NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man's Garage WRS Week 22 Preview

CARTERSVILLE, GA – With six weeks to go in the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series season, it is time to present the scenarios for the $10,000 Championship. There are five drivers still mathematically eligible for the title, and the Top 10 spots that will also award cash from the $30,000 point fund are wide open.

Week 22 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series will see six races in four different states. The action starts on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.

Saturday night races will be held at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA, Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO, and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 696 points, four points away from a perfect 14 week point total of 700 points. Daspit is the only driver that can earn 700 points with a 50 point win in three of the six remaining weeks of the season.

Daspit has the highest Weekly Point Average (WPA) among the Top 20 in the point standings with a 49.71, with a 50 being a perfect score. No driver in the eight-year history of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series has ever earned a perfect point total, or a perfect WPA.

Over the next six weeks, Daspit’s road to Dawsonville, GA, where the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Awards Banquet will be held at Georgia Racing Hall of Fame, will have him trying to net on a 48 and two 49s.

Daspit can clinch the Championship as soon as his four challengers’ possible season point totals drop below 696. Going into Week 22 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series season, two challengers can still earn a possible 699 points, one challenger can still earn a possible 698 points, and the fourth challenger can still earn a possible 697 points.

Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS is a NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Championship contender. Palasini is currently second in the standings with a best 14 week total of 682 points and the second highest WPA at 48.71. If Palasini can capture a 50-point win in each of the remaining six weeks of the season, he can earn 699 points by netting on a 41, a 47, a 48, and three 49s.

Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS are tied for the third spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 681 points. Dudley has the tie-breaker advantage with seven 50-point win to three for Lee. Both drivers are tied with third highest WPA at 48.64.

Dudley is still in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series title hunt if he can post a win in each of the six weeks remaining in the season. Dudley can post 699 points by netting on 2 45s, 2 48s, a 47 and a 49. Lee cannot net enough points in the final six weeks of the season to win the championship, as he can earn a possible 694 by netting on a 47 and five 48s.

Robby Moore of Brosley, MO is fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 668 points, and he has the fifth highest WPA at 47.71. Moore can earn a possible 689 points by winning out and netting on three 46s and three 47s.

Jeff Glisson of Boaz, KY and Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS are tied for the sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings, as each driver has a best 14 week total of 664 points and are tied for the sixth highest WPA at 47.43. Glisson has the tie-breaker advantage at this point in the season with three wins to two wins for Scarbrough.

Glisson can earn a possible 689 points by netting on a 41, a 42, a 44, two 47s and a 48. Scarbrough can earn a possible 690 points by netting on a 44, a 45, three 46s, and a 47. Ronnie Cooper of McKenzie, TN is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 660 points and the eighth highest WPA at 47.14. Cooper can earn a possible 689 points by netting on a 41, two 44s, a 46, a 47 and a 48.

Michael Arnold may be ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 642 points, and he is not even among the Top 10 on the WPA list, but he is still a Championship contender. If Arnold can post a win in each of the six weeks remaining in the season, he can earn a possible 697 points by netting on a 25, two 41s, a 44 and two 47s.

Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 639 points. Jordan can earn a possible 680 points by netting on three 41s, two 45s, and a 46 over the next six weeks of racing.

There is one more driver that is outside the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings that is still very much eligible to earn the $10,000 Championship, and one race start away from possibly earning a seat at the banquet table to collect out of the point fund.

Ricky Waggoner of Martin, TN is 16th in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 606 points, and one more week to earn full points. If Waggoner can earn a 50-point win in each of the remaining six weeks of the season, he can earn a possible 698 points by netting on a 25, a 42, and three 47s.

Drivers participating at NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series sanctioned tracks compete against each other through a points system that counts their 14 best weekly point totals over the 27-week season that runs through September 29. Drivers can compete in as many events available to then each week, only their best event point total for that week will count.

Once a driver reaches the 14-week point in their NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series season, they will begin to net points, by trying to replace the lowest weekly point total with a higher one. The Weekly Point Average is the average of their 14-week total, or up to the 14-week mark. A perfect point total is 700, and a perfect WPA is 50.

The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS National Champion will earn $10,000 and the Top 10 drivers in the final National point standings will also receive cash awards from the point fund. Drivers will also compete for an additional point fund at each series sanctioned track.

The dirt late model race cars in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series are powered by the economical Chevrolet Performance Crate Engines that are built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications. There are two engines to choose from, the 400 horsepower aluminum-head 604 engine and the 350 horsepower steel-head 602 engine that gets a 100-pound weight break.

These engines are in stock and ready for free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast from NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA. The Chevrolet Performance 604 Crate Engine is $5,195 and the Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is $3,195 at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA. To place an order call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

Complete Week 22 results and updated point standings for the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series will be available on Monday with the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Round Up. For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS sanctioned tracks, visit the Weekly Racing Series all-new web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

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NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN’S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 22 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

August 23:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS

August 24:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL
ST. TAMMANY RACEWAY – LACOMBE, LA
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS