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July 27, 2015

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 18 ROUND UP

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                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Several NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Top 20 drivers had success in Week 18 competition, but the top two drivers in the point standings were unable to help their respective causes in getting closer to the $10,000 National Championship.  With eight weeks to go in the 27-week season, several drivers are beginning to position themselves for a late season title run.

Point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS was looking to net on a 46.  Arnold was unable to earn any points, as his best Week 18 finish was a tenth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving The Strength Center Special.  Arnold has a best 14 week total of 690 points after 11 wins, 15 top five finishes and 18 top ten finishes in 23 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series races.

Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 644 points, and he reached the 14 week mark of his season with his lowest weekly total after a 40 point win on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL in a NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race.  In 15 races, Joiner has two wins, 12 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in the Three Trade Consultant Special.

Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS continued his recent string of Top 5 finishes with a third-place finish in the Week 15 Make Up Race on Friday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.  Jordan is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 628 points after two wins, seven top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 18 races driving the SMJ Race Parts Trak-Star.

The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS remains a 2015 title contender after a fourth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Billy Riels Racing Special.  Daspit is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 616 points after five wins, ten top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 15 races over 13 weeks.

Daspit’s teammate Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS drove his Billy Riels Racing Special to a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway and is fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 612 points.  Lee has one win, 13 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 15 races over 13 weeks.

Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS is going to be a driver to watch in the last eight weeks of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, as he drove the MP Trucking Special to his sixth win of the season on Friday night in the Week 15 Make-Up Race at Greenville Speedway.  Palasini is sixth in the standings with 610 points after six wins and 12 top five finishes in 14 races over 13 weeks.

Greg Fore of Greenville, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 586 points after two wins, eight top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 15 races over 13 weeks.  Fore did not start the Friday night Week 15 Make Up Race at Greenville Speedway in the Washington Body Shop GRT.

Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL is a 13-year-old driver looking at challenging for two National Championships.  Skinner is eighth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National standings with 581 points after six wins, 11 top five finishes, and 13 top ten finishes in 14 races over 12 weeks. 

Skinner drove the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR to his sixth win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.  Skinner also leads the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings for NeSmith Late Model drivers 18 years of age and younger.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 525 points after four top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in 14 races over 12 weeks.  Scarbrough drove the Villa South Trak Star to a fifth-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 524 points after three wins, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 12 races over 11 weeks.  Starnes finished third on Saturday night at Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX driving the Lonestar Hydro and Maintenance Special.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 18 action, Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL had a big weekend as both a driver and a chassis manufacturer.  Boland drove the Boland Performance Trak-Star “House Car” to a pair of Week 18 victories.  Boland took the win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway, and followed that up with a Saturday night win at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

The two wins by Boland moved three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL into a tie for the point lead with 11 wins with four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR.

Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN drove the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Rocket to his fourth win of the season with a 40-point victory on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN.  That gives Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV their ninth win of the season and the third spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge point standings.

Skinner gave CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN their sixth win of the season and the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge point standings.  Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is still looking for their first win of the season.

Dusty Leonard of Marysville, KS drove the Brice Leonard Insurance Special to his third win of the season on Friday night at Salina Speedway in Salina, KS.  Kevin Sitton of Baytown, TX took his third NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Late Model win of the season on Saturday night at Battleground Race Park driving the Mirage Construction Special.

The Saturday night NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 18 race scheduled for Greenville Speedway was rained out.  Kansas State Fair Speedway in Hutchinson, KS did not report their Saturday night Week 18 results.

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NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 7/25/15:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 18 RESULTS:

July 24:

SALINA SPEEDWAY – SALINA, KS:
1. 7d Dusty Leonard
2. 92 Delbert Smith
3. 92s Daniel Smith
4. 77 Jeremy Petty
5. 12 Ryan Grit
6. 1m Tyler Stucky
7. 70 Terry Malm
8. 70g Bill Grit
9. 55 Chris Kratzer
10. 1tk Trinket Kinderknecht
11. 11b Justin Bussell
12. 2k Darrick Klima

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS (Week 15 Make-Up Race):
1. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
2. 70 Dewayne Estes
3. J8 Bobby Jordan
4. 4j Josh Banes – Y
5. 38 Chase Washington
6. 14 Chance Inman
7. 46 Kenny Carpenter
8. 5 Richard Fedrick
9. 44 Peyton Wilkerson – Y
10. 33 Wesley Brown
11. C4 Cole Burns
12. 7p Peter Hazzard
13. 110 Brent Barrett
14. 17 Greg Fore DNS
15. 17r Will Ross DNS
16. 30 Justin Paxton DNS
17. D8jr Christopher Showah DNS

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 232 Jamey Boland
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 14 Chase Cooper
4. 347 Noah Daspit
5. 33 Sid Scarbrough
6. 7 Hunter Lewis
7. 41 Al Kouhout
8. 75 Dustin Boykin
9. 15 Jeremy Cooper
10. 4 Michael Arnold
11. 78 Calvin Martin

July 25:

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 232 Jamey Boland
2. 760 Jim McDuffie
3. 222 Mike Boland
4. 118 Randy Boyd
5. 11 Tim Dees
6. 22 Lucky Keeton
7. 4j Josh Banes – Y
8. 28j Joey Hiatt
9. 01 Nick Thrash
10. 311 Henry Pullen
11. 27 Larry Murphy
12. 4 Michael Arnold
13. 48 Tody Ratcliff
14. 33 Sid Scarbrough
15. 14t Brant Tirello
16. 114 Marshall Hooter – Y
17. 38 Chase Washington
18. 14 Casey Haney
19. 4w Wiley Williams
20. 3 Cody Smith DNS
21. 25 Justin McRee DNS
22. 34 Doug Sanchagrin DNS

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL (NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series):
1. 10 Joseph Joiner
2. 12 Tracey Sutton
3. 36 Taylor Jarvis
4. 11 Mark Clifton
5. 79 Kyle Bryant
6. 47 James Gilmore

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 11 Cruz Skinner
2. 57 Josh Adkins
3. 7 Cole Daffron
4. 17 Adam Gauldin
5. 4 Eric Smith
6. 81 Adam Cummings
7. 21 Joe Noogin
8. 5 Mike Combs
9. 22 Carlton Freeman
10. 2 Thomas Langley
11. 44 Scott Davis
12. 30 Karl Parks DNS

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN:
1. 10 Ronnie Cooper
2. 63 Dennis Bush
3. 18 Jeff Wells
4. 00 Ben Garner
5. 6 Jimmy Halford
6. 00b Bronson Berry
7. 12 Mike Bowles

BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX:
1. 20 Kevin Sitton
2. 23 Howard Willis
3. 77 Robbie Starnes
4. 1 Doug Begnaud
5. 88 Steve Hamilton
6. 56jr Colton Horner – Y
7. 83 Joseph Penney
8. 65 Lucas Peterson
9. 00 Brandon Nichols
10. 99 Randy Lovell
11. 2 Matt Brown
12. 33 Jose Moran
13. 95 Jamie Green
14. 84 Mike Davenport
15. 37 Garrett Higgins
16. 22 Trinity Richardson
17. 117 Todd Jouett

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
Rained Out

KANSAS STATE FAIR SPEEDWAY – HUTCHINSON, KS (NeSmith/NCRA):
Did Not Report

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