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

 

July 2, 2015

 

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 15 PREVIEW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – The July4th Holiday Weekend, or Week 15 of the 27-week 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies season, will be a busy one.  There are nine races on the schedule of events over three nights at eight tracks in four different states.

                Week 15 for the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division begins on Thursday night with Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL hosting a $750-to-win race as part of the Salute To America Nationals with the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series. 

The NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division will also participate in Night Two of the Salute To America Nationals by making their first visit ever to Penton Raceway in Penton, AL for a $500-to-win race.  Hattiesburg Speedway will also be in action on Friday night, the first of two nights of NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division action for the Hattiesburg, MS track.

Hattiesburg Speedway will also be in action on Saturday night with a Week 14 Make-Up Race.  Also hosting Saturday night Week 15 races will be Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL with a $1,000-to-win race, Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, TN returns to action, Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS, Southern Raceway in Milton, FL, and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

The top two drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, Richie Stephens of Salem, AL and Branden Harris of Molino, FL, can reach the 14-week mark of their respective seasons and Week 15 could be the last week they can earn full points. 

Stephens leads the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 621 points, and Harris is in the second spot with 602 points.  With the best 14 weekly point totals counting as a driver’s season total, Stephens and Harris will begin netting points after they reach the 14-week mark by trying to replace their lowest weekly total with a higher one.

Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is third in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 523 points.  If Jarrell runs both nights at Hattiesburg Speedway to earn points for both Week 14 and Week 15, he too will reach the 14-week mark of his 2015 season.

Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is fourth with 495 point0s, while Bo Bailey of Milton, FL and David Williamson of Seminary, MS are tied for fifth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 493 points apiece.  Bubba McGhee of Atmore, AL is seventh with 464 points and Kevin Mitchell of Pensacola, FL is eighth with 458 points.

Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS is ninth with 350 points, and Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 347 points.  Strength will be a driver to watch in the coming weeks, as he has the highest Weekly Point Average, or WPA, among the Top 20 in the point standings at 49.67 out of a possible 50.

The second highest WPA belongs to Steve Pate of Heflin, AL at 47.78.  Pate is 11th in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 430 points, and another driver to watch in the upcoming weeks.  Stephens has the third highest WPA at 47.77, one has to go to the 17th-place in the point standings, Calvin Cook of Pace, FL, to find the fourth highest WPA at 46.38.

Harris has the fifth highest WPA at 46.31 and Cliff Childers of Terry, MS, who is 12th in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, has the sixth highest WPA at 45.44.  Falk and Geddie are tied for the seventh highest WPA at 45, while Bailey and Williamson share the ninth highest WPA at 44.82.

Drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season from March 23 through September 27.  The $5,000 National point fund will pay $2,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.

NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors also have the option to compete with the economical steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine that is available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA for $3,495 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast. 

Five of the Top 10 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, including the Top 4, after the first 14 weeks of competition have a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine under the hoods of their respective race cars.  To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

For 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.  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/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 15 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

July 2:

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL ($750-To-Win)

July 3:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL ($500-To-Win)

July 4:

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – WHEEL, TN
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL ($1,000-To-Win)
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS (Week 14 Make-Up Race)
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS

 

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

July 2, 2015

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 15 PREVIEW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – It’s a Holiday Weekend, and Week 15 of the 27-week 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will give competitors an opportunity to race a lot, earn a lot of points, and not have to travel far to do it.  The Week 15 schedule of events show nine races at six tracks in three different states.

                Three tracks will be in action to open NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 15 action on Friday night.  Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS will host the first of two races on Friday night with a Week 5 Make-Up Race.  Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS and Salina Speedway in Salina, KS will also present Friday night Week 15 races.

                On Saturday night, Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX, Greenville Speedway, Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS, and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS will all be in action with NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 15 races.  Hattiesburg Speedway will return for racing on Saturday night with a Week 14 Make-Up Race.

