NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 16 Round Up

CARTERSVILLE, GA – NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point leader Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS drove The Strength Center Special to his 11th win of the 2015 season on Friday night in Week 16 competition at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS. Arnold was able to net on a 25 and now has a best 14 week total of 685 points after 11 wins, 14 top five finishes and 16 top ten finishes in 19 races.

Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 556 points after a third-place finish in the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series race on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL. Joiner, who also leads the NeSmith Panhandle point standings, has one win, ten top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes in 13 races over 12 weeks driving the Three Trade Consultants Special.

Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS was the big winner on Saturday night, taking a pair of victories at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS in the SMJ Race Parts Trak-Star and move up the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings into the third spot with 524 points. Jordan has two wins, four top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in 15 races over 12 weeks. Jordan’s first win was a Week 5 Make-Up Race.

Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 521 points after one win, 12 top five finishes and 13 top ten finishes in 13 races over 11 weeks. Lee drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to a third-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS is fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 519 points after four wins, eight top five finishes and 11 top ten finishes in 12 races over 11 weeks driving the Billy Riels Racing Special. Daspit finished second on Saturday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL drove the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR to a second-place finish on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL and is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 482 points. The 13-year-old Skinner, who also leads the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings for NeSmith Late Model drivers 18 years of age and younger, has five wins, nine top five finishes, and 11 top ten finishes in 12 races over 11 weeks.

Greg Fore of Greenville, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 469 points after one win, seven top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks. Fore drove the Washington Body Shop GRT to a sixth-place finish in the Week 5 Make-Up Race and a third-place finish in the Week 16 race on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway.

Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS drove the MP Trucking Special to a pair of second-place finishes in the Double Features on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway and is eighth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 461 points. Palasini has four wins and nine top five finishes in 11 races over ten weeks.

Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 458 points after one win, six top five finishes and ten top ten finishes in 12 races over ten weeks driving the Byram Trucking GRT. In Week 16 action, Keeton finished seventh on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 432 points after two top five finishes and seven top ten finishes in 11 races over ten weeks. Scarbrough drove the Villa South Trak-Star to an eighth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 16 action, Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL took the win at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS on Friday night driving the Freeman Farms Trak-Star. Dennis Bush of Cedar Grove, TN drove the Bush Racing Special to a Week 16 win at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN. Randy Boyd of Marion, MS was the winner at Whynot Motorsports Park in the Harwell Racing Trak-Star.

Adam Cummings of Odenville, AL drove the Cummings Racing GRT to his second NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track. Shep Lucas of McKenzie, AL took the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series win on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL driving the Lucas Farms Special.

There was one rainout to report in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 16 competition and that was at Salina Speedway in Salina, KS. Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX did not report their NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 16 results.

Week 16 was a big one for three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL. Four wins from Jordan, Boyd and Shaw gives Trak-Star a season total of nine wins and the point lead in the Weekly Chassis points. Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV is second with eight wins.

A win from Cummings gave four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR sole possession of the third spot in the point standings with six wins. CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, TN is fourth with five wins on the season and Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is still looking for their first win of the season.

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NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 7/11/15:

POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 WKS/NET WPA
1 4 Michael Arnold 685 19 11 14 16 44 48.93
2 10 Joseph Joiner 556 13 1 10 12 12 46.33
3 J8 Bobby Jordan 524 15 2 4 7 12 43.67
4 47 Shannon Lee 521 13 1 12 13 11 47.36
5 347 Noah Daspit 519 12 4 8 11 11 47.18
6 11 Cruz Skinner - Y 482 12 5 9 11 11 43.82
7 17 Greg Fore 469 12 1 7 10 10 46.90
8 8 Mike Palasini Jr. 461 11 4 9 9 10 46.10
9 22 Lucky Keeton 458 12 1 6 10 10 45.80
10 33 Sid Scarbrough 432 11 2 7 10 43.20
11 7 Cole Daffron - Y 412 9 5 8 9 45.78
12 232 Jamey Boland 409 13 7 9 9 45.44
13 41 Al Kouhout 388 9 7 9 43.11
14 81 Adam Cummings 381 8 2 7 7 8 47.63
15 77 Robbie Starnes 377 9 2 7 9 8 47.13
16 7 Hunter Lewis 365 9 1 5 9 40.56
17 118 Randy Boyd 361 8 2 3 5 8 45.13
18 1b Bryant Marsh - Y 360 10 5 6 8 45.00
19 30 Justin Paxton 357 10 2 4 9 39.67
20 D8jr Christopher Showah 343 10 6 9 38.11


NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 16 RESULTS:

July 10:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 4 Michael Arnold
2. 347 Noah Daspit
3. 47 Shannon Lee
4. 232 Jamey Boland
5. 14 Chase Cooper
6. 41 Al Kouhout
7. S16 Brandon Underwood
8. 15 Jeremy Cooper
9. 75 Dustin Boykin
10. 66 Lee Barfield
11. 3n Jerry Allen

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 1s Jeremy Shaw
2. 91 Billy Tedford
3. 3 Shay Knight
4. 2 Mark Stokes
5. G4 Shelby Sheedy
6. 2b Tyler Burgess
7. 1 Kyle Shaw
8. 21 Joe Noogin
9. 147 Hunter Carroll
10. 14 Chance Inman
11. 311 Henry Pullen
12. 713 Ben Brocato
13. J8 Bobby Jordan
14. 10 Rick Leverette
15. 12 Jason Downs
16. 121 Michael Arnold
17. 11 Hunter Holloway
18. 21 Steven Jones
19. 713b David Brocato
20. 84 Randall Beckwith
21. 51 John Polasini
22. 19 Marcus Minga
23. 38 Chase Washington DQ/Fuel

SALINA SPEEDWAY – SALINA, KS:
Rained Out

July 11:

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN:
1. 63 Dennis Bush
2. 10 Ronnie Cooper
3. 00 Ben Garner
4. 6 Jimmy Halford
5. 11 Kevin Fuller

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 118 Randy Boyd
2. 38 Chase Washington
3. 14 Casey Haney
4. 4 Wiley Williams
5. 760 Jim McDuffie
6. 232 Jamey Boland
7. 22 Lucky Keeton
8. 33 Sid Scarbrough
9. 93 Jake Knight
10. 01 Nick Thrash
11. 2 Tyler Burgess
12. 7 Jon Biles
13. 713 David Brocato
14. 73 Larry Havens
15. 55 Aaron Fitzhugh
16. 21 Wayne Murphy
17. 27 Larry Murphy
18. 21 Joe Noogin
19. S16 Brandon Underwood
20. 121 Michael Blount
21. 24 Bryan Foreman
22. 14b Richie Beasley
23. 713b Ben Brocato

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 81 Adam Cummings
2. 11 Cruz Skinner (Y)
3. 57 Josh Adkins
4. 4 Eric Smith
5. 7 Cole Daffron (Y)
6. 5 Mike Combs
7. 44 Lain Hawk
8. 17 Dylan Whitlock
9. 33 Shane Layfield
10. 65 Tyler Hill
11. 2 Thomas Langley
12. 4w Bradley Whittle
13. 44 Scott Davis

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
(Week 5 Make-Up Race):
1. J8 Bobby Jordan
2. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
3. 70 Dewayne Estes
4. 7p Peter Hazzard
5. 46 Kenny Carpenter
6. 17 Greg Fore
7. C4 Cole Burns
8. D8jr Christopher Showah
9. 21 Drew McMahon
10. 25 Billy Pate
11. 5 Richard Fedrick
12. 88 Howard Irby Jr.,
13. 30 Justin Paxton
14. 33 Wesley Brown

(Week 16 Feature Race):
1. J8 Bobby Jordan
2. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
3. 17 Greg Fore
4. 70 Dewayne Estes
5. 7p Peter Hazzard
6. 5 Richard Fedrick
7. 46 Kenny Carpenter
8. D8jr Christopher Showah
9. 21 Drew McMahon
10. 33 Wesley Brown
11. C4 Cole Burns
12. 25 Billy Pate
13. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
14. 30 Justin Paxton

NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL (NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series):
1. 57 Shep Lucas
2. 11 Mark Clifton
3. 10 Joseph Joiner
4. 12 Tracey Sutton
5. 1 Kevin Maher
6. 47 James Gilmore
7. 6 Brandon Hood
8. 79 Kyle Bryant
9. 8 Dewayne Morris
10. 25 Josh Huss

BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX:
Did Not Report