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

May 26, 2015

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 9 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies point leader Richie Stephens of Salem, AL drove the Rocketman Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to two wins in Week 9 competition and stretch his lead to 17 points over Branden Harris of Molino, FL.

                Stephens started NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 9 action with his fourth win of the 2015 season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS.  The next stop was Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS on Saturday night, where he bagged win number five on the season. 

Stephens was looking to win four races in four nights, but that plan came to an end on Sunday night when Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS rained out their NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division feature event with Stephens scheduled to start on the pole.  Stephens has 380 points after five wins, seven top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in ten races over eight weeks.

Harris finished ninth on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the Coastal Engine and Machine Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Harris has 363 points after two wins, six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in eight races to hold the second spot in the points chase. 

Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS is third in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 348 points after five wins and ten top five finishes in ten races over seven weeks of competition.  In the five races that Strength didn’t win, he finished second, as he did on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway, and on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS.

On Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway, Strength drove the Sauls Farm Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine, and in the Saturday night NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division race at Jackson Motor Speedway, Strength drove the Dog House Chassis Chevrolet.

Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS drove the Jarrell Rigged Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a third-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway to remain fourth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings.  Jarrell has 342 points after five top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in nine races over eight weeks.

John Smartt of Manchester, MS is fifth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 322 points after three wins and seven top five finishes in seven races.  Smartt finished fifth on Sunday night at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, TN driving the Frontline Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS is sixth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 316 points after three top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in seven races driving the Geddie Tree Service Chevrolet.  Geddie finished sixth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway. 

Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is seventh in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 313 points after three top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in eight races over seven weeks in the Faulk Motorsports Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  Faulk finished seventh on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.

David Williamson of Seminary, MS drove the Sauls Farm Ford to a third-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway to land in the eighth spot of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings.  Williamson has 307 points after four top five finishes and five top ten finishes in seven races.

Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is ninth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 301 points after six top five finishes in seven races.  Bailey drove the L&L Construction Services Chevrolet to a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Southern Raceway.

Cliff Childers of Terry, MS drove the Reed’s Metal Racing Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a ninth-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway.  Childers rounds out the Top 10 of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 275 points after four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in six races.

In other NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 9 action, Calvin Cook of Pace, FL drove the A&P Welding Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to victory on Saturday night at Southern Raceway.  Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL took his first win of the season on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL driving the Wilson Lumber Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Steve Pate of Heflin, AL was the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division winner on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL in the Pate Racing Chevrolet.  Jeff Butler of Mendenhall, MS drove the B&B Racing Buick to the win on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway.  Justin Owens took his first win of the season on Sunday night at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, TN.

NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 10 competition got underway on Monday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL where Sean Goodwin of Pensacola, FL took the $1,000 top prize driving the Goodwin Racing Chevrolet.

Seven of the Top 10 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stocks in the point standings, including six of the top seven, along with four of seven Week 9 race winners were powered by the $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  The NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors have the option to use the economical 602 engine that is built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications.

The $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine is in stock and ready for free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast from NeSmith Performance Parts, a division of NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA, the nation’s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Parts Dealer for eight years running.  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 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 5/24/15:

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 9 RESULTS:

May 22:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 69 Richie Stephens
2. 18 Brooks Strength
3. 20 Jason Jarrell
4. 30j Bill Pulliam
5. 19 Michael Williams
6. 37 Jay Geddie
7. 20s Jeremy Sexton
8. 26c Cole Cameron
9. 3 Richard Jenkins
10. 1 Donnie Ellis
11. 5 Jason Jackson
12. 41 Roger Flynn DNS

May 23:

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 69 Richie Stephens
2. 008 Gregg Hollingsworth
3. K1 Dewayne Estes
4. 2 Lee Ray
5. 53 James Ware
6. 07 Mike Palmiter
7. 3 Larry Faulk
8. 12 Artis Bunyard
9. 7 Shay Knight
10. 11 Johnny Hughes
11. 111 Wayne Medders
12. 87 Bill Moffett
13. 74 Scotty Vowell
14. 18 Jimmy Rogers
15. 4 Matt Byram
16. 44 Terry Arnsdorf
17. NF1 Justin McRee
18. 14 Corey Adank
19. 82 Trey Bright
20. 18 Andrew Boleware
21. 777 Brandon Leftwich
22. 12 Chip Jones
23. 16 Cody Adank
24. 11 Jeffrey Walker DNS
25. 02 Bubba Trotter DNS

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 6 Calvin Cook
2. 36 Sean Goodwin
3. 2 Bubba McGhee
4. 05 Bo Bailey
5. 41 Brandon Kilpatrick
6. 15 Joe Richbourg
7. 92 Matthew Holcomb
8. 12 David Uebelsteadt
9. 2 Branden Harris
10. 3 Mike Ladner
11. 19 Jesse Smith
12. 69 Tim Jones

NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL:
1. 71 Stuart Wilson
2. 29 Dean Shaw
3. 26 Jeffrey Odom
4. 86 Justin Hamilton
5. 38 Josh Kimmons

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 07 Steve Pate
2. 4 Bradley Johnson
3. 99 Eddie Brannon
4. 21 Russell Chapman
5. 28 Andy McCartney
6. 00 Billy Williams
7. K17 Cory Korreckt
8. 45 Jeremy Isbell
9. 19 Kyle Davison
10. 23 Ronald Williamson
11. 4 Casey Watts

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 254 Jeff Butler
2. 20s Brooks Strength
3. 28 David Williamson
4. 007 Kevin Whittington
5. 93 Stacy Robinson
6. 9h Allen Sanders Jr.
7. 10 Donnie Monk
8. 69 Gary Williams
9. 18 Cliff Childers
10. 711 Bryan Cox
11. 82 Shelby Williams
12. 17 Leo Edwards
13. 17d Newell Didone
14. 182 Justin Reynolds
15. 3 Justin Reynolds
16. 12 Daniel Manning
17. 12g Jeffrey Gaunt
18. 5 Jason Jackson

May 24:

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – WHEEL, TN:
1. 01 Justin Owens
2. 409 Allen Carter
3. 2 Joel Landers
4. 84 Jason Savage
5. S1 John Smartt
6. 05 Tommy Climer
7. 75 B.J. Sanders
8. 27 Thomas Dale
9. 04 Booger Brooks
10. 71 Matthew Parker
11. 11 Shane Workman
12. D2 David Cove
13. 78 J.J. Hall DNS
14. 22 Freddie Smith DNS
15. 7 Matt Dunn DNS

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
Rained Out – Rescheduled For September 6

EARLY NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 10 RESULTS:

May 25:

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. 36 Sean Goodwin
2. 6 Calvin Cook
3. 2 Branden Harris
4. NF1 Justin McRee
5. 3 Larry Faulk
6. 99 Kevin Mitchell
7. 777 Brandon Leftwich
8. 27 Bobby Resmondo
9. 2m Bubba McGhee
10. 26c Cole Cameron
11. 20 Jason Jarrell
12. 19 Jesse Smith
13. 15 Joe Richbourg
14. 08 Freddie McCall Jr. DNS

NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.  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 Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.  AR Bodies is a Presenting Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.

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