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August 12, 2013

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES AUGUST 12 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Several drivers made advances in the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings after Week 20 of the 27-week 2013 season.  Teammates Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS did not net any points over the weekend on their best 14 week point totals, but they remain one-two in the standings.

                Daspit still leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 693 points after 11 wins, 21 top five finishes, and 22 top ten finishes in 25 races.  Daspit was the apparent winner on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL, but the rear spoiler on his Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star failed the post-race technical inspection.

                Even if Daspit wasn’t disqualified, he still would have failed to net any points, as there were only five cars at Southern Raceway, and it would have been a 40-point win.  Daspit needed to finish third or better in a field of eight or more cars to gain any points on his best 14 week total.

                Lee did not compete in Week 20 competition, but remains second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 677 points after three wins, 20 top five finishes and 21 top ten finishes in 25 races driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT.  Lee holds a one-point lead over two drivers tied for the third spot in the point standings.

                Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL drove the Zaxby’s Rocket to his eighth NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season in his 14th week of competition on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL to vault up to a tie for the third spot with Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS, who finished second on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS to net eight points.

                Dudley and Palasini both have a best 14 week total of 676 points.  Montana has eight wins, 14 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 15 races.  Palasini has seven NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series wins and 12 top five finishes in 16 races driving the MP Trucking Trak-Star. 

Robby Moore of Brosley, MO is fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 665 points after one win, 14 top five finishes and 18 top ten finishes in 18 races driving the Custom Race Cars Trak-Star.  Moore did not compete in Week 20 competition.

Jeff Glisson of Boaz, KY was able to net 17 points on Saturday night with a ninth-place finish at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN driving the SGR Equipment Rocket.  Glisson is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 658 points after three wins, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 16 races.

Sid Scarbrough is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 657 points after two wins, 11 top five finishes and 18 top ten finishes in 26 races driving the Villa South Trak-Star.  Scarbrough failed to net any points in Week 20 competition after finishing outside the top ten on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS.

Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS is eighth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 639 points after nine top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 20 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series races driving the Henderson Waste and Recycling Trak-Star.  Jordan was able to net five points with a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway.

Daniel Bridgmon of Meridian, MS drove the Robinson Electric Supply Special to a third-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway to climb into the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings in the ninth spot.  Bridgmon reached the 14-week mark of his season with 629 points after one win, six top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 15 races.

After leading the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings early in the season, Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS has made the most of his new ride by taking his sixth NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series of the season on Saturday night to claim the $1,000 top prize in the Villa South Assisted Living Summer Shootout Race on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving The Strength Center Trak-Star.

Arnold has made it back into the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with his win in his 14th week of his season.  Arnold is tenth in the standings with 626 points after six wins, 12 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 20 races.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 20 action, Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN drove the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Rocket to his first win of the season on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports.  Neil Baggett of Columbus, MS also took his first win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in the Montgomery Farms Special.

Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS took his second win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the Ellis Welders Special.  Cody Smith of Holt, FL remains “Mr. Perfect” at Southern Raceway by taking his fifth NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win in his fifth start driving the Smith’s Performance Rocket.

Mike Combs of Odenville, AL drove the Pro-Grafx Special to his first NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.

NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 20 events at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR on Friday night, as well as Saturday night races at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX, St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA, and West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO, were rained out.

Two-time Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge after Arnold gave them their 38th win of the season. 

Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV got their 22nd, 23rd, and 24th victories of the season from Dudley, Cooper and Smith to bring up their second spot win total.  The defending and four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is third with 19 wins.  Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fourth with six wins. 

Also participating in the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge and still looking for their first wins are 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.

After 20 weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 343 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 8/10/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 20 RESULTS:

August 9:

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE, AR:
Rained Out

PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
Cancelled

August 10:

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 10 Ronnie Cooper
2. 00 Ricky Waggoner
3. 00b Bronson Berry
4. 6 Jimmy Halford
5. 94 T.J. Hays
6. 11 Scott Davis
7. 6b Jesse Bailey
8. 56 Jonathan Rowan
9. 12 Jeff Glisson

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 55 Montana Dudley
2. 55n Terrance Nowell
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 34 Chad Wallace
5. 14 Pat Wall
6. 22m Taylor Mitcham
7. 110 Ricky Culpepper
8. 6 Jackson Thomason
9. 19 Jeremy Britton
10. 777 Taner Thomason
11. 7 Tyler Thomason

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 4 Michael Arnold
2. C20 Cliff Ross
3. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
4. 4j Josh Banes
5. 88 Jimmy Cliburn
6. 14 Henry Cooper
7. 93 Jake Knight
8. 01 Nick Thrash
9. J88 Jered Smith
10. 2 Tyler Burgess
11. 10 Austin Dempsey
12. 711 Steve Bynum
13. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
14. 2T Tootie Arnold
15. 14r Robert Risher
16. C4 Christopher Reid
17. 22 David Weems
18. 33 Sid Scarbrough
19. 22f Landon Frith
20. C24 Zach Cameron
21. 24F Bryan Foreman
22. 11 Tim Dees
23. C11 Cliff Williams DNS
24. 9 Mike Haralson DNS
25. 2 Allen Sanders DNS

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 73 Evan Ellis
2. 2s Kyle Shaw
3. 25 Justin McRee
4. 1s Jeremy Shaw
5. 35 Tony Gray
6. 232 Jamey Boland
7. 3 Shay Knight
8. 00 J.D. Pass
9. 27 Larry Murphy
10. 2 Mark Stokes
11. 91 Billy Tedford
12. 14 Chance Inman
13. 15 Heath Minor
14. 64 Braden Mitchell
15. R3 Ryan Rigdon
16. 4 Hunter Carroll
17. 311 Henry Pullen
18. 22 Matt Bollinger
19. 84 Randall Beckwith
20. 17 Darrell Guess
21. 7 Jon Biles
22. 11 Wayne Byrd
23. 77 Carl Wilson
24. 7g Todd Gray DNS

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 5 Mike Combs
2. 17 Adam Gauldin
3. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
4. 19 Gathan Burns
5. 18 Cord Dodgen
6. 29 Brian Ponder
7. 7 Josh Trammell
8. 9 Kelvin Kennedy

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 3 Cody Smith
2. 47 James Gilmore
3. 221 Tyler Allen
4. 1 Kevin Maher
5. 477 Noah Daspit DQ

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 1 Neil Baggett
2. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
3. 17k Cody Kierre
4. 7 Eric Carr
5. J8 Bobby Jordan
6. 46 Kenny Carpenter
7. 7p Peter Hazzard
8. C55 David Carpenter
9. 96 Trey Rickman
10. 20 Tyler Arnold
11. 5 Richard Fedrick
12. 67 Troy Meaux
13. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
14. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
15. 21 Ryan Colby
16. 21m Drew McMahon

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
Rained Out

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
Rained Out

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
Rained Out

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