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10-06-2012, 03:43 AM
GREENVILLE, MS – Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL drove the High Roller Race Cars Special to quick time honors and then won the first of four ten-lap heat races on Friday night to earn the pole position for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series $5,000-to-win 60-lap 6th Annual Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway that will be run on Saturday night.
McRee out-timed the 39-car field during qualifications with a lap around the ¼-mile gumbo clay oval in 15.089 seconds. That gave J-Mac the pole position for the first heat race, which he won with a wire-to-wire effort. McRee will be looking for his third straight NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win and fourth of the season on Saturday night in the Gumbo Nationals.
Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL was the second quick qualifier and won the second heat race in the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star to earn the outside front row starting spot for the Gumbo Nationals. Shaw will be looking for his second NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win of the season in the Gumbo Nationals.
Tait Davenport of Benton, KY will start third in the Gumbo Nationals after winning the third heat race in the Murtco, Inc. Special. After winning the $10,000 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Championship last week, Chase Washington of Houlka, MS will start the Gumbo Nationals from the fourth spot after winning the fourth heat race in the Jerry Inmon Racing Special.
The top four finishers in each ten-lap heat race on Friday night transferred into the “Sweet 16” for Saturday night’s Gumbo Nationals filling the first eight rows of the 24-car starting field. Starting spots 17 through 24 will be determined on Saturday night with two B-Main races for the drivers that finished fifth on back in the heat races. The top three in each B-Main transfer to the big show.
Following McRee into the main event out of the first heat were defending Gumbo Nationals Champion Ashley Newman of Ripley, TN, the 2011 VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL, and the 2010 VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year Larry Harrod of Plains, GA.
Second through fourth respectively in the second heat race behind Shaw were the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point leader Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, Duke Palasini of Leland, MS, and Shay Knight of Columbus, MS. Also transferring out of the third heat race with Davenport were Bubba Harrison of Cleveland, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion David Earl Gentry of Murfreesboro, TN and Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS.
Turner leads Gentry by 18 points in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point standings coming into the Gumbo Nationals with two races remaining on the 2012 schedule. Transferring with Washington out of the fourth heat race were Hunter Carroll of Columbus, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS and Chance Inman of Bruce, MS.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. 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.
McRee out-timed the 39-car field during qualifications with a lap around the ¼-mile gumbo clay oval in 15.089 seconds. That gave J-Mac the pole position for the first heat race, which he won with a wire-to-wire effort. McRee will be looking for his third straight NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win and fourth of the season on Saturday night in the Gumbo Nationals.
Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL was the second quick qualifier and won the second heat race in the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star to earn the outside front row starting spot for the Gumbo Nationals. Shaw will be looking for his second NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win of the season in the Gumbo Nationals.
Tait Davenport of Benton, KY will start third in the Gumbo Nationals after winning the third heat race in the Murtco, Inc. Special. After winning the $10,000 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Championship last week, Chase Washington of Houlka, MS will start the Gumbo Nationals from the fourth spot after winning the fourth heat race in the Jerry Inmon Racing Special.
The top four finishers in each ten-lap heat race on Friday night transferred into the “Sweet 16” for Saturday night’s Gumbo Nationals filling the first eight rows of the 24-car starting field. Starting spots 17 through 24 will be determined on Saturday night with two B-Main races for the drivers that finished fifth on back in the heat races. The top three in each B-Main transfer to the big show.
Following McRee into the main event out of the first heat were defending Gumbo Nationals Champion Ashley Newman of Ripley, TN, the 2011 VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL, and the 2010 VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year Larry Harrod of Plains, GA.
Second through fourth respectively in the second heat race behind Shaw were the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point leader Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, Duke Palasini of Leland, MS, and Shay Knight of Columbus, MS. Also transferring out of the third heat race with Davenport were Bubba Harrison of Cleveland, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion David Earl Gentry of Murfreesboro, TN and Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS.
Turner leads Gentry by 18 points in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point standings coming into the Gumbo Nationals with two races remaining on the 2012 schedule. Transferring with Washington out of the fourth heat race were Hunter Carroll of Columbus, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS and Chance Inman of Bruce, MS.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. 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.