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

May 11, 2015

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 7 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CARTERSVILLE, GA – NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS continued his winning ways in Week 7 competition by driving the Strength Center Special to his fifth victory of the season on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA. Arnold now has 290 points and a four point lead over Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS.

Arnold has five wins, six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in eight races over six weeks of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition. Lee has 286 points after one win and eight top five finishes in eight races over six weeks. Lee finished fourth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Billy Riels Racing Special.

The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to his second win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway to remain third in the standings with 277 points. Daspit has two wins, three top five finishes, and five top ten finishes in six races over six weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition.

Cliff Williams of Star, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 241 points after one win, four top five finishes and five top ten finishes in seven races over five weeks of competition. Williams drove the Cliff Williams Plumbing GRT to a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Arnold has the highest Weekly Point Average among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings at 48.33 out of a possible 50, and Williams has the second highest WPA at 48.20. The WPA is a driver’s total points divided by the number of weeks that driver has competed.

Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS is fifth in the standings with 234 points after one win, four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in seven races over six weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition. Keeton drove the Byram Trucking GRT to a tenth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL finished fifth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Three Trade Consultants Special to hold the sixth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 232 points. Joiner, who also leads the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series point standings, has one win and four top five finishes in five races.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 216 points after one top five finish and three top ten finishes in six races over five weeks of competition. Scarbrough finished 12th on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Villa South Trak-Star.

Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS finished ninth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Tophen’s Rock and Roll Grill Special and moved up to ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 214 points. Kouhout has four top ten finishes in five races.

Nick Thrash of Meridian, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 213 points after one top five finish in five races. Thrash drove the McDevitt Enterprises GRT to a 17th-place finish in Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS. Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS rounds out the top ten in the standings with 205 points driving the SMJ Race Parts Trak-Star.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 7 action, Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS drove the MP Trucking Special to his second straight win on Friday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS. Casey Haney of Meridian, MS was the winner on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the Davidson Hauling Special.

Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL took his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR.

The victory gave the 13-year-old driver sole possession of the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings for NeSmith Late Model drivers 18 years of age and younger. Skinner is also 12th in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 192 points, but he has the third highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the point standings.

Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS topped a 31-car field on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway driving the Ellis Welding Special. Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX did not report their Saturday night NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 7 results.

Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Series Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR still leads the Chassis standings with three wins this season. The defending and three-time Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL, Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV, and CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN are in a three-way tie for second with two wins apiece. Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is still looking for their first win of the season.

After the first 7 weeks of the 2015 season, a total of 202 different drivers have earned NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series points. 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. You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/9/15:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	PTS	RACES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	WKS/NET	WPA
1	4	Michael Arnold	290	8	5	6	7	6	48.33
2	47	Shannon Lee	286	8	1	8	8	6	47.67
3	347	Noah Daspit	277	6	2	3	5	6	46.17
4	C11	Cliff Williams	241	7	1	4	5	5	48.20
5	22	Lucky Keeton	234	7	1	4	6	5	46.80
6	10	Joseph Joiner	232	5	1	4	4	5	46.40
7	33	Sid Scarbrough	216	6		1	3	5	43.20
8	41	Al Kouhout	214	5			4	5	42.80
9	01	Nick Thrash	213	5		1	1	5	42.60
10	J8	Bobby Jordan	205	6				5	41.00
11	7	Hunter Lewis	199	5		1	4	5	39.80
12	11	Cruz Skinner - Y	192	4	2	3	4	4	48.00
13	14	Casey Haney	186	4	1	3	3	4	46.50
14	17	Greg Fore	183	6		2	4	4	45.75
15	110	Brent Barrett	183	5		2	4	4	45.75
16	7	Bryan Foy	182	4		4	4	4	45.50
17	760	Jim McDuffie	181	4	1	2	2	4	45.25
18	00	Monte Skinner	180	4		2	3	4	45.00
19	232	Jamey Boland	179	5		2	3	4	44.75
20	11	Wayne Byrd	177	5			2	5	35.40
21	1b	Bryant Marsh - Y	177	5		2	3	4	44.25
22	4b	Josh Banes - Y	177	4		1	4	4	44.25

