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

September 3, 2013

NOAH DASPIT CLINCHES THE $10,000 2013 NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

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                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS has clinched the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Championship after driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT to his 14th win of the season on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA.  Daspit had did have to overcome some adversity, to seal the deal for the $10,000 title.

                Daspit had some problems with his primary car, the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star in the pre-race warm-up laps, so he climbed into the car of his teammate, Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, set fast time, and won the race.  Lee drove the car to his fourth win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.

                While Daspit has 14 wins this season, only 13 of them count in his best 14 week total of 699 points because he posted two wins in the same week, and only one can count in the 14 week total.  With four weeks left in the season, the 43-year-old driver needs one more 50-point win to become the first driver in the eight-year history of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series to record a perfect point total of 700.

                After 23 weeks of the 27-week NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series season, Daspit has 14 wins, 25 top five finishes and 27 top ten finishes in 30 races.  Daspit is the series leader in wins, top five finishes and top ten finishes. 

While Daspit has clinched the Championship, there are still several battles for the remaining NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Top 10 points fund-paying positions.

Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL did not compete in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 23 competition, but remains second in the standings with a best 14 week total of 686 points.  Dudley has nine wins, 15 top five finishes and 17 top ten finishes in 17 races driving the Zaxby’s Rocket.

Lee’s victory on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park netted him two points to bring his best 14 week total to 685 points and the third spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings.  Lee has four wins, 23 top five finished and 26 top ten finishes in 30 races.

Mike Palasini of Leland, MS did not net any points in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 23 competition, but he remains in the fourth spot with a best 14 week total of 682 points.  Palasini has seven wins and 13 top five finishes in 20 races driving the MP Trucking Trak-Star.

Jeff Glisson of Boaz, KY drove the SGR Equipment Rocket to a third-place finish to net six points on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN to move up to the fifth position in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 673 points.  Glisson has three wins, 12 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 18 races.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS netted three points on Friday night after a third-place finish at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park and moved up to the sixth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 669 points.  Scarbrough has two wins, 14 top five finishes and 22 top ten finishes in 31 races driving the Villa South Trak-Star.

Robby Moore of Brosley, MO did not compete in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 23 action and dropped to the seventh spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 668 points.  Moore has one win, 15 top five finishes and 20 top ten finishes in 20 races driving the Custom Race Cars Trak-Star.

Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN moved up to the ninth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings after netting five points with a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports driving the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Rocket.  Cooper has a best 14 week total of 665 points after one win, 12 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 16 races.

Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS did not net any points in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 23 action and fell back to the ninth spot in the standings with a best 14 week total of 661 points.  Arnold has six wins, 12 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 23 races driving The Strength Center Trak-Star.

Cliff Williams of Star, MS moved up to the tenth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings after netting 23 points with a third-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Star Plumbing Trak-Star.  Williams has a best 14 week total of 660 points after three wins, 12 top five finishes and 25 top ten finishes in 20 races.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 23 action, Steven Forsythe of Ohatchee, AL drove the Forsythe Racing 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.

Ashley Newman of Ripley, TN picked up his third NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports driving the Greg’s Sawmill Special.  Jimmy Cliburn of Star, MS took the win on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the Cliburn Performance GRT.

Chris Jewell of Houston, TX drove the Jewell Racing Special to his second NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX.  Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS picked up his first win of the season on Sunday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS driving the Henderson Waste and Recycling Trak-Star.

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 Jordan gave them their 43rd win of the season. 

Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV is second in the Chassis Manufactures Challenge standings with 25 victories.  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 after victories by Daspit, Lee and Cliburn brought their season win total to 24. 

Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fourth seven 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 23 weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition, a total of 358 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 9/1/13:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 23 RESULTS:

August 30:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 47 Shannon Lee
2. 477 Noah Daspit
3. 33 Sid Scarbrough
4. J88 Jered Smith
5. F47 Stacy Herron
6. 41 Al Kouhout
7. 115 Derrick Mackmer
8. 22 David Weems
9. 3n Scott Ladner

August 31:

ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. 47 Noah Daspit
2. 00 Allen Netherland
3. 22 Ronnie Roberts
4. 50 Joey Credidio
5. 7 Bryan Foy
6. 77 Michael Santangelo
7. 221 Tyler Allen
8. M1 Mike Giammanchere
9. 55 Pat Nichols
10. 24 Albert Hollie
11. 20 William Alsobrooks
12. 41 Al Kouhout
13. 86 Nick Curole
14. 477 Shannon Lee

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 23 Steven Forsythe
2. 29 Brian Ponder
3. 17 Adam Gauldin
4. 5 Mike Combs
5. 8 Grant Pearl
6. 456 Nick Deweese DNS

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
1. 73 Ashley Newman
2. 6 Jesse Bailey
3. 12 Jeff Glisson
4. 11 Mark Stephens
5. 10 Ronnie Cooper
6. 6h Jimmy Halford
7. 66 Austin Flint
8. 62 Zach Jenkins
9. 3n Nathan Brown
10. 115 Cody Gentry
11. 18 Jayme Medlin
12. 37 Kevin Fuller
13. 97 Craig Lindsey
14. 11d Scott Davis

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 88 Jimmy Cliburn
2. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
3. C11 Cliff Williams
4. 14c Henry Cooper
5. K9 Steve Bryan
6. 2 Tyler Burgess
7. 118 Randy Boyd
8. 33 Sid Scarbrough
9. 11 Tom Dees
10. 48 Tody Ratcliff
11. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
12. C20 Cliff Ross
13. J8 Bobby Jordan
14. 01 Nick Thrash
15. 2T Tootie Arnold
16. 13 Gary Cooper
17. 24F Bryan Foreman
18. 22 David Weems
19. 4 Michael Arnold
20. 75 Will Duncan

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
1. 23 Chris Jewell
2. 17 Chris Holley
3. 00 Buster Deen
4. 95 Jamie Green
5. 33 Jose Moran Jr.
6. 84 Keith Pearcy

September 1:

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. J8 Bobby Jordan
2. 73 Ashley Newman
3. 21 Ryan Colby
4. 70 Dwayne Estes
5. 51 John Polasini
6. 521 Mickey Trosclair
7. 22 Jason Bowman
8. 7p Peter Hazzard
9. 21 Drew McMahon
10. C55 David Carpenter
11. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
12. 20 Tyler Arnold
13. 11 Bill Mobley
14. 12 Cale Ainsworth
15. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
16. 13 Johnny Sides DNS
17. 8 Mike Palasini Jr. DNS

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  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 Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Hedman Hedders is the Official Hedder of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series and the Hedman Husler Award sponsor.  Bilstein Shocks is the Official Spec Shock of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Old Man’s Garage is the sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series.  RockAuto.com is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Racecar Engineering is the Official Parts Supplier of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  Renegade Race and Performance Fuels are a series Associate Sponsor and fuel supplier.  NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2013 are Dominator Race Products, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty’s Shock Service, Schoenfeld Headers, J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment, Kinser Air Filters, AR Bodies, Velocita Racewear, and Performance Rod & Custom.  2013 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars, Stinger Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars. 

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