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

April 27, 2015

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 5 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – After Week 5 competition of the 27-week 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies season, the top three in the point standings remain the same, but the points difference among the top trio has tightened up just a bit.  Richie Stephens of Salem, AL is still the point leader with a 28-point lead over Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS.

                Stephens has 230 points after one win and three top five finishes in five races.  Stephens was leading the $1,000-to-win race Co-Sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL, but cut down a tire late in the race and came home with a 13th-place finish in the Rocketman Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

                Jarrell drove the Jarrell Rigged Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to an eighth-place finish in Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS.  In five NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division races, Jarrell has two top five finishes and three top ten finishes to total 202 points.

                After a Friday night win at Hattiesburg Speedway, Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS remained “Mr. Perfect” with four wins in four races driving the Sauls Farm Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  The streak, however, would come to a close the next night at Flomaton Speedway, but not by much.

                The 2013 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division National Champion Trey Bright of Coker, AL drove the Eaton Clinic/AR Bodies Dodge Challenger powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to his first NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway after a spirited battle with Strength.

                The Friday night win gave Strength a total of 200 points after four wins and five top five finishes in five races and the third spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings.  In Thursday’s NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 6 Preview, we’ll look at the Weekly Point Averages of the Top 20 in the point standings to get a better idea of who’s hot and who’s not.

                John Smartt of Manchester, TN drove the Frontline Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to his second NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the 2015 season on Saturday night at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, TN.  That moved Smartt up to the fourth spot in the National standings with 187 points after two wins and four top five finishes in four races.

                Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS is fifth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 185 points after three top five finishes and four top ten finishes in four races.  Geddie finished fourth Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway driving the Geddie Tree Service Chevrolet.

                Bryan Cox of Saucier, MS is sixth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 183 points after three top five finishes and four top ten finishes in four races.  Cox drove the Country Pleasin’ Sausage Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway.

                David Williamson of Seminary, MS and Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL are tied for the seventh spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 181 points apiece.  Williamson has two top five finishes and three top ten finishes in four races, and Faulk has three top five finishes and five top ten finishes in five races.

                On Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway, Williamson finished 13th in the Sauls Farm Ford, and Faulk took the sixth spot on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway driving the Faulk Motorsports Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

                Branden Harris of Molino, FL is ninth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 178 points after one win and three top five finishes in four races driving the Coastal Engine and Machine Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Harris finished 16th Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway.

                David Windham of Florala, AL and Michael Williams of Meridian, MS finished 22nd and 19th respectively Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway, but they are tied for the tenth spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 169 points apiece.

                Windham has one win and two top five finishes in four races driving the Florala Pharmacy Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Williams has one top five finish in four races driving the Williams Race Cars Chevrolet.

                In other NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 5 action, Dewayne Estes of Sturgis, MS drove the Tollison Auto Repair Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

                Friday night NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 5 action at Magnolia Motor Speedway was rained out.  The Saturday night NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 5 race at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL was cancelled after the death of track Co-Owner/Promoter Alfred Gurley on Friday.

                The $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine is quickly becoming the engine of choice among the top NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors, as eight of the 11 cars in the Top 10 of the National point standings are powered by the economical 602.  On Saturday night in the $1,000-to-win race at Flomaton Speedway, the top seven finishers were 602 powered.

NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors have the option to compete with the economical steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine that is available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA for $3,495 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast.  To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

For complete point standings, more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies, visit the series all-new web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks Presented By AR Bodies.  You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/25/15:

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 5 RESULTS:

April 24:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 18 Brooks Strength
2. 254 Jeff Butler
3. M60 Bill Stewart
4. 37 Jay Geddie
5. 41 Roger Flynn
6. 5 Jason Jackson
7. 3 Larry Faulk
8. 20 Jason Jarrell
9. 10 Donnie Monk
10. 9 Alan Sanders
11. 11 Brad Taylor
12. 3j Richard Jenkins
13. 28 David Williamson
14. KC1 Ricky Idom
15. 8 Mike Lane
16. WFO Jeremy Idom DNS

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
Rained Out

April 25:

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. K1 Dewayne Estes
2. 18 Cliff Childers
3. 11 Jeffrey Walker
4. 12 Chip Jones
5. 53 Scooter Ware
6. 111 Wayne Medders
7. 11h Spencer Hughes
8. 87 Bill Moffett
9. 07 Mike Palmiter
10. 74 Scotty Vowell
11. 4 Matt Byram
12. 7x Kyle Rutledge
13. 18b Andrew Boleware
14. 5c Clint Crawford
15. 04 Jason Byrd
16. 18f Jimmy Rogers
17. 711 Tommy Nichols
18. 15 Justin Boykin
19. 44 Terry Arnsdorf
20. 14 Corey Adank
21. 66 Brad Tubby
22. 16 Cody Adank
23. NF1 Justin McRee

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL (Co-Sanctioned With The Mississippi Street Stock Series):
1. 82 Trey Bright
2. 18 Brooks Strength
3. 777 Brandon Leftwich
4. 711 Bryan Cox
5. 007 Kevin Whittington
6. 3 Larry Faulk
7. 6 Calvin Cook
8. 72 Sam Maxie
9. 38 Josh Kimmons
10. 2h Brian Hansford
11. 15 Joe Richbourg
12. 69 Jason Harrison
13. 69s Richie Stephens
14. 2r Lee Ray
15. 17 Wesley Hoomes
16. 2 Branden Harris
17. 86 Kevin Bell
18. 23g Garrett McDonald
19. 19 Michael Williams
20. 29 Dean Shaw
21. 99 Kevin Mitchell
22. 7 David Windham
23. 27 Bobby Resmondo
24. 312 Alan Gilreath
25. 12 Artis Bunyard
26. A7 John Adamson DNS
27. 51 Chandler Shaw DNS
28. 82w Shelby Williams DNS
29. 24 Steven Jernigan DNS
30. 69w Gary Williams DNS

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – WHEEL, TN:
1. S1 John Smartt
2. 409 Allen Carter
3. 4m E.J. Carter
4. 10 Michael Blade
5. 02 Brian Hudson
6. 15 Trevor Woodard
7. 75 Chad Williams
8. 00 Bobby Joe Robinson
9. 40 Kevin Pack
10. 11 Shane Workman
11. 94 Oakley Gillespie
12. 71 Matthew Parker
13. 12 Russell Boothe
14. 25 Jason Kelley
15. 12 Derek Reynolds
16. 21 David Maxwell
17. 05 Tommy Climer
18. 70s Cheryl Shrader
19. 70 Steve Hadley
20. IP2 Joel Landers

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
Cancelled

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