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

April 29, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 29

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – After his third NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model win of the season in Week 5 action, Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS remains on top of the point standings.  Arnold took his second straight win on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT.

                Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings after a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the Lee Racing Trak-Star.

                Arnold, with 244 points after three wins, six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in eight races, now holds a six point lead over Keeton with 238 points.  Keeton has six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in seven NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series races.

                Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings.  Lee has 235 points with his best Week 5 finish of second on Friday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT.  Lee has one win and seven top five finishes in eight races.

                Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS also had his best NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 5 finish on Friday night at Jackson Motor Speedway with a fifth-place effort in the Villa South Trak-Star.  Scarbrough is fourth in the standings with 232 points after one win, three top five finishes and six top ten finishes in six races.

                Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA and Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS are tied for the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 227 points apiece.  Trosclair finished seventh on Friday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the Sparks Motorsports Special, and Daspit has a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway.

                Trosclair has one win, five top five finishes, and six top ten finishes in seven races, while Daspit has five top five finishes in five starts driving the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star.  Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 219 points.  Mackmer has two top five finishes and six top ten finishes in seven starts driving the Mackmer Home Buyers Special.

                Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL drove the Zaxby’s Rocket to his third straight NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL and moved up to eighth in the standings with 199 points.  Dudley has three wins and one second-place finish in four starts.

                Owen Stockstill of Purvis, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 177 points after one win, two top five finishes, and three top ten finishes in five starts driving the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star.  Tim Dees of Meridian, MS rounds out the top ten in the standings with 176 points after one top five finish and two ten finishes in four races driving the Dees Motorsports GRT.

                In other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 5 action, Randy Boyd of Marion, MS drove the Coca-Cola Trak-Star to his third straight win at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night.  Neil Lee of Flowood, MS took his first win of the season on Friday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the JWH Equipment GRT.

                Cody Smith of Holt, FL was the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model winner on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the Smith’s Performance Rocket.  Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, FL won the season opener on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS driving the MP Trucking Trak-Star.

                Mother Nature had her share of Week 5 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series wins.  Week 5 rainouts were Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR on Friday night, plus Saturday night races scheduled for Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX, Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN, Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, and West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO.

                Boyd and Palasini gave two-time champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL their seventh and eighth NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series wins of the 2013 season, and they remain the leader of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge standings.

                With Week 5 wins from Arnold and Neil Lee, gave four-time and defending NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Champ GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR their fifth and sixth wins of the season and the second spot in the standings.  Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV is third after Dudley and Smith gave them their fourth and fifth wins of the season.

                Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is in the fourth spot with one win in the first five 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 five  weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 211 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 4/27/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 5 RESULTS:

April 26:

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 4 Neil Lee
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 1 Johnny Stokes
4. C20 Cliff Ross
5. 33 Sid Scarbrough
6. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
7. 521 Mickey Trosclair
8. 711 Steve Bynum
9. 01 Nick Thrash
10. J88 Jered Smith
11. 121 Michael Blount
12. 2 Allen Sanders Jr.
13. 9 Mike Haralson
14. 25 Justin McRee
15. 22 David Weems
16. 747 Michael Arnold DNS
17. 4b Josh Banes DNS
18. J8 Bobby Jordan DNS

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
Rained Out

April 27:

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 55 Montana Dudley
2. A19 William Thomas
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 66k Scott Knowles
5. 5 Thomas Lewis
6. 18 Chase Edge
7. 75 Brand Lewis
8. 5d Rodgerick Dykes
9. 18d Cord Dodgen
10. 14 Pat Wall
11. 99.3 Joey Eiland
12. 17 Adam Gauldin
13. 55n Terrance Nowell
14. 32 Bobby Mills

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 118 Randy Boyd
2. C11 Cliff Williams
3. 27 Larry Murphy
4. 221 Lucky Keeton
5. 48 Tody Ratcliff
6. 11 Tim Dees
7. 15 Heath Minor
8. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
9. 1 Johnny Stokes
10. 2 Tyler Burgess
11. 1s Jeremy Shaw
12. 121 Michael Blount
13. 75p Phillip Stanley
14. 7b Jon Biles
15. 01 Nick Thrash
16. 2s Kyle Shaw
17. 77 Carl Wilson
18. R3 Ryan Rigdon
19. 73 Larry Havens
20. 4w Wiley Williams
21. 760 Jim McDuffie
22. 00 Justin McRee
23. 232 Jamey Boland
24. 19 Dustin Turner

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 3 Cody Smith
2. 2 Randy Polk
3. 72 Frank Wilson
4. 54 Kyle Bryant
5. 64 Ricky Gilmore
6. 1 Kevin Maher
7. 47 James Gilmore
8. 221 Tyler Allen
9. 8 Wayne Morris
10. 02 Stephen Brantley

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
2. 110 Brent Barrett
3. J8 Bobby Jordan
4. F5 Lamar Furr
5. 56 Bubba Harrison
6. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
7. 21 Ryan Colby
8. X Bo Gordon
9. C55 David Carpenter
10. 46 Kenny Carpenter
11. 17 Chad Washington

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 747 Michael Arnold
2. 711 Steve Bynum
3. 47 Shannon Lee
4. 477 Noah Daspit
5. J88 Jered Smith
6. 8 Owen Stockstill
7. K9 Robert Casada
8. 115 Derrick Mackmer
9. 33 Sid Scarbrough
10. 21 Kody Barter

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
Rained Out

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
Rained Out

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
Rained Out

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
Rained Out

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