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

June 30, 2014

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 14 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Drivers that got to race in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies Week 14 competition made the best of it in the points chase.  David Windham of Florala, AL took over sole possession of first place in the point standings, while Mike Lane of Pace, FL used his ninth win of the season to move up to the second spot.

                There were six races on the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 schedule, but Mother Nature washed out four of them, including a pair of $1,000-to-win races sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series.  The first rainout of the week was the $1,000-to-win Dixie 50 on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS co-sanctioned by the MSSS.

                On Saturday night, rain washed out the $1,000-to-win $100-to-start NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division/MSSS co-sanctioned race at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA.  NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 Saturday night events at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS and at Poplar Bluff Speedway in Poplar Bluff, MO were also rained out.

                Windham used a sixth-place finish on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL to take over sole possession of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point lead driving the Florala Pharmacy Chevrolet.  Windham has 613 points after one win, ten top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 16 races over 14 weeks of competition.

                Now that Windham has reached the 14 week mark of his season be will now begin to net points by trying to replace the lowest weekly point total among his best 14 with a higher one.  The lowest weekly total among Windham’s 14 is a 34.  A 50-point win would net Windham 16 points to be added to his season total.

                Lane drove the Lane’s Vinyl Siding Chevrolet to his series-leading ninth win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway.  That moved Lane up to the second spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 574 points after nine wins, 13 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 16 races over 13 weeks.  Lane still has one more week to earn full points.

                Jeremy Idom of Hattiesburg, MS shared the point lead with Windham going into Week 14 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division action, but he did not compete over the weekend and dropped to the third spot in standings with 568 points.  Idom has eight wins, 14 top five finishes, and 15 top ten finishes in 17 races over 12 weeks driving the Performance Bodies 1957 Chevrolet.

                Brandon Leftwich of Meridian, MS was another driver that did not race in NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 competition, and fell to fourth in the standings with 532 points.  Leftwich has six top five finishes and eight top ten finishes in 12 races over 12 weeks driving the STR Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,295 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

                Dean Shaw of Defuniak Springs, FL is fifth in the standings with 486 points after one win, nine top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 11 races over 11 weeks driving the S&S Electronics Chevrolet.  Shaw also did not compete in NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 action.

                Larry Faulk of Pace, FL used a second-place finish on Saturday night at Southern Raceway driving the L&H Construction Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to move up to the sixth spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 481 points.  Faulk has seven top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 14 races over 12 weeks.

                Phillip Haynes of Anniston, AL finished fourth on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL and climbed up to the seventh spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 472 points.  Haynes has one win and 11 top five finishes in 13 races over 11 weeks driving the Jeff Owens & Associates Chevrolet.

                Garrett McDonald of Pace, FL is eighth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 448 points after two wins, six top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks driving the Copperhead Chassis Chevrolet.  McDonald did not compete in Week 14 action.

                Michael Williams of Saucier, MS and Branden Harris of Molino, FL are tied for the ninth spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 437 points apiece.  Williams did not compete in Week 14 action, but stays in the top ten in the points chase after seven top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks driving the Williams Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine .

                Harris drove the Coastal Engine and Machine Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Southern Raceway.  In 11 races over ten weeks, Harris has one win, seven top five finishes and eight top ten finishes.

                In other NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 action, Tyler Hurst of Lineville, AL took a 40-point win on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track driving the NSC Heating and Air Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  It was Hurst’s eighth win in nine races over eight weeks of competition, as he closes in on the Top 10 in the point standings.

A total of 216 drivers have earned points in the first 13 weeks of NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competition.  The complete NeSmith/AR Bodies 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.

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NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 6/28/14:

POS

CAR #

DRIVER

PTS

RACES

WINS

TOP 5

TOP 10

WKS/NET

1

7

David Windham

613

16

1

10

13

34

2

8

Mike Lane

574

16

9

13

15

13

3

WFO

Jeremy Idom

568

17

8

14

15

12

4

777

Brandon Leftwich

532

12

6

8

12

5

29

Dean Shaw

486

11

1

9

10

11

6

3f

Larry Faulk

481

14

7

11

12

7

109

Phillip Haynes

472

13

1

11

11

12

8

23

Garrett McDonald

448

12

2

6

9

10

9

19

Michael Williams

437

12

7

9

10

10

2

Branden Harris

437

11

1

7

8

10

11

007

Kevin Whittington

423

9

4

6

8

9

12

53

James Ware

423

11

3

6

7

10

13

82

Trey Bright

387

9

4

7

9

8

14

54

Clint Vaughn

385

10

1

9

10

9

15

95

Tyler Hurst

359

9

8

9

9

8

16

7

Josh Kimmons

349

8

4

6

8

17

20

Stacy Herron

341

8

1

5

5

8

18

05

Doug Lea

337

8

1

6

8

8

19

9

Mike Haralson

327

8

1

5

8

20

97

Tony Crosby

304

7

1

4

7

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 14 RESULTS:

June 27:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS (Co-Sanctioned with MSSS):
Rained Out

June 28:

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 2 Tyler Hurst
2. H2 Jud Hurst
3. 1 Chris Howell
4. 109 Phillip Haynes
5. 12 J.R. Brown
6. 13 Andy Davis
7. 44 Greg Loyd

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 8 Mike Lane
2. 3 Larry Faulk
3. 05 Doug Lea
4. 27 Jake Senterfitt
5. 2 Branden Harris
6. 7 David Windham
7. 09 Joe Miller DQ
8. 71 Stuart Wilson DQ

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS
Rained Out

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA (Co-Sanctioned with MSSS)
Rained Out

POPLAR BLUFF SPEEDWAY – POPLAR BLUFF, MO:
Rained Out


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