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 129 points apiece. 

Ewing finished sixth on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway in Lacombe, LA in the Ewing Racing Chevrolet, and Joyce ran second driving the Joyce Racing Chevrolet in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 competition on Friday night at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX.  Ewing has two top five finishes and three top ten finishes in three races, and Joyce has two wins, and three top five finishes in three races.

Adam Bartels of Cleveland, TX is fourth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 119 points after two top five finishes and three top ten finishes in three races.  Bartels finished eighth on Saturday night at Cotton Bowl Speedway in Paige, TX driving the Bartels Racing Chevrolet.

Kenneth Myers of Lacombe, LA is fifth in the standings with 113 points after two top ten finishes in three races driving the Myers Racing Chevrolet.  Myers finished eighth on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway.  Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA and Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL are tied for the sixth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division  standings with 100 points apiece.

Trosclair drove the Trosclair Racing Chevrolet to his second win of the season in as many NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division  starts this season on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway.  Wilson picked up his second win of the season and his third top five finish in three starts driving the Wilson Lumber Company Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine on Friday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL.

Jeff Schultea of Hempstead, TX and Wyatt Hill of Finley, TN are tied for the eighth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 99 points apiece.  Both drivers have one win and two top five finishes in two races.  Schultea finished second on Saturday night at Cotton Bowl Speedway in the Arrow Machine Chevrolet, and Hill drove the Hill Farms Chevrolet to victory on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN.

David Windham of Florala, AL rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 98 points after two top five finishes in two races.  Windham finished second on Friday night at Northwest Florida Speedway driving the Florala Pharmacy Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

In other NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 action, Jeff Butler of Mendenhall, MS drove the B&B Racing Chevrolet to a 50-point win on Friday night, and a 40-point win on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS.  Jared Hays of Jonesboro, AR took a 40-point win on Friday night at NEA Speedway in Harrisburg, AR driving the Parrish Farms Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Randy Lovell of Kountze, TX was the winner on Friday night at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX driving the Factory 41 Chevrolet.  Kyle Carter of Paige, TX drove the Carter Racing Chevrolet to victory on Saturday night in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 action at Cotton Bowl Speedway.

Jim Jarvis of Navarre, FL was the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 winner on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the Taylor Made Performance Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Cory Korreckt of Lincoln, AL drove the Red Door Saloon Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a 40-point win on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.

Kevin Pack of Ethridge, TN took a 40-point win on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, TN driving the Chapman Tire Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Curtis Faircloth of Pace, FL was the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 winner on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL driving the Myraid Enterprises Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Garrett McDonald of Pace, FL traveled to Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, GA, on Saturday night and was the $1,000 winner in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division race featuring 23 entrants driving the Chris McDonald Race Cars Chevrolet. 

Spencer Hughes of Meridian, MS drove the B.J.’s Tire and Service Center Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to the win in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 3 competition at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

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 4/9/16:

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 3 RESULTS:

April 8:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 20 Jason Jarrell
2. 119 Michael Williams
3. 37 Jay Geddie
4. 20 Jeremy Sexton
5. 17 Steven Stokes
6. 13 Jeremy Idom

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 2 Jeff Butler
2. 53 Rusty Cooper
3. 42 Michael Sojourner
4. 10 Donnie Monk
5. 12s Josh Stringer
6. 007 Kevin Whittington
7. J6 Daniel Jessup
8. 1 Matt Sojourner
9. V8 Jody Vicknair
10. 99 Gary Cooper

NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL:
1. 71 Stuart Wilson
2. 7 David Windham
3. 68 Howie Reeves
4. 02 J.C. Wilson
5. 86 Justin Hamilton
6. 21 Alan Flanagan
7. 3 Larry Faulk DNS
8. 26 Jeffrey Odom DNS

NEA SPEEDWAY – HARRISBURG, AR:
1. 4 Jared Hays
2. 83 Joe Olive
3. 42 T.J. Pulley
4. 15 Gaylon Littlejohn

GOLDEN TRIANGLE RACEWAY PARK – BEAUMONT, TX:
1. 83 Randy Lovell
2. 06 Steven Joyce Jr.
3. 0 Jarrett Belk
4. 747 Robbie Abshire
5. 5 Kyle Frety
6. 34 Dewayne McCollough
7. 93 Robby Beall
8. 71 Stuart Sandoy
9. 22 Scott Brown
10. 48 Rob Slott
11. 58 Ron Brown

April 9:

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 2 Jeff Butler
2. 42 Michael Sojourner
3. 12s Josh Stringer
4. 8 Brandon Nobles
5. M29 Margaret Nobles
6. 10 Donnie Monk

COTTON BOWL SPEEDWAY – PAIGE, TX:
1. 99 Kyle Carter
2. 97 Jeff Schultea
3. 30 Bryan Meredith
4. 22 Trinity Richardson
5. 17 Tim Ellis
6. 3 Bruce Hinson
7. 2 Heath Stewart
8. 44 Adam Bartels
9. 6 Mark Gallagher

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 36 Jim Jarvis
2. 02 J.C. Wilson
4. 05 Bo Bailey
5. 71 Stuart Wilson
6. 41 Brandon Kilpatrick
7. 92 Matthew Holcomb
8. 21 Alan Flanagan
9. 99 Tim Wetzel

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. K17 Cory Korreckt
2. 07 Steve Pate
3. 54 Clint Vaughn
4. 31 Andy Davis
5. 76 Jeremy Isbell
6. X75 Dan Cox

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY PARK – SUMMERTOWN, TN:
1. 40 Kevin Pack
2. 10 Jensen Woodard
3. 15 Trevor Woodard

LA 36 SPEEDWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. X Mickey Trosclair
2. 20 Jason Jarrell
3. 20 Jeremy Sexton
4. 30 Justin Jefferson
5. 11 Brad Taylor
6. 15 Blake Ewing
7. 41 Hayden Moran
8. KTS Kenneth Myers
9. 3 Richard Jenkins

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. 20 Curtis Faircloth
2. 2 Branden Harris
3. 68 Howie Reeves
4. 38 Josh Kimmons
5. 3 Larry Faulk
6. 91 Tim McCurdy
7. 36 Sean Goodwin
8. 2 Fred McGhee
9. 12 Bo Slay
10. 99 Kevin Mitchell
11. 19 Jesse Smith
12. 15 Joe Richbourg
13. 1 Ronnie Harris

NEEDMORE SPEEDWAY – NORMAN PARK, GA:
1. 23 Garrett McDonald
2. 122 Kyle Livingood
3. X Joe Corley
4. 2 Brian Hansford
5. 7 Leon Childs
6. 24 Jason Price
7. 8 Lee Newsome
8. 63 Aaron Storey
9. 05 Bill Cook
10. 38 Ronnie Newsome
11. 03 Milton Posey
12. 51 Efrem Holbrook
13. 68 Tyler Boyette
14. 33 Kenneth Thomas
15. 91 Jamie Beggs
16. 4 Tanner Connell
17. 02 John Layerd
18. 2 Roland Benton
19. 06 Ricky McDonald
20. 02 Tyler Turvin
21. 33 Eric McMillian
22. 1 Vincent Williams DNS
23. 8 Jamie May DNS

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 11 Spencer Hughes
2. 74 Scotty Vowell
3. 2 Lee Ray
4. 87 Tody Ratcliff
5. 14 Ben Keith
6. 53 James Ware
7. 11 Jamie Sudduth
8. 119 Michael Williams
9. 07 Mike Palmiter
10. 511 Clint Crawford
11. 76 Larry McCraney
12. 14 Corey Adank
13. 44 Matt Byram
14. 251 Brett Etheridge
15. 30 Billy Ellington
16. 17 Ronnie Jordan Jr.

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN:
1. 3 Wyatt Hill
2. J3 Joe Hamm
3. 00 Jimmy Nolen
4. 01 Colby Brandon
5. 30 Dakota Berry
6. 78 Marlin Cathey
7. 63 Eddie Hill
8. 99 Cody Hodges
9. 711 Kevin Smith

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. 

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

April 11, 2016

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 3 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

               CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 3 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series was a good one for two former National Champions and a father-son race team.  Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is still on top of the National points list with a three-point advantage over Robbie Starnes of Baytown, TX.

               Lee’s best Week 3 finish was a third-place effort on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Billy Riels Racing Special.  In the first weeks of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, Lee has 147 points with one win, four top five finishes and five top ten finishes in five races.

               Starnes has 144 points with one win, three top five finishes and four ten finishes in four races.  Starnes spent Week 3 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS where his best finish was a fourth-place effort on Saturday night.

               Tootie Arnold of Meadeville, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 140 points after one win, two top five finishes and four top ten finishes in four races driving the Miss-Lou Mobile Home Movers Trak-Star.  Arnold’s best Week 3 finish was a third-place showing at LA 36 Speedway on Saturday night.

               Bryan Foy of Lacombe, LA and Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS are tied for the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 137 points apiece.  Foy has two top five finishes and three top ten finishes in three races.  Ladner has one top five finish and five top ten finishes in five races.

               Foy drove the B&K Contracting Trak-Star to a tenth-place finish on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway.  Ladner finished fourth on Friday night in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 3 competition at Hattiesburg Speedway driving the L&L Performance Trak-Star.

               Hunter Lewis of Moss Point, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 133 points after two top five finishes in three races driving the Lewis Racing Special.  Lewis finished outside the top five for the first time this season on Saturday night when he finished 22nd at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

               Nick Gaines of Pearl River, LA is seventh in the standings with 126 points after two top ten finishes in three races.  Gaines finished ninth on Saturday night in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 3 action at LA 36 Speedway driving the Great American Cookies of Slidell Special.

               The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS drove The Strength Center Special to his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season in Week 3 action on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.  That moves Arnold up to the eighth spot in the standings with 125 points after two wins in four races.

               The 2012 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Chase Washington of Houlka, MS is the man with the hot hand, and remains undefeated in the 2016 season.  Washington picked wins two and three for the season on Friday night and Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving the 45 Race Shop Special.