                Round 2 of the NeSmith/NCRA Late Model Series for Week 15 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series points will take place on Sunday night at the historic Belleville Highbanks in Belleville, KS.

                If NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS races this weekend, it will be the final week he can earn full points, as he will reach the 14 week mark of his season.  After that, he will begin trying to net points by replacing the lowest of his 14 weekly point totals with a higher one.

                Arnold could compete in a Make-Up Race this weekend, reach the 14week mark, and then net on a 25 in a Week 15 race.  Arnold has an opportunity to earn 75 points this weekend.  Arnold leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 610 points and has a 102 point lead over Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL, who is second in the standings with 508 points.

                Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 465 points.  Both Joiner and Jordan still have three more weeks to earn full points, and can close the gap on Arnold in the coming weeks. 

Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL is fourth with 433 points, and the 13-year-old also leads the Sunoco Young Gun Challenge Series point standings for drivers 18 years of age and younger.  Skinner still has four more weeks to earn full points. 

Billy Riels Racing teammates Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS and the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS are fifth and sixth respectively in the point standings.  Lee has 429 points and Daspit has 421 points.  Greg Fore of Greenville, MS is seventh with 417 points.  Lee, Daspit and Fore can earn full points for another five weeks.

Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS is eighth in the standings with 373 points and the third-place driver in the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series points, 17-year-old Cole Daffron of Pell City, AL is ninth in the National Weekly standings with 366 points.  Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS rounds out the Top 10 with 363 points.

Keeton, Daffron and Palasini all have another six weeks to earn full points before reaching the 14 week mark of their respective seasons.  Seven Top 10 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series drivers are also in the Top 10 of the Weekly Point Average, or WPA, List.  But, to find the driver among the Top 20 in the points with the highest WPA, you have to go to the second ten.

Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX is 15th in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 335 points, but he has the highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the point standings at 47.86.  Starnes can earn full points for another seven weeks, and he also leads the NeSmith Southern Crate Late Model Series point standings.

Lee has the second highest WPA at 47.67, and Adam Cummings of Odenville, AL, who is 16th in the standings with 331 points, has the third highest WPA at 47.29 and has seven more weeks to earn full points.  Arnold has the fourth highest WPA at 46.92, and Daspit has the fifth highest WPA at 46.78.

Keeton has the sixth highest WPA at 46.63, and Joiner has the seventh highest WPA at 46.18.  Daffron has the eighth highest WPA at  45.75, and Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS, who is 18th in the standings with 318 points, has the ninth highest WPA at 45.43 and has seven more weeks to earn full points.

Palasini has the tenth highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings at 45.38.  There have been 262 different drivers that have earned points in the first 14 weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition.

Drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season from March 23 through September 27.  The $20,000 National point fund will pay $10,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competitors have the option of two different economical Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engines to compete with.  The aluminum-head 400 horsepower 604 engine costs $5,795 and the steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine with a 100-pound weight break costs $3,495.

Both of these Chevrolet Performance Racing Engines are in stock and available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast.  To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

For more information and rules about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the 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 CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 15 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

July 3:

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS (Week 5 Make-Up Race)
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
SALINA SPEEDWAY – SALINA, KS

July 4:

BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX
GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS (Week 14 Make-Up Race)
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS

July 5:

BELLEVILLE HIGH BANKS – BELLEVILLE, KS (NeSmith/NCRA)

 

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  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 Late Models.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  RockAuto.com is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  Racecar Engineering is the Official Parts Supplier of the NeSmith Late Models.  Beyea Headers is the NeSmith Late Model Hard Charger Sponsor.  Sunoco Race Fuels is the Official Race Fuel of the NeSmith Late Models.  Panama City Cycles is the Official ATV Provider of the NeSmith Late Models.  AR Bodies is an Associate Sponsor of the NeSmith Late Models.  NeSmith Late Model Contingency Sponsors for 2015 are CrateInsider.Com, Integra Racing Shocks, Image Screen Printing, and Gresham Race Parts.  2015 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars. 

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