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April 22, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – There is a new point leader in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Series point standings after Week 4 competition.  Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS was the winner on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT and with 194 points to take over the point lead.

                The “Hattiesburg Hustler” has two wins on the season with five top five finishes and six top ten finishes in six starts.  The Billy Riels Racing Team now has three of the top six drivers in the current NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings.

                Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS dropped to the second spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 191 points.  Keeton finished fifth on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway driving the Lee Racing Trak-Star.  Keeton has five top five finishes and six top ten finishes in six starts.

                Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is tied for third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 186 points after a second-place finish at St. Tammany Raceway driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT.  “The General” has one win, 5 top five finishes and six top ten finishes in six starts.

                Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS shares the third spot with Lee at 186 points in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings.  The “Florence Flash” has one win, two top five finishes, and four top ten finishes in four starts driving the Villa South Trak-Star.

                Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA picked up a new ride in the High Roller Race Cars house car for Week 4 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition.  “Louisiana Fast” set fast time on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS and was running second to teammate Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL, but a broken front suspension sent him to the pit area and into 41 point land.

                That misfortune dropped Trosclair to the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 183 points.  Trosclair has one win and five top five finishes in six starts.  McRee went on to win the main event at Magnolia Motor Speedway in the HRRC Special for his second victory of the season.

                Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS is the newest member of the Billy Riels Racing Team, and a third-place finish on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star has him sitting sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 180 points.  Daspit has four top five finishes in four starts.

                Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 176 points.  Mackmer has two top five finishes and five top ten finishes in six starts driving the Mackmer Home Buyers Special.  Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS is eighth with 168 points after three top ten finishes in four starts driving the Quick Lane Tune Special.

                Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL took his second straight NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model win of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Zaxby’s Rocket.  Dudley is ninth in the standings with 149 points after two wins and three top five finishes in three starts.

                Brian Ponder of Talladega, AL moved into the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings after his second win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the BP Racing Special.  Ponder rounds out the Top 10 of the standings with 148 points after two wins, and three top five finishes in three starts.

                In other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 4 action on Saturday night, Chad Williams of Lake City, AR took his first win of the season at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO driving the Williams Auto Sales Trak-Star. 

Tait Davenport of Benton, KY was a first-time winner at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN driving the Murtco, Inc. Special.  Chris Holley of Houston, TX picked his second NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season at Battleground Speedway in Highland, TX driving the Delta Flange Special.

NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 4 Friday night events at Hattiesburg Motorsport Park in Hattiesburg, MS and at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL were rained out.

Williams gave Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL its sixth win of the season and they lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge standings in quest of their third title.  Four-time and defending champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is second with four wins after Arnold’s Week 4 victory.

                Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV is third in the chassis points after Dudley gave them their third win of the season.  Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is in the fourth spot with one win in the first four weeks of the 2013 season.

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 four weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 198 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 4/20/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 4 RESULTS:

April 19:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out

PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
Rained Out

April 20:

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 55 Montana Dudley
2. K9 Dana Eiland
3. 40b Kyle Bronson
4. 66k Scott Knowles
5. 22T Jimmy Thomas
6. 34 Chad Wallace
7. 54 Dalton Myers
8. A19 Joey Thomas
9. 14 Pat Wall
10. 22m Taylor Mitcham
11. 5 Daniel Bailey
12. 44 Scott Prins
13. 18d Cord Dodgen
14. 14b Dennis Brown

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
1. 181 Chad Williams
2. K7 Kevin Collins
3. 55 Bobby Skinner
4. 66 Robby Moore
5. 4a Mike Atchison
6. 30-30 Tim Winchester
7. 33 Gary Stolba
8. 14c Jerry Croney
9. 5 Randall Atchison
10. 26 Travis Mears
11. 23 Travis Ashley
12. 1 Joey Smith
13. 18 Roger Witt

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 00 Justin McRee
2. 73 Evan Ellis
3. 1 Johnny Stokes
4. 35 Tony Gray
5. 232 Jamey Boland
6. 110 Brent Barrett
7. 1s Jeremy Shaw
8. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
9. 6 T.K. King
10. 01 Nick Thrash
11. 2s Kyle Shaw
12. 7 Eric Carr
13. 27 Hunter Carroll
14. 3 Shay Knight
15. 7 Todd Gray
16. 11 Tim Dees
17. 14 Chance Inman
18. 11h Jeff Holloway
19. 24 Ryan Oswalt
20. C55 David Carpenter
21. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
22. 46 Kenny Carpenter
23. 25 Mickey Trosclair
24. J8 Bobby Jordan
25. 15 Ben Byram DNS
26. 24 Mark Tice DNS
27. 7 Jon Biles DNS
28. F5 Lamar Furr DNS
29. R3 Ryan Rigdon DNS
30. 22 Matt Bollinger DNS
31. 42 T.J. Garrett DNS
32. 84 Randall Beckwith DNS

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 18 Tait Davenport
2. 12 Jeff Glisson
3. 00b Bronson Berry
4. 00 Ricky Waggoner
5. C14 Cameron Brown
6. 18L Brent Lewis
7. 10 Ronnie Cooper
8. 6 Dillon Knight
9. 6h Jimmy Halford
10. 94 T.J. Hays
11. C1 Dakota Berry
12. 66 Justin Flint
13. 97 Craig Lindsey
14. 62 Zach Jenkins
15. C21 Rex Berry

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 29 Brian Ponder
2. 19 Josh Adkins
3. 10H Jeff Helms
4. 19 Gathan Burns
5. 1 Steve McElroy
6. 7 Ivan Meeks
7. 30 Karl Parks
8. 456 Nick Deweese
9. 9 Kelvin Kennedy
10. 5 Darrell Mackey
11. 7 Josh Trammell

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
1. 17 Chris Holley
2. 00 Buster Deen
3. 15 John Aitken

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 747 Michael Arnold
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 477 Noah Daspit
4. 121 Michael Blount
5. 221 Lucky Keeton
6. 711 Steve Bynum
7. 115 Derrick Mackmer
8. 33 Sid Scarbrough
9. 22 Wayne Martin
10. 41 Al Kouhout
11. 8 Owen Stockstill
12. 4L Neil Lee
13. 7 Bryan Lee

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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