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06-22-2015, 03:52 PM
CARTERSVILLE, GA – At the halfway point of the 27-week 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, most of the drivers in the Top 10 of the point standings are still a few weeks away from reaching their respective 14-week points in the season when they can no longer earn full points. After the reach the 14-week mark, they will start netting points.
This is when the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season gets very interesting when a drivers tries to improve on their season total by replacing the lowest weekly point total in their best 14 with a higher one. In the meantime, drivers that have yet to reach the 14 week mark are still earning full points, and rising quickly in the point standings.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS may be the first driver to reach the 14-week mark. In 12 weeks of racing, Arnold has nine wins, 12 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 16 races. Arnold drove The Strength Center Special to his ninth win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.
Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 508 points and trails Arnold by 77 points. Joiner has one win, nine top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 12 races over 11 weeks of competition. Joiner finished sixth on Saturday night in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL in the Three Trade Consultants Special. Joiner also leads the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series point standings.
Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL is third in the standings with 433 points after five wins, eight top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in ten races over nine weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition. The 13-year-old point leader in the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings for drivers 18 years of age and younger, finished seventh on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park driving the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS and is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 429 points. In 11 races over nine weeks, Lee has one win and 11 top five finishes.
Week 13 of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition was a good one for the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS, has he took a pair of victories. Daspit won at Hattiesburg Speedway on Friday night, and at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night in the Billy Riels Racing Special.
Daspit is tied for the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS with 421 points apiece. Daspit has four wins, six top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over nine weeks.
Jordan has two top five finishes and four top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks in the SMJ Race Parts Trak-Star. Jordan had a pair top five finishes in Double Features on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway. Jordan finished fourth in the Week 4 Make-Up Feature Race and fifth in the Week 13 Feature Race.
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS is seventh in the standings with 373 points after one win, six top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over eight weeks. Keeton drove the Byram Trucking GRT to a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Greg Fore of Greenville, MS picked up his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season in the Week 4 Make Feature on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in the Washington Body Shop GRT to move up to the eighth spot in the standings with 369 points. Fore has one win, five top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in ten races over eight weeks of competition.
Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL is another driver making his first appearance of the season in the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings. Boland had a pair of top five finishes in Week 13 competition with a fourth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway and a third on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Boland is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 362 points after six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in 11 races over eight weeks of competition driving the Boland Performance Trak-Star.
Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 343 points after six top ten finishes in eight races over eight weeks of competition. Kouhout drove the Tophen’s Rock and Roll Grill Special to a 12th-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 13 action, Chris Kratzer of Haysville, KS had a big weekend with a pair of wins. Kratzer drove the Wichita Tire and Alignment Special to a win on Friday night at Salina Speedway in Salina, KS, and followed that up with his third win of the season in the NCRA/NeSmith Late Model race on Saturday night at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, KS.
Mark Clifton of Brewton, AL captured his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night with the victory in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race at Flomaton Speedway driving the Carboline Special. Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN won his third race of the season on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN in the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Rocket.
Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX drove the Lonestar Hydro and Maintenance Special to his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX. Starnes also continues to lead the NeSmith/Southern Crate Late Model Series point standings.
Daniel Smith of Beloit, KS took his second win of the season on Sunday night in the NCRA/NeSmith Late Model race at the Kansas State Fair Speedway in Hutchinson, KS driving the NCK Webtech Special. The Week 13 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series race scheduled for Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL was rained out.
Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge points after Cooper gave them their eighth win of the season. Fore’s win moved four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR into a three-way tie for the second spot in the Chassis standings.
GRT along with three-time Chassis Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL and CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN share the second spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with five wins apiece. Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is still looking for their first win of the season.
For more information and rules 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.
This is when the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season gets very interesting when a drivers tries to improve on their season total by replacing the lowest weekly point total in their best 14 with a higher one. In the meantime, drivers that have yet to reach the 14 week mark are still earning full points, and rising quickly in the point standings.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS may be the first driver to reach the 14-week mark. In 12 weeks of racing, Arnold has nine wins, 12 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 16 races. Arnold drove The Strength Center Special to his ninth win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.
Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 508 points and trails Arnold by 77 points. Joiner has one win, nine top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 12 races over 11 weeks of competition. Joiner finished sixth on Saturday night in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL in the Three Trade Consultants Special. Joiner also leads the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series point standings.
Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL is third in the standings with 433 points after five wins, eight top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in ten races over nine weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition. The 13-year-old point leader in the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings for drivers 18 years of age and younger, finished seventh on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park driving the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS and is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 429 points. In 11 races over nine weeks, Lee has one win and 11 top five finishes.
Week 13 of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition was a good one for the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS, has he took a pair of victories. Daspit won at Hattiesburg Speedway on Friday night, and at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night in the Billy Riels Racing Special.
Daspit is tied for the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS with 421 points apiece. Daspit has four wins, six top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over nine weeks.
Jordan has two top five finishes and four top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks in the SMJ Race Parts Trak-Star. Jordan had a pair top five finishes in Double Features on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway. Jordan finished fourth in the Week 4 Make-Up Feature Race and fifth in the Week 13 Feature Race.
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS is seventh in the standings with 373 points after one win, six top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over eight weeks. Keeton drove the Byram Trucking GRT to a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Greg Fore of Greenville, MS picked up his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season in the Week 4 Make Feature on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in the Washington Body Shop GRT to move up to the eighth spot in the standings with 369 points. Fore has one win, five top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in ten races over eight weeks of competition.
Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL is another driver making his first appearance of the season in the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings. Boland had a pair of top five finishes in Week 13 competition with a fourth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway and a third on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Boland is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 362 points after six top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in 11 races over eight weeks of competition driving the Boland Performance Trak-Star.
Al Kouhout of Hattiesburg, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 343 points after six top ten finishes in eight races over eight weeks of competition. Kouhout drove the Tophen’s Rock and Roll Grill Special to a 12th-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 13 action, Chris Kratzer of Haysville, KS had a big weekend with a pair of wins. Kratzer drove the Wichita Tire and Alignment Special to a win on Friday night at Salina Speedway in Salina, KS, and followed that up with his third win of the season in the NCRA/NeSmith Late Model race on Saturday night at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, KS.
Mark Clifton of Brewton, AL captured his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night with the victory in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race at Flomaton Speedway driving the Carboline Special. Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN won his third race of the season on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN in the Ronnie Cooper Trucking Rocket.
Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX drove the Lonestar Hydro and Maintenance Special to his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX. Starnes also continues to lead the NeSmith/Southern Crate Late Model Series point standings.
Daniel Smith of Beloit, KS took his second win of the season on Sunday night in the NCRA/NeSmith Late Model race at the Kansas State Fair Speedway in Hutchinson, KS driving the NCK Webtech Special. The Week 13 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series race scheduled for Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL was rained out.
Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge points after Cooper gave them their eighth win of the season. Fore’s win moved four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR into a three-way tie for the second spot in the Chassis standings.
GRT along with three-time Chassis Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL and CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN share the second spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with five wins apiece. Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is still looking for their first win of the season.
For more information and rules 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.