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June 24, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES JUNE 24 ROUND UP

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                CARTERSVILLE, GA – It was a successful Week 13 of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition for the top two drivers in the point standings, as point leader Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS posted a top five finish and Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS used two wins to climb into the second spot of the standings.

                Scarbrough started off Week 13 of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series action on Friday night with a third-place finish at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Villa South Trak-Star.  The “Florence Flash” now has 530 points after two wins, six top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 15 races over 12 weeks.

                Daspit had a perfect Week 13 with two NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series wins driving “Noah’s Ark” also known as the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star.  Daspit took the win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park, and followed that up on Saturday night with his seventh win of the season at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA.

                That moved Daspit up to the second spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 527 points, just three points behind Scarbrough.  Daspit has seven wins and 13 top five finishes in 14 races over 11 weeks.

                Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS went into Week 13 tied with Scarbrough for the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point lead.  A ninth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park dropped him down to the third spot in the standings with 524 points. 

“Motorcycle Mack” has four top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 17 races over 13 weeks driving the Mackmer Home Buyers Special.  Mackmer has one more week to earn full points before he hits the 14-week mark of his season.  After that, Mackmer will begin to attempt to net points by replacing the lowest weekly point total among his best 14 with a higher one.

                Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 477 points after a second-place finish on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway.  “The General” has one win, 14 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 16 races over 10 weeks driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT.

                Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS is fifth in the standings with 450 points after finishing sixth on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.  “Big Nasty” has four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in 14 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series races over 11 weeks driving the Henderson Waste and Recycling Trak-Star.

                T.J. Hays of Bradford, TN finished fifth on Saturday night in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model feature at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN driving the 45 Race Shop GRT.  Hays is sixth in the standings with 439 points after four top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in ten races over ten weeks.

                Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL took a 40-point win on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Zaxby’s Rocket.  It was the seventh NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season for “Big Sky” and keeps him seventh in the standings with 438 points.  Dudley has seven wins and nine top five finishes in nine races over nine weeks.

                Ricky Waggoner of Martin, TN and Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS are tied for the eighth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 435 points apiece. 

Waggoner has five wins, eight top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in nine races over nine weeks in the Taylormade Performance Special.  Arnold has four wins, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 13 races over nine weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition driving the Reynolds Motorsports/Billy Riels Racing GRT.

Robby Moore of Brosley, MO rounds out the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 433 points after driving the Custom Race Cars Trak-Star to a third-place finish on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR.  Moore has one win, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 12 races over nine weeks.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 13 action, Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS took his first win of the season on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway driving the Custom Spraying, Inc., GRT.  Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL picked up his second straight win in Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL driving the Performance Trucking Warrior.

Tait Davenport of Benton, KY drove the Murtco, Inc. Special to his third NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model wins of the season on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports.  Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS took his third win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway driving the MP Trucking Trak-Star.

Cody Smith of Holt, FL took his second NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Late Model win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the Smith’s Performance Rocket.  Adam Gauldin of Talladega, AL won his second straight race on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Adam Gauldin Racing GRT.

Joey Smith of Pomona, MO grabbed his fourth win of the season on Saturday night at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO driving the Plastic Tank Shop.com Special.  Daniel Bridgmon of Meridian, MS drove the Robinson Electric Supply Special to his first NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

NeSmith Racing officials have added a new column to the point standings called “Weeks” to show how many weeks the top drivers in the standings have competed in.  Drivers will earn full points until they reach 14 weeks of competition.  At that point in their season, they will begin to net points by trying to replace the lowest weekly total among their best 14 week season totals with a higher weekly point score.

Two wins by Daspit and a win from Palasini in Week 13 action brought the leading win total for 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 up to 25 for the 2013 season.

Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV holds the second spot after Dudley and Smith gave them their 13th and 14th wins of the season.  Four-time and defending NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Champ GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is third with 11 wins on the season after victories from Barrett and Gauldin. 

Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is in the fourth spot after Knowles gave then their sixth win 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 13 weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 299 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 6/22/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 13 RESULTS:

June 21:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 477 Noah Daspit
2. C11 Cliff Williams
3. 33 Sid Scarbrough
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 747 Jered Smith
6. 8 Owen Stockstill
7. G33 Greg Dedwylder
8. 3n Ronnie Graham
9. 115 Derrick Mackmer
10. X Kash Wilson
11. 2 Allen Sanders
12. 21 Kody Barber
13. 22 David Weems DNS

PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. 66k Scott Knowles
2. 18 Chase Edge
3. 34 Chad Wallace
4. 22m Taylor Mitcham
5. 92 Joseph Darda
6. 0 Jody Sewell

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
1. 110 Brent Barrett
2. 23 Travis Ashley
3. 66 Robby Moore
4. 77 Gavin Landers
5. 18 Roger Witt
6. 17k Cody Kierre
7. 1 Joey Smith
8. 5x Randall Griffin

June 22:

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 55 Montana Dudley
2. K9 Dana Eiland
3. 40 Marvin Cook
4. 5 Thomas Lewis
5. 75 Brand Lewis
6. 22m Taylor Mitcham
7. 14 Pat Wall

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
2. 01 Nick Thrash
3. 4b Josh Banes
4. 27 Larry Murphy
5. G33 Greg Dedwylder
6. 118 Randy Boyd
7. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
8. 711 Steve Bynum
9. 77 Carl Wilson
10. 2 Tyler Burgess
11. 747 Jered Smith
12. 7b Jon Biles

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 477 Noah Daspit
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 7 Bryan Foy
4. 29 Jimmy Moody
5. 00 Allen Netherland
6. 22 Ronnie Roberts
7. 41 Al Kouhout
8. 20 William Alsobrooks
9. X Kash Wilson
10. 521 Mickey Trosclair
11. 50 Joey Credidio
12. 33 Sid Scarbrough DNS

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 18 Tait Davenport
2. 12 Jeff Glisson
3. 00g Ben Garner
4. 00b Bronson Berry
5. 94 T.J. Hays
6. 6 Jimmy Halford
7. 10 Ronnie Cooper
8. 62 Zach Jenkins
9. 00 Ricky Waggoner

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
1. 95 Jamie Green
2. 00 Buster Deen
3. 23 Chris Jewell
4. 15 John Aitken
5. 84 Keith Pearcy

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 17 Adam Gauldin
2. 5 Mike Combs
3. 29 Brian Ponder
4. F97 Red Farmer
5. 99 Toney Revis
6. 11 Josh Watson
7. 57 Maddox Mullinax
8. 19 Josh Adkins
9. 12 Brady Burns
10. 9 Kelvin Kennedy
11. 8 Grant Pearl
12. 10 Jeff Helms
13. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
1. 1 Joey Smith
2. 55 Bobby Skinner
3. 18 Roger Witt
4. 66 Robby Moore
5. 65 Doug Moore
6. 81 Jerry Buck
7. K7 Kevin Collins
8. 30-30 Tim Winchester
9. 11 Hunter Duren
10. 4a Mike Atchison
11. 14c Jerry Croney
12. 23 Travis Ashley
13. 181 Chad Williams
14. 5 Randall Atchison

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
2. 5 Greg Fore
3. 110 Brent Barrett
4. 21 Ryan Colby
5. 18 Jason Botsford
6. J8 Bobby Jordan
7. 7p Peter Hazzard
8. 9 Mike Haralson
9. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
10. C55 David Carpenter
11. 7d Brent Dillon
12. 46 Kenny Carpenter
13. CJ7 Chris Weeks
14. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
15. 22 Jason Bowen

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 3 Cody Smith
2. 31 Craig Turner
3. 221 Tyler Allen
4. 8 Wayne Morris
5. 47 James Gilmore
6. 1 Shep Lucas
7. 2 Randy Polk
8. 64 Ricky Gilmore
9. 99 Chris Bonanno
10. 42 Bernard Blackwell
11. 54 Kyle Bryant DNS

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