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August 13, 2013

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 13

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                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 20 for the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division was a “set up” week in the upcoming seven week drive for the championship, as drivers have begun to position themselves for a run at the title.  Kevin Spears of Fayette, AL and Trey Bright of Coker remain one-two in the point standings.

The coming weeks should show some fast company getting close to Spears and Bright, as drivers behind them in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings continue to earn full points before reaching the 14 week mark of their seasons.

Spears is still the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point leader, even though he did not net any points in Week 20 competition.  Spears needed a top five finish to gain any points, and he finished sixth on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL in the rossdesignz.com Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine. 

Spears has a best 14 week total of 685 points with seven wins, 14 top five finishes and 18 top ten finishes in 19 races.  Spears has a five point lead over Bright, who also failed to net any points in Week 20 action after a 19th-place finish on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the AKA Cores Chevrolet.

Bright needed a seventh-place finish or better to gain any points over the weekend.  Bright has 680 points with seven wins, 14 top five finishes and 16 top ten finishes in 19 races.  Bright has a 30-point advantage over the third-place driver in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings, Dave Nations of Raymond, MS.

Nations reached the 14 week mark on his season on Saturday night with a tenth-place finish at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Street Stock Set Up Specialists Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.  Nations has 630 points after one win, nine top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 15 races.

Wayne Medders is fourth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 626 points after five top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 21 races driving the Medders Construction Chevrolet.  Medders did not net any points in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 20 action after a 13th-place finish on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway.

Brandon Leftwich is fifth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 625 points after six top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 17 races.  Leftwich finished eighth on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway driving the American Portable Buildings Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.

Eddie Willis of Saucier, MS is sixth in the standings with 619 points after reaching the 14 week mark in his season with a seventh-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving the Willis Racing Chevrolet.  Willis has 619 points after two wins, 12 top five finishes and 17 top ten finishes in 19 races.

Chad Hiers of Ocean Springs, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 601 points after nine top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes driving the Hiers Construction Chevrolet.  Hiers did not compete in Week 20 competition.

Roger Flynn of Denham Springs, LA did not start the main event on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway, but is eighth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 597 points, and he still has one more week to earn full points.  Flynn has eight wins, 13 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 16 races.

Charles Coan of Danville, AL is ninth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 588 points after eight top ten finishes in 15 races driving the Coan Racing Chevrolet.  Coan failed to net any points on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track. 

Bobby Joe Robinson of Falkville, AL reached the 14 week mark of his season with a second-place finish on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in the Robinson’s Backhoe Service Chevrolet.  That moved Robinson up to the tenth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 559 points after two wins, eight top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 14 races.

Just outside the Top 10 in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings is Calvin Cook of Pace, FL, who is 11th in the standings with 533 points, and still has three more weeks to earn full points.  Cook has two wins and earned his 13th top five finish of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway with a 2nd-place finish in the Foam Seal Insulation Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.

In other NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 20 action, Kevin Whittington of Brandon, MS drove the Ergon, Inc. Chevrolet to his third win of the season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway.  The victory moved Whittington up to the 19th spot in the point standings, and he has five more weeks to earn full points.

Mark Barnett of Aberdeen, MS picked up his third NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway driving the MC Construction Chevrolet powered by a $3,195 Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine. 

Luke Riddle of Hartselle, AL took his first NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track driving the Riddle Racing Chevrolet.  The Friday night event co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS was rained out and rescheduled for this Friday night.

A total of 234 drivers have earned points in the first 20 weeks of NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competition.  The complete NeSmith Performance Parts 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 PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 8/10/13:

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 20 RESULTS:

August 9:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out

August 10:

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 007 Kevin Whittington
2. 93 Stacy Robinson
3. 30j Bill Pulliam
4. 12 Daniel Manning
5. 18 Cliff Childers
6. B6 Martin Burke
7. 51 Eddie Willis
8. 3 Chris Sawyer
9. 17 Ronnie Jordan
10. 711 Dave Nations
11. 14 Anthony Morgan
12. 28 T.J. Paul
13. 08 Caleb Langford DNS
14. 9 Tony Crosby DNS
15. 16 Donnie Monk DNS
16. 21j Michael Blount DNS
17. 41 Roger Flynn DNS
18. 54 Jeff Butler DNS
19. 104 Mickey Trosclair DQ

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 13 Mark Barnett
2. 82c Calvin Cook
3. 0 Jeremy Flurry
4. 44 Adam Cheek
5. 29 Heath Beard
6. 41 Bill Sudduth
7. 10 Rick Leverett
8. 777 Brandon Leftwich
9. 88 Andrew Earnest
10. 2 Lee Ray
11. Q32 Quiterio Arevalos
12. 74 Scotty Vowell
13. 111 Wayne Medders
14. 15 Jesse Barnett
15. 8 Blaine Davis
16. 97 Harold Trimm
17. 59 Brandon Hardin
18. 26 Doug Dodd
19. 3 Trey Bright
20. 9 Ted Gomez
21. 53 Scooter Ware
22. 1 Kevin Hatcher
23. 38 Jimmy Anderson
24. 3 Tommy McCafferty

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 95 Luke Riddle
2. 00 Bobby Joe Richardson
3. 39 Donald Key
4. 44 Greg Loyd
5. B31 Andy Davis
6. 13 Kevin Spears
7. 42 Jeff Harry
8. 109 Phillip Haynes
9. 58 Michael Franklin
10. 54 Clint Vaughn
11. 15 Richard Maye
12. 15m Cory Maye
13. B14 Charles Coan
14. 55 Brandon Wells DNS

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