               Washington is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 100 points.  Daniel Bridgmon of Meridian, MS and Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS are tied for the tenth spot in the standings with 98 points apiece. 

Bridgmon drove the Robinson Electric Special to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.  Dedwylder took Week 3 off for NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition to travel with the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour.  Dedwylder finished second on Saturday night at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, TN.

It was a family affair on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway, as the father and son team of Mike and Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL finished one-two respectively in their Boland Performance Trak-Stars.  Boland helped his cause in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge points with the leading fourth win of the season for Trak-Star Race Cars.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 3 action, Cody Smith of Holt, FL won the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series season opener on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL driving the Smith’s Performance Rocket.  Ricky Begnaud of Spring, TX was the Friday winner at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX driving the Roof Tech Special.

Rusty Harmon of Paige, TX took the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series victory on Saturday night at Cotton Bowl Speedway in Paige, TX and Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN was the winner on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN driving the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Special. 

The 2015 Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series Champion, 14-year-old Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL drove the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR to his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.

For more information and rules about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing.  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 CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/9/16:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 3 RESULTS:

April 8:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 4 Michael Arnold
2. 222 Mike Boland
3. 47 Shannon Lee
4. 49 Scott Ladner
5. 232 Jamey Boland
6. 00m Monte Skinner
7. 41 Al Kouhout
8. 15 Jeffrey Cooper
9. 75 Dustin Boykin

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 38 Chase Washington
2. C20 Cliff Ross
3. J8 Bobby Jordan
4. 21 Jason Henry
5. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
6. 77 Robbie Starnes
7. 33 Sid Scarbrough
8. 2T Tootie Arnold
9. 24 Jason Cowan
10. 55 Aaron Fitzhugh

GOLDEN TRIANGLE RACEWAY PARK – BEAUMONT, TX:
1. 32 Ricky Begnaud
2. 19 Dylan Allen – Y
3. 84 Mike Davenport
4. 99 Nathan Revia

April 9:

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 38 Chase Washington
2. 888 Jason Cliburn
3. J8 Bobby Jordan
4. 77 Robbie Starnes
5. C20 Cliff Ross
6. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
7. 4j Josh Banes
8. 21 Jason Henry
9. 33 Sid Scarbrough
10. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
11. 24 Jason Cowan
12. 25 Billy Pate
13. 55 Aaron Fitzhugh
14. 4 Michael Arnold
15. 9 James Moore

COTTON BOWL SPEEDWAY – PAIGE, TX:
1. 37 Rusty Harmon
2. 88 Brad Smith

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN:
1. 10 Ronnie Cooper
2. 2 Adam Ray
3. 36 Evan Taylor
4. 302 Robert Stutts
5. C21 Rex Berry
6. 4 Joe Mike
7. 95 Mark Wolford
8. W4 Phillip Wolford

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 11 Cruz Skinner
2. 67 Kyle Clifton
3. 34 Lee Mason
4. 4 Brad Whittle
5. 10 Jeff Helms
6. 42 Steve Kirk
7. F97 Red Farmer
8. 99 Ronnie Revis
9. 71 Dustin Knighten
10. 5 Brandon Thomas

LA 36 SPEEDWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 222 Mike Boland
2. 232 Jamey Boland
3. 2T Tootie Arnold
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 49 Scott Ladner
6. 15 Jeremy Cooper
7. D9 Fred Miller
8. 521 Mickey Trosclair
9. 5 Nick Gaines
10. 7 Bryan Foy

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL (NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series):
1. 3 Cody Smith
2. 57 Shep Lucas
3. 79 Kyle Bryant
4. 25 Josh Huss
5. 47 James Gilmore
6. 77 Ken Cartwright
7. 12 Steven Brantley
8. 12 Garrett Taylor
9. 0 John Wright
10. 9 Todd Jones
11. 8 DeWayne Morris DNS

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
2. 1 Johnny Stokes
3. 760 Jim McDuffie
4. 118 Randy Boyd
5. 00m Monte Skinner
6. 14 Casey Haney
7. 10 Tyler Burgess
8. 27 Larry Murphy
9. G4 Shelby Sheedy
10. 77 Greg Fore
11. 11 Tim Dees
12. 28j Joey Hiatt
13. 37 Tim Parker
14. 11 Hunter Holloway
15. 73 Larry Havens
16. 4 Scott Land
17. 77 Carl Wilson
18. 147 Hunter Carroll
19. 01 Nick Thrash
20. 22 Lucky Keeton
21. 84 Randall Beckwith
22. 7 Hunter Lewis

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  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 Late Models.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  RockAuto.com is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  Beyea Headers is the NeSmith Late Model Hard Charger Sponsor.  Sunoco Race Fuels is the Official Race Fuel of the NeSmith Late Models.  Panama City Cycles is the Official ATV Provider of the NeSmith Late Models.  AR Bodies is an Associate Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  NeSmith Late Model Contingency Sponsors for 2016 are CrateInsider.Com, Integra Racing Shocks, Image Screen Printing, and Gresham Race Parts.  201 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars. 

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