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

August 3, 2015

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 19 ROUND UP

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                CARTERSVILLE, GA – While NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies point leader Richie Stephens of Salem, AL took a weekend off for Week 19 completion, there was plenty of movement behind him in the point standings.  With each passing week of the 27-week season, the list of National Championship contenders gets smaller.

                Stephens has a best 14 week total of 698 points, just two points away from a perfect 14 week total of 700 points.  In the remaining eight weeks of the 2015 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division season, Stephens needs a 50-point win in two weeks of competition by netting on two 49s top reach 700 points. 

That would make Stephens the first driver in the three-year history of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division to earn a perfect score.  Stephens has 16 wins, 12 of which are counted in his best 14, 20 top five finishes and 21 top ten finishes in 25 races driving the Rocketman Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Branden Harris of Molino, FL did not net any points after he finished 15th in the Mississippi Street Stock Series co-sanctioned race on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL in the Coastal Engine and Machine Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine.  Harris remains second in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 679 points after six wins, 14 top five finishes and 16 top ten finishes in 19 races.

In his last week to earn full points and reaching the 14 week of his season, Steve Pate of Heflin, AL jumped from tenth to third in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings with a 46-point fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Pate Racing Chevrolet.  Pate has a 14 week total of 659 points after two wins and 15 top five finishes in 15 races.

Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is fourth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 645 points after one win, 11 top five finishes and 16 top ten finishes in 17 races.  Faulk drove the Faulk Motorsports Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway.

Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is fifth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 643 after two wins, 14 top five finishes and 17 top ten finishes in 18 races.  Bailey finished second on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the L&L Construction Services Chevrolet.

Kevin Mitchel of Pensacola, FL did not compete in NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 19 action and dropped to sixth in the point standings.  Mitchell has a best 14 week total of 641 points after one win, eight top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 14 races in 14 weeks driving the Guy Brothers Roofing Chevrolet.

Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS failed to net any points in NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 19 competition and fell to seventh in the point standings.  Jarrell has a best 14 week total of 639 points after one win, ten top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 20 races.  Jarrell picked up a 40-point win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Jarrell Rigged Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

David Williamson of Seminary, MS is eighth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 638 points after nine top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 17 races.  Williamson drove the Sauls Farm Ford to a seventh-place on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway.

Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS finished second on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in the Geddie Tree Service Chevrolet and did not net any points in the 40-point race.  That dropped Geddie to ninth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 634 points.  Geddie has eight top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 15 races.

Cliff Childers of Terry, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a 14 week total of 631 points after seven top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 14 races.  Childers finished third on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving the Reeds Metal Racing Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

In other NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 19 action, Sean Goodwin of Pensacola, FL claimed the $1,000 top prize in the Jarrod Johns Memorial Race co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in the Climate Control of Pensacola Chevrolet.  It was Goodwin’s sixth win of the season and moved him into the Top 20 of the point standings.

Jeff Butler of Mendenhall, MS drove the B&B Racing Buick to his second NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway.  Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL took his fourth win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway driving the Wilson Lumber Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Greg Wilkins of Maplesville, AL drove the Wilkins Trucking Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to his first NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track.

Three of the Top 4 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings after the first 19 weeks of competition, and three of the five Week 19 race winners 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 POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 8/1/15:

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 19 RESULTS:

July 31:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 20 Jason Jarrell
2. 37 Jay Geddie
3. 28 David Williamson
4. 26c Cole Cameron
5. 12s Josh Stringer
6. 53 Scooter Ware

August 1:

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL (Co-Sanctioned With MSSS)
1. 36 Sean Goodwin
2. 6 Calvin Cook
3. 7 David Windham
4. 3 Larry Faulk
5. 11 Brad Taylor
6. 20 Curtis Faircloth
7. 17 Wesley Hoomes
8. 316 Hunter Holloway
9. 11 Adam Ellison
10. 29 Dean Shaw
11. 82 Trey Bright
12. 777 Brandon Leftwich
13. 25 Frank Oglesby Jr.
14. 08 Freddie McCall Jr.
15. 2 Branden Harris DQ
16. 68 Chris Bayhi DQ

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 254 Jeff Butler
2. 10 Donnie Monk
3. 18c Cliff Childers
4. 23c Bryan Cox
5. 11 Spencer Hughes
6. 911 Allen Parfait
7. 28 David Williamson
8, 111 Wayne Medders
9. 42 Michael Squirner
10. 12s Josh Stringer

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 71 Stuart Wilson
2. 05 Bo Bailey
3. 41 Brandon Kilpatrick
4. 42 Kyle Kichler
5. 71p Andy Penton
6. 02 J.C. Wilson
7. 00 Layne Jones
8. 06 Ray Willcutt
9. 68 Brandon Harris
10. 1 Tim Wetzel

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 01 Greg Wilkins
2. 18 Brock Love
3. 17 Josh Yarbrough
4. 00 Billy Wilkins
5. 07 Steve Pate
6. 19 Roger Davison
7. 109 Phillip Haynes
8. 10 Jay Dunaway
9. K17 Cory Korreckt

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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