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

June 3, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR JUNE 3

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – The top three drivers remain the same in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings, even though they did not earn any points in Week 10 competition.  There were some changes from fourth through tenth, as several drivers used Week 10 top ten finishes to move up in the standings.

                Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS remains the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point leader with 435 points after four wins, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 13 races driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT. 

Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS is second in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star with 427 points after four wins and ten top five finishes in ten races.  Both Arnold and Daspit did not compete in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 10 competition.

                Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS continues to hold down the third spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 398 points after four top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in the Mackmer Home Buyers Special. 

With Arnold and Daspit taking Week 10 off, Mackmer was in a position to take over the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point lead.  An altercation with another driver on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA got Mackmer disqualified from the race, and he failed to earn any points.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS drove the Villa South Trak-Star to a ninth-place finish Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS to move up to the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings.  Scarbrough has 391 points after one win, four top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 11 races.

Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fifth in the standings with 379 points after one win and 11 top five finishes in 12 races.  For the second straight week, Lee did not compete in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition while traveling with the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division where he is eighth in the point standings.

The sixth through tenth-place drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings after Week 10 competition are separated by just 14 points.

Bobby Jordon of McCarley, MS finished sixth on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway and is now sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 334 points.  Jordan has three top five finishes and four top ten finishes in ten races driving the Henderson Waste and Recycling Trak-Star.

Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS finished second on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the MP Trucking Trak-Star and climbed up to the seventh spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings.  Palasini has 327 points after one win and five top five finishes in eight races.

Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA put his second NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series victory in the win column on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway driving the Sparks Motorsports Special.  The win moved Trosclair up to the eighth position in the standings with 325 points after two wins, seven top five finishes, and nine top ten finishes in ten starts.

Doug Sanchagrin of Florence, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 324 points after a seventh-place finish on Friday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.  Sanchagrin has six top ten finishes in in ten starts driving the Permanent Exterior Solutions Trak-Star.

Three-time West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 320 points.  Keeton has six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in nine races driving the Lee Racing Trak-Star.

In other Week 10 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series action, Jeff Glisson of Boaz, KY drove the SGR Equipment Rocket to victory on May 27 at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN.  Randy Boyd of Marion, MS was the winner on Friday night at Whynot Motorsports Park driving the Coca-Cola of Meridian Trak-Star.

Pat Wall of Columbus, GA picked up his first NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Wimmer’s Wrecker Service Rocket.  Randy Polk of Milton, FL took his second win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the Lucas Farms Trak-Star.

Cliff Williams of Star, MS took his first NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving the Star Plumbing Trak-Star.

There were four Week 10 rainouts at NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series tracks.  Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR was rained out on Friday night, while Clayhill Motorsport, Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL and West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO were rained out on Saturday night.

Two-time the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL leads the 2013 standings with 18 wins after three Week 10 victories from Boyd, Polk and Williams.

                Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV took over sole possession of the second spot with nine wins and a pair of Week 10 victories from Glisson and Wall.  Four-time and defending NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Champ GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is third with seven wins. 

Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is in the fourth spot with three wins in 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 eight weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 261 different drivers have earned points.  The complete NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS point standings are posted on the all-new 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 6/1/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 10 RESULTS:

May 27:

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 12 Jeff Glisson
2. 73 Ashley Newman
3. 10 Ronnie Cooper
4. 18 Tait Davenport
5. 00 Ben Garner
6. 7 Rex Berry
7. 4 Joe Mike
8. C14 Cameron Brown
9. 5x Kody Mea
10. 181 Chad Williams
11. C1 Dakota Berry
12. 94 T.J. Hays

May 31:

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 118 Randy Boyd
2. 760 Jim McDuffie
3. 11 Tim Dees
4. 27 Larry Murphy
5. 4w Wiley Williams
6. 14 Casey Haney
7. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
8. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
9. C11 Cliff Williams
10. 75p Phillip Stanley
11. 68 Ray Windham
12. 1w Jonathan Walker
13. 19d Dustin Turner

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
Rained Out

June 1:

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 14 Pat Wall
2. 55 Montana Dudley
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 66k Scott Knowles
5. 5 Thomas Lewis
6. 55n Terrance Nowell
7. 17 Stevie Blanchette
8. 22m Taylor Mitcham
9. 141 Thomas Grau
10. 75 Brand Lewis
11. 18 Chase Edge
12. 18d Cord Dodgen

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. C11 Cliff Williams
2. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
3. C20 Cliff Ross
4. 4L Neil Lee
5. 4j Josh Banes
6. J8 Bobby Jordan
7. 24F Bryan Foreman
8. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
9. 33 Sid Scarbrough
10. 96 Trey Rickman
11. 2 Allen Sanders Jr.
12. 9 Mike Haralson
13. 14 Casey Haney
14. 22 David Weems
15. 4w David Worrell
16. 711 Steve Bynum
17. 34 Doug Sanchagrin DNS

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

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 521 Mickey Trosclair
2. 7 Bryan Foy
3. X Kash Wilson
4. 8 Owen Stockstill
5. 22 Ronnie Roberts
6. 20 William Alsobrooks
7. 55 Pat Nichols
8. 24 Punkin Taylor
9. 00 Allen Netherland DQ
10. 115 Derrick Mackmer DQ

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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