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

September 15, 2014

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 25 ROUND UP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 25 of the 27-week NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies season saw the point standings tighten up behind the 2014 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division National Champion Jeremy Idom of Hattiesburg, MS, who clinched the title last weekend.

                Idom has a best 14 week total of 698 points, two points short of a “Perfect Season” of 700 points.  Idom had a best Week 25 finish of second on Saturday night in the Mississippi Street Stock Series co-sanctioned event at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Performance Bodies “Throwback” 1957 Chevrolet. 

In order to net the two points to arrive at a perfect season, Idom needed to win in each week of the remaining two weeks of the 2014 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division season to increase his point total to the 700 mark.

                The 2013 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division National Champion Trey Bright of Coker, AL has company in the second spot of the point standings, as he and Larry Faulk of Pace, FL are tied, as each driver has a best 14 week total of 683 points.  Bright was able to net one point with a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the Eaton Clinic Chevrolet powered by a $3,295 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine.

                Faulk finished second on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL driving the L&H Construction Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.  That netted Faulk five points and into a tie for the second spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings with Bright.

                Kevin Whittington of Brandon, FL is still in the hunt for the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Runner-Up spot.  Whittington is fourth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 678 points after netting four points with a third-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway driving the Ergon, Inc. Chevrolet.

                David Windham of Florala, AL is fifth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 673 points.  Windham drove the Florala Pharmacy Chevrolet to a fourth-place finish on Saturday night to net one point at Southern Raceway. 

Branden Harris of Molino, FL is sixth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 662 points.  Harris finished seventh on Saturday night at Southern Raceway to net three NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division points driving the Coastal Engine and Machine Chevrolet. 

Doug Lea of Milton, FL is seventh in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 659 points.  Lea finished third on Saturday night at Southern Raceway driving the L&L Construction Services Chevrolet to net eight points. 

Brandon Leftwich of Meridian, MS is eighth in the standings driving the STR Race Cars Chevrolet with a best 14-week total of 657 points.  Leftwich did not compete in NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 25 action. 

Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS was able to net 11 points after a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Geddie Tree Service Chevrolet.  That moved Geddie up to the ninth spot in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 651 points.

Dean Shaw of Defuniak Springs, FL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 648 points.  Shaw was set to race in Week 25 competition on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL, but that show was rained out.

In other NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 25 action, we may have got a preview of some frontrunners that will contend for the 2015 NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division National Championship.

Kindell Keating of Bogalusa, LA drove The Ice House Chevrolet to his third NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the 2014 season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway,  Keating took the $1,000 win in the MSSS co-sanctioned race after a spirited side-by-side battle with the 2014 National Champion Idom.

Sean Goodwin of Pensacola, FL continued his winning ways in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division, as he drove the Climate Control of Pensacola Chevrolet to his fourth victory of the season and his second straight on Saturday night at Southern Raceway. 

Steve Pate of Heflin, AL took his second NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Steve Pate Trucking Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Bill Stewart of Carriere, MS drove the Dominator Graphic and Fabrication Chevrolet to his second NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division win of the 2014 season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.  The NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 25 race at Poplar Bluff Speedway in Poplar Bluff, MO was rained out.

A total of 292 different drivers have earned points in 25 weeks of the 27-week NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division 2014 season.  The complete NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings can be found on the Points page of the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

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NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/13/14:

POS

CAR #

DRIVER

PTS

RACES

WINS

TOP 5

TOP 10

WKS/NET

1

WFO

Jeremy Idom

698

30

14

27

28

49

2

82

Trey Bright

683

23

7

18

22

46

3

3f

Larry Faulk

683

28

6

18

23

44

4

007

Kevin Whittington

678

19

6

12

16

45

5

7

David Windham

673

32

1

23

30

46

6

2

Branden Harris

662

22

3

13

17

41

7

05

Doug Lea

659

20

2

14

19

44

8

777

Brandon Leftwich

657

23

12

16

41

9

37

Jay Geddie

651

15

11

14

41

10

29

Dean Shaw

648

19

3

13

19

41

11

8

Mike Lane

627

20

10

15

17

40

12

19

Michael Williams

626

23

11

16

41

13

53

James Ware

622

18

3

7

12

41

14

92

Matthew Holcomb

618

15

8

14

38

15

23

Garrett McDonald

617

18

2

6

10

41

16

911

Calvin Cook

611

17

2

13

15

13

17

69

Jason Harrison

609

19

1

5

10

41

18

54

Clint Vaughn

608

17

3

14

15

37

19

18

Cliff Childers

601

16

3

9

41

20

109

Phillip Haynes

600

20

1

15

17

38

NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 25 RESULTS:

September 12: 

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. M60 Bill Stewart
2. 37 Jay Geddie
3. WFO Jeremy Idom
4. 26c Cole Cameron
5. P27 Perry Patterson
6. F15 Michael Williams DNS
7. 143 Tommy Beasley DNS
8. 14 Corey Adank DNS

September 13:

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 23 Steve Pate
2. 109 Phillip Haynes
3. 3 Roger Wood
4. 21 Billy Bryant
5. 10 Ruth Chumley
6. 23 Ronald Williamson
7. 1x Bobby Clark

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS (Co-Sanctioned with the MSSS):
1. K42 Kindell Keating
2. WFO Jeremy Idom
3. 007 Kevin Whittington
4. 254 Jeff Butler
5. 82 Trey Bright
6. 00 Gregg Hollingsworth
7. 9 Mike Haralson
8. 18 Cliff Childers
9. 19 Michael Williams
10. 72 Sam Maxie
11. 711 Bryan Cox
12. 69 Jason Harrison
13. 20-20 Jeremy Sexton
14. T16 Leo Edwards
15. 9 Tony Crosby
16. 10 Donnie Monk
17. 99 Becky Alford
18. 99m Kevin Mitchell
19. 1s Mike Ladner
20. 911 Calvin Cook
21. 11 Tod Hazle
22. M60 Bill Stewart
23. 20 Stacy Herron
24. 93 Stacy Robinson
25. 444 Chris Wall
26. 711n Tommy Nichols DNS
27. 120 Jeff Cox DNS
28. 01 Dustin Ladner DNS

SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL:
1. 36 Sean Goodwin
2. 3 Larry Faulk
3. 05 Doug Lea
4. 7 David Windham
5. 92 Matthew Holcomb
6. 4 Braeden Kitchen
7. 2 Branden Harris
8. 51 Shanna Ard
9. 67 Wayne Hawthorne

POPLAR BLUFF SPEEDWAY – POPLAR BLUFF, MO:
Rained Out

NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL:
Rained Out

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