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June 10, 2013

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION ROUND UP FOR JUNE 17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Kevin Whittington of Brandon, MS was the big winner Saturday night in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division race at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS that was co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series.  Whittington drove the Ergon Chevrolet to the $1,000 victory.

                Trey Bright of Coker, AL continues to lead the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings despite taking on a Utility Tire on the inside edge of Magnolia Motor Speedway and lost.  Bright finished 22nd in the AKA Cores Chevrolet, but still leads the standings by six points over Dave Nations of Raymond, MS, who finished fourth at The Mag.

                Bright has 526 points after five wins, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 13 races.  Nations has 520 points after one win, eight top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 12 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division starts driving the Street Stock Set Up Specialists Chevrolet powered by a $3,195 Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.

                Kevin Spears of Fayette, AL, who led the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings earlier this season used a sixth-place finish in Saturday night’s race at The Mag driving the Bass Sports Online Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine to stay in the Championship hunt.  Spears is third in the standings with 507 points after four wins, mine top five finishes, and 11 top ten finishes in 12 races.

                Wayne Medders of Morton, MS is fourth with 440 points after three top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in 13 races driving the Medders Construction Chevrolet.  Brandon Leftwich of Meridian, MS is fifth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 423 points after four top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in ten starts driving the American Portable Buildings Chevrolet powered by a 602 Crate Engine.

                Chad Hiers of Ocean Springs, MS holds down the sixth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 404 points after six top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in 11 races driving the Hiers Construction Chevrolet. 

Stacy Herron of Kiln, MS walked away from a spectacular series of flips in Friday night heat race action at The Mag, but remains seventh in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 373 points.  Herron has one win, six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in 10 starts driving the S&B Contracting Chevrolet.

Eddie Willis of Saucier, MS and Jarrod Fremin of Montz, LA are tied for the eighth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 336 points apiece.  Willis has one win, six top five finishes, and nine top ten finishes in 10 races driving the Willis Racing Chevrolet.  Fremin has one win, four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in eight races in the Fremin Racing Chevrolet.

Charles Coan of Danville, AL rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 335 points.  Coan has six top ten finishes in eight starts driving the Coan Racing Chevrolet.

In other NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 12 action, Rocky DeGruy of Denham Springs, LA picked up two wins driving the Westside Oil Recovery Buick.  DeGruy took a 50-point win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS, and followed that up with a 40-point win on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA. 

Keith Coan of Town Creek, AL drove the Bishop Body Shop Chevrolet to his first NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Moulton Speedway in Moulton, AL.

The first ever NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division race held at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL was won by Greg Chumley of Attalla, AL in the Vinson Race Engines Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.

A total of 178 different drivers have earned points in the first 12 weeks of NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competition.  The complete NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings can be found on the Points page of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

For more information about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division visit the Weekly Racing Series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing.  Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.  You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 6/15/13:

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 12 RESULTS:

May 14:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 10 Rocky DeGruy
2. 30j Bill Pulliam
3. 12 Dallas Mozingo
4. 40 Stan Moore
5. 14 Anthony Morgan
6. 777 Brandon Leftwich
7. 36m Ray McKay
8. 104 Donnie Monk
9. 3 Chris Sawyer DNS
10. 19 Lee Eubanks DNS
11. 51 Eddie Willis DNS
12. 12s Josh Stringer DQ

May 15:

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 10 Rocky DeGruy
2. 30j Bill Pulliam
3. 51 Eddie Willis
4. 40 Stan Moore

GREEN VALLEY SPEEDWAY – GLENCOE, AL:
1. 23 Greg Chumley
2. 1 Chris Howell
3. 30 Brock Love
4. 31 Andy Davis
5. 77 Jack Rayburn
6. 3 Jeremy McSweeney
7. 14 Robert Nelson

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 007 Kevin Whittington
2. STR1 Chad Thrash
3. 82c Calvin Cook
4. 56 Dave Nations
5. 13 Mark Barnett
6. 13 Kevin Spears
7. 41 Bill Sudduth
8. 41 Roger Flynn
9. 2 Jeffrey Walker
10. 45 James Elfring
11. 99 Jarrod Fremin
12. 19 Michael Williams
13. 44 Adam Cheeks
14. 111 Wayne Medders
15. Q32 Quiterio Arevalos
16. 15 Marty Holtman
17. 10 Jody Walters
18. 93 Stacy Robinson
19. 7 Casey Hobson
20. 26 Doug Dodd
21. 0 Jeremy Flurry
22. 82 Trey Bright
23. 15 Jesse Barnett
24. K24 Tony Silvestri DQ
25. 53 Scooter Ware DNS
26. 25 Danny Jones DNS
27. 20 Stacy Herron DNS
28. 59 Brandon Hardin DNS
29. 74 Scotty Vowell DNS
30. 54 Chris Tuggle DNS
31. 01 Dustin Ladner DNS
32. 81 Bryan Kilgore DNS
33. B6 Martin Burke DNS
34. F15 Chad Hiers DNS
35. 3 Tommy McCafferty DNS
36. M1 Tim McNeese DNS
37. 1 David Turner DNS

MOULTON SPEEDWAY – MOULTON, AL:
1. 25 Keith Coan
2. 55 Brandon Wells
3. 00 Bobby Joe Richardson
4. 10 Lucas Horton
5. 58 Michael Franklin
6. M14 Zack Graham
7. 11 Darron Jewell
8. 31 Riley Flannagan
9. B14 Charles Coan
10. J5 Jacob Stephens
11. 4 Dakota Blagburn
12. M88 Justin Motes
13. 713 David Brocato DQ

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