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08-23-2013, 11:26 AM
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 22 of the 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season will see five races at four tracks, as the Championship battle has come down to seven drivers with a mathematical chance to win the title. The highlighted event of the week will be the Southern Street Stock Nationals on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.
The Street Stock Southern Nationals will have two $1,000-to-win races. The first race will be a Week 15 make-up race co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series. The second race will be for Week 22 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division points and a unique format will see that race start in rows three-wide.
NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 22 action begins on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS. Other Saturday night events will be held at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL and at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.
Kevin Spears of Fayette, AL leads Trey Bright of Coker, AL by one point at the top of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings. Spears has a best 14 week total of 688 points and Bright has a best 14 week total of 687 points. With the Whynot Motorsports Park double features, Spears can net on a 47 and a 48, and Bright can net on two 46s.
With double features this week at Whynot Motorsports Park and next week at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS, the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division championship scenarios will come into better focus at the completion of Week 23 competition. Both Spears and Bright are still on track to post a possible perfect point total of 700 at the end of the 27-week season.
Dave Nations of Raymond, MS is still a Championship contender and is third in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 650 points. Nations can net on two 41s this week, and can score a possible point total of 690 points if he wins out in the six remaining weeks of the season.
Roger Flynn of Denham Springs, LA is another driver that can end up with a perfect point total of 700 points if he wins out in the next six weeks. Flynn is fourth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 639 points. Flynn will be looking to net on a 25 and a 40 in the Week 15 and Week 22 races this weekend.
Brandon Leftwich of Meridian, MS is fifth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 627 points. Leftwich can earn a possible season point total of 674 points, and will be trying to net on a 41 and a 43 this week. Wayne Medders of Morton, MS is sixth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 626 points, can earn a possible 687 points, and will be trying to net on two 41s this week.
Eddie Willis of Saucier, MS still has a mathematical chance to win the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Championship, as he can win out and earn a possible 690 points. Willis is seventh in the standings with a best 14 week total of 623 points, and he will be trying to net on a 38 and a 40 this week.
Chad Hiers of Ocean Springs, MS is eighth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 607 points, and can earn a possible season total of 683 points. Hiers will be trying to net on a 38 and a 39 this week. 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, and can earn a possible season total of 650 points. Coan will be trying to net on a pair of 41s this week.
Calvin Cook of Pace, FL is still a NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Championship contender, as he can earn full points in both races this weekend. Cook is tenth with 576 points, and he can earn a possible season total of 694 points.
Another driver with a mathematical chance to win the title is Kevin Whittington of Brandon, MS. Whittington is 19th in the standings with 450 points, but he can earn full points for another four weeks in the six remaining weeks of the season. Whittington can earn a possible 696 points if he wins in each remaining week this season.
Looking at the Weekly Point Averages (WPA), Spears has the highest among the Top 20 in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings at 49.14 followed by Bright at 49.07. Cook has the third highest WPA at 48, with Adam Cheeks of Guntown, MS in fourth with a WPA of 47.1.
Nations has the fifth highest WPA at 46.42 followed by Flynn in sixth at 45.64 and Whittington in seventh at 45. Leftwich has the eighth highest WPA at 44.78, with Medders in ninth at 44.71, and Willis rounds out the Top 10 on the WPA list among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings at 44.5.
Drivers that race at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division tracks compete against each other through a points system that counts a driver’s best 14 weekly point totals during the 27-week season that runs through September 29. A perfect 14-week point score is 700 which represents 14 50-point wins.
Once a driver reaches the 14th week of competition they begin netting points by replacing the lowest weekly point total among their best 14 with a higher weekly point total. The 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division champion will pocket $2,000 and the National point fund pays back to the Top 10 drivers at the end of the season.
The Weekly Point Average, or WPA, is a driver’s season point total divided by 14, or the number of weeks they have competed in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition up to the 14th week. A perfect WPA is 50.
A win with a car count of eight or more is worth 50 points and drops one point per position back to tenth spot. Drivers that finish tenth through field in the main event earn 41 points. Drivers that attempt to compete, but fail to start the main event earn 25 points. A win with a car count of less than eight is worth 40 points and drops back one point per position.
The economical steel-head Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is an optional engine for competitors in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. The Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is in stock and available for $3,195.00 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast from NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA.
NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA is the nation’s Number One GM Performance and Powertrain Dealer for six years running. To place an order call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.
Complete Week 22 results and updated point standings for the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division will be available on Monday with the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Round Up. For more information about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division sanctioned tracks, visit the series’ all-new web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
You can also like the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Division 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.
NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 22 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
August 23:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS
August 24:
GREEN VALLEY SPEEDWAY – GLENCOE, AL
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS (Double $1k-to-win races)
The Street Stock Southern Nationals will have two $1,000-to-win races. The first race will be a Week 15 make-up race co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series. The second race will be for Week 22 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division points and a unique format will see that race start in rows three-wide.
NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 22 action begins on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS. Other Saturday night events will be held at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL and at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.
Kevin Spears of Fayette, AL leads Trey Bright of Coker, AL by one point at the top of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings. Spears has a best 14 week total of 688 points and Bright has a best 14 week total of 687 points. With the Whynot Motorsports Park double features, Spears can net on a 47 and a 48, and Bright can net on two 46s.
With double features this week at Whynot Motorsports Park and next week at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS, the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division championship scenarios will come into better focus at the completion of Week 23 competition. Both Spears and Bright are still on track to post a possible perfect point total of 700 at the end of the 27-week season.
Dave Nations of Raymond, MS is still a Championship contender and is third in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 650 points. Nations can net on two 41s this week, and can score a possible point total of 690 points if he wins out in the six remaining weeks of the season.
Roger Flynn of Denham Springs, LA is another driver that can end up with a perfect point total of 700 points if he wins out in the next six weeks. Flynn is fourth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 639 points. Flynn will be looking to net on a 25 and a 40 in the Week 15 and Week 22 races this weekend.
Brandon Leftwich of Meridian, MS is fifth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 627 points. Leftwich can earn a possible season point total of 674 points, and will be trying to net on a 41 and a 43 this week. Wayne Medders of Morton, MS is sixth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 626 points, can earn a possible 687 points, and will be trying to net on two 41s this week.
Eddie Willis of Saucier, MS still has a mathematical chance to win the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Championship, as he can win out and earn a possible 690 points. Willis is seventh in the standings with a best 14 week total of 623 points, and he will be trying to net on a 38 and a 40 this week.
Chad Hiers of Ocean Springs, MS is eighth in the standings with a best 14 week total of 607 points, and can earn a possible season total of 683 points. Hiers will be trying to net on a 38 and a 39 this week. 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, and can earn a possible season total of 650 points. Coan will be trying to net on a pair of 41s this week.
Calvin Cook of Pace, FL is still a NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Championship contender, as he can earn full points in both races this weekend. Cook is tenth with 576 points, and he can earn a possible season total of 694 points.
Another driver with a mathematical chance to win the title is Kevin Whittington of Brandon, MS. Whittington is 19th in the standings with 450 points, but he can earn full points for another four weeks in the six remaining weeks of the season. Whittington can earn a possible 696 points if he wins in each remaining week this season.
Looking at the Weekly Point Averages (WPA), Spears has the highest among the Top 20 in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings at 49.14 followed by Bright at 49.07. Cook has the third highest WPA at 48, with Adam Cheeks of Guntown, MS in fourth with a WPA of 47.1.
Nations has the fifth highest WPA at 46.42 followed by Flynn in sixth at 45.64 and Whittington in seventh at 45. Leftwich has the eighth highest WPA at 44.78, with Medders in ninth at 44.71, and Willis rounds out the Top 10 on the WPA list among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings at 44.5.
Drivers that race at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division tracks compete against each other through a points system that counts a driver’s best 14 weekly point totals during the 27-week season that runs through September 29. A perfect 14-week point score is 700 which represents 14 50-point wins.
Once a driver reaches the 14th week of competition they begin netting points by replacing the lowest weekly point total among their best 14 with a higher weekly point total. The 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division champion will pocket $2,000 and the National point fund pays back to the Top 10 drivers at the end of the season.
The Weekly Point Average, or WPA, is a driver’s season point total divided by 14, or the number of weeks they have competed in NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series competition up to the 14th week. A perfect WPA is 50.
A win with a car count of eight or more is worth 50 points and drops one point per position back to tenth spot. Drivers that finish tenth through field in the main event earn 41 points. Drivers that attempt to compete, but fail to start the main event earn 25 points. A win with a car count of less than eight is worth 40 points and drops back one point per position.
The economical steel-head Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is an optional engine for competitors in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. The Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is in stock and available for $3,195.00 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast from NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA.
NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA is the nation’s Number One GM Performance and Powertrain Dealer for six years running. To place an order call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.
Complete Week 22 results and updated point standings for the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division will be available on Monday with the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Round Up. For more information about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division sanctioned tracks, visit the series’ all-new web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
You can also like the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Division 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.
NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 22 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
August 23:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS
August 24:
GREEN VALLEY SPEEDWAY – GLENCOE, AL
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS (Double $1k-to-win races)