Newsome Raceway Parts Weekly Racing Series Late Model Week 1 Round Up

ADAIRSVILLE – The defending Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series Late Model National Champion Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS picked up where he left off in 2019 by winning the 2020 season opener on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Billy Riels Racing Special.

The General will be joined by seven other drivers at the top of the Late Model Weekly Racing Series National points list, all with 50-point Week 1 wins in fields with car counts of eight or more cars. Brad Skinner of Spring Hill, TN drove the Dixon Plumbing Rocket to victory on Saturday night at Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, TN.

Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL picked up the Newsome Raceway Parts Late Model win on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the Steele’s Dive Special. The 2019 Newsome Raceway Parts Late Model Sportsman National Champion Bryson Mitchell of Russellville, AL made his Weekly Racing Series Late Model debut with a win at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL driving the Sparks Energy Rocket on Saturday night.

David Kay of Munford, AL drove the Advantage Plus Excavating Special to victory on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS welcomed Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS back to the Newsome Raceway Parts Weekly Racing Series with a win on Saturday night driving the Villa South Special.

Two new tracks made their debut in the Newsome Raceway Parts Weekly Racing Series on Saturday night. Chad Dupont took the win at Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, LA, and Gray Parton was the winner at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC.

There were three 40-point winners in fields of less than eight cars on Saturday night in Newsome Raceway Parts Late Model Week 1 action. Dustin Rollins was the winner at Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, TN, Brent Dillon took the victory at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS, and the 2019 VP Racing Fuels Young Guns Challenge Series Champion Brock Hall of Ethridge, TN drove the Hall Insurance Special to victory at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, TN.

Drivers in the Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series Late Model Division will compete for both a weekly point fund and a National point fund over a 22 Week season that runs through November 1. A driver will count his best 11 weekly point races for their National point total. The 2020 National Champion will earn $10,000.

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NEWSOME RACEWAY PARTS CRATE RACIN’ USA WEEKLY RACING SERIES LATE MODEL DIVISION WEEK 1 RESULTS:

Friday, June 5:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
1. 47 Shannon Lee; 2. 21 Scott Ladner; 3. 18 Jeremy Idom; 4. 3 Ronnie Graham; 5. 20 Jason Jarrell; 6. 5 Shelby (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)erson; 7. 18s Derek Smith; 8. 26c Cole Cameron; 9. 12 Chris Reed.

Saturday, June 6:

CLARKSVILLE SPEEDWAY – CLARKSVILLE, TN:
1. 88 Dustin Rollins; 2. 2 Hunter Blackwell.

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – LEWISBURG, TN:
1. 17 Brad Skinner; 2. 0 Shannon Davis; 3. 4 Dustin Harris; 4. 0 James Sullivan; 5. 0 Clint Nichols; 6. 20m Willie McElhiney; 7. 0 Gwynn Newby; 8. 0 Logan Brown; 9. 0 Robert Stutts; 10. 34 Shane Echols; 11. 85 Mitch Thornton; 12. 21j Josh Amacher DNS.

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 7 Brent Dillon; 2. D8jr Christopher Showah; 3. J8 Bobby Jordan; 4. 6 Jim Paxton; 5. 54j Jonathan Bales.

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 1s Jeremy Shaw; 2. 84 Randall Beckwith; 3. 21c Ryan Colby; 4. 327 Jamie Tollison; 5. 22 Austin Franklin; 6. 72 Steve Russell; 7. 20 Jason Jarrell; 8. 232 Jamey Boland; 9. 147 Hunter Carroll; 10. 44 Lain Hawk; 11. 2 Hayden Franklin; 12. 7 Greg Wilhite; 13. 19 Tim Hixen; 14. 64 Joshua Patterson; 15. 3 Anthony Andrews; 16. 75 Logan Beckwith.

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY – TUSCUMBIA, AL:
1. 46 Bryson Mitchell; 2. 64 Braden Mitchell; 3. S4 Seth McCormack; 4. 78 Matthew Brocato; 5. 1 Jason Markewitz; 6. 2 Oakley Gillespie; 7. 69 Mike Henn; 8. 86 Dan White; 9. 4 Mitchell Holloway.

PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. 33 Sid Scarbrough; 2. 0 Luke Bennet; 3