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 7 RESULTS:

May 8:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 347 Noah Daspit
2. C11 Cliff Williams
3. 21 Kody Barber
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 10 Joseph Joiner
6. 3n Jerry Allen
7. C4 Chris Reid
8. 2T Tootie Arnold
9. 41 Al Kouhout
10. 22 Lucky Keeton
11. 4 Michael Arnold
12. 33 Sid Scarbrough
13. 7 Hunter Lewis DNS
14. 11 Wayne Byrd DNS
15. 12 Tracey Sutton DNS
16. 57 Shep Lucas DNS

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
2. 19 Marcus Minga
3. 17 Greg Fore
4. 14 Chance Inmon
5. 30 Justin Paxton
6. 7p Peter Hazzard
7. 33 Wesley Brown
8. C55 David Carpenter
9. 21 Drew McMahon
10. D8jr Christopher Showah
11. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
12. 3 Anthony Andrews
13. J8 Bobby Jordan
14. 110 Brent Barrett
15. 46 Kenny Carpenter

PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
Cancelled

SALINA SPEEDWAY – SALINA, KS:
Rained Out

May 9:

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 14 Casey Haney
2. 760 Jim McDuffie
3. 232 Jamey Boland
4. 118 Randy Boyd
5. 54 Richie Beasley
6. 11 Tim Dees
7. 4w Wiley Williams
8. 4j Josh Banes (Y)
9. 27 Larry Murphy
10. 25 Josh Huss
11. 12 Tracey Sutton
12. 2 Tyler Burgess
13. 21 Wayne Murphy
14. 22 Lucky Keeton
15. 00m Monte Skinner
16. 311 Henry Pullen
17. 20 Larry Stacy
18. 48 Tody Ratcliff
19. 57 Shep Lucas
20. 007 Kenneth Montiel DNS
21. 25m Conner Mills DNS
22. C11 Cliff Williams DNS

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 4 Michael Arnold
2. 7 Bryan Foy
3. 21 Kody Barber
4. 76 Calvin Martin
5. C4 Chris Reid
6. 99 Ryan Boudreaux
7. 24c Zack Cameron
8. 5 Nick Gaines

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 11 Cruz Skinner (Y)
2. 81 Adam Cummings
3. 17 Adam Gauldin
4. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
5. 21 Joe Noogin
6. 7 Cole Daffron (Y)
7. 57 Maddox Mullinax
8. 19 Ricky Cotton
9. 71 Dustin Knighten
10. 19 Drew Ashley
11. 14 Brad Whittle

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 73 Evan Ellis
2. 110 Brent Barrett
3. 1s Jeremy Shaw
4. 1 Johnny Stokes
5. 1m Chase Washington
6. 2s Kyle Shaw
7. 121 Michael Blount
8. 84 Randall Beckwith
9. 3 Shay Knight
10. G33 Greg Dedwylder
11. 196 Billy Scarbrough
12. G4 Shelby Sheedy
13. 113 Tim Knight
14. 147 Hunter Carroll
15. 2 Mark Stokes
16. 11r Joey Mullenix
17. 01 Nick Thrash
18. J8 Bobby Jordan
19. 1L Caleb Myers
20. 19 Marcus Minga
21. R3 Ryan Rigdon
22. 17 Greg Fore
23. 24 Ryan Oswalt
24. 1b Bryant Marsh (Y)
25. 67 Lance Johnson DNS
26. 38b D.J. Brasfield DNS
27. #14t Todd Talley DNS
28. #69 Lane McKee DNS
29. 18 Wayne Lott DNS
30. 11 Jeff Holloway DNS
31. 114 Marshall Hooter DNS

BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX:
Did Not Report

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