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

April 15, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 15

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Three-time Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS remains on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings after Week 3 competition, and holds a one-point lead over Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS.  The Top 4 drivers in the point standings are separated by just three points.

                Keeton finished fourth on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the Lee Racing Trak-Star and has accumulated 145 points.  Arnold finished fourth on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT and has 144 points.

                Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS is in the third spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 143 points, just two points behind Keeton.  Scarbrough traveled to Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR on Friday night, where he finished third in the Villa South Trak-Star.

                Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA is in the fourth spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 142 points after a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway driving the Sparks Motorsports/J. Dunning Sandblasting and Paint Special.

                Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS drove the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star to a third-place finish on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway and holds down the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 137 points.  Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS in the Mackmer Home Buyers Special and Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS in the Bert Sullivan Warrior are tied for the sixth spot with 132 points apiece.

                Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS in the Quick Lane Tune and Auto Center Special is eighth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 127 points.  Tommy Nichols of Meridian, MS is ninth in the standings with 124 points driving the Nichols Racing GRT.

                A pair of drivers with two straight wins are tied for the tenth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 100 points.  Randy Boyd of Marion, MS took his second straight win on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in the Coca-Cola Trak-Star, and Ricky Waggoner of Martin, TN drove the Taylormade Performance Special to his second straight win at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN.

                Other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 3 winners included Roger Witt of Batesville, AR, who took the win on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway driving The Chrome Shop GRT.  Joey Smith of West Plains, MO won the season opener on Saturday night at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO driving the Smith Racing Special.

                The 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Jimmy Elkins Jr. of Talladega, AL was the winner on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL in the Elkins Racing Special.  Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL drove the Zaxby’s Rocket to victory on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL.

                Chris Holley of Highlands, TX won the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series season opener on Saturday night at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX driving the Holley Racing Special.  Owen Stockstill of Purvis, MS drove the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star to the win on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway.

NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 3 victories by Boyd and Stockstill has increased the point lead of Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings.  Trak-Star Race Cars now has five wins on the season.

                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 with two wins apiece.  Witt posted a win for GRT Race Cars, and Dudley picked up a win for Rocket Chassis.

Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN,  is fourth with one win.  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.

                After three weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 175 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 4/13/13:

POS

CAR #

DRIVER

PTS

RACES

WINS

TOP 5

TOP 10

1

221

Lucky Keeton

145

5

4

5

2

747

Michael Arnold

144

5

1

4

5

3

33

Sid Scarbrough

143

3

1

2

3

4

521

Mickey Trosclair

142

5

1

5

5

5

47

Shannon Lee

137

5

1

4

4

6

115

Derrick Mackmer

132

5

2

4

7

22

Noah Daspit

132

3

3

3

8

41

Al Kouhout

127

3

2

9

711

Tommy Nichols

124

3

1

10

00

Ricky Waggoner

100

2

2

2

2

11

118

Randy Boyd

100

2

2

2

2

12

07

Jimmy Elkins Jr.

99

2

1

2

2

13

55

Montana Dudley

99

2

1

2

2

14

29

Brian Ponder

98

2

1

2

2

15

10

Ronnie Cooper

97

2

2

2

16

77

Gavin Landers

97

2

2

2

17

18

Roger Witt

97

3

1

2

3

18

19

Josh Adkins

97

2

2

2

19

27

Larry Harrod

97

2

2

2

20

18

Tait Davenport

96

2

2

2

21

1

Joey Smith

96

3

1

3

3

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 3 RESULTS:

April 12:

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
1. 18 Roger Witt
2. 77 Gavin Landers
3. 33 Sid Scarbrough
4. 23 Travis Ashley
5. 1 Joey Smith
6. 17k Cody Kierre
7. 66 Robby Moore
8. 5 Randall Griffin

April 13:

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
1. 1 Joey Smith
2. 55 Bobby Skinner
3. 17k Cody Kierre
4. 23 Travis Ashley
5. 66 Robby Moore
6. 18 Roger Witt
7. K7 Kevin Collins
8. 33 Gary Stolba
9. 14c Jerry Croney
10. 5 Randall Atchison
11. 30-30 Tim Winchester
12. 181 Chad Williams
13. 4 Mike Atchison
14. 81 Jerry Buck

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 00 Ricky Waggoner
2. 18 Tait Davenport
3. 10 Ronnie Cooper
4. 94 T.J. Hays
5. 97 Craig Lindsey
6. 6 Jimmy Halford
7. 18L Brent Lewis
8. 311 Henry Pullen
9. 4 Joe Mike

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr,
2. 19 Josh Adkins
3. 29 Brian Ponder
4. 8 Mike Pearl
5. 7 Ivan Meeks
6. B97 Lee Burdette
7. 5 Mike Combs
8. 29m Justin McGatha
9. 16 Ken Pate
10. 57 Maddox Mullinax
11. 17 Adam Gauldin
12. 11 Josh Watson
13. 12 Bobby Bartlett
14. F22 Carlton Freeman

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 118 Randy Boyd
2. 11 Tim Dees
3. 14 Casey Haney
4. 221 Lucky Keeton
5. 27 Larry Murphy
6. 2 Tyler Burgess
7. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
8. 96 Trey Rickman
9. 232 Jamey Boland
10. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
11. 4b Josh Banes
12. 000 Rick Hasselle
13. 75p Phillip Stanley
14. 4w Wiley Williams
15. J88 Jered Smith
16. 711 Tommy Nichols
17. 73 Larry Havens
18. 711x Steve Bynum
19. 77 Carl Wilson
20. 28j Joey Hiatt

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

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
1. 17 Chris Holley
2. 00 Buster Deen
3. 15 John Aiken
4. 84 Keith Pearcy
5. 33 Jose Moran Jr.

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 8 Owen Stockstill
2. 22 Noah Daspit
3. 47 Shannon Lee
4. 747 Michael Arnold
5. 521 Mickey Trosclair
6. 115 Derrick Mackmer
7. 7 Bryan Foy
8. 41 Al Kouhout
9. 77 Gary Hoyt

 

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  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 Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Hedman Hedders is the Official Hedder of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series and the Hedman Husler Award sponsor.  Bilstein Shocks is the Official Spec Shock of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Old Man’s Garage is the sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series.  RockAuto.com is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Racecar Engineering is the Official Parts Supplier of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2013 are Dominator Race Products, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty’s Shock Service, Schoenfeld Headers, J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment, Kinser Air Filters, AR Bodies, Velocita Racewear, and Performance Rod & Custom.  2013 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars, Stinger Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars. 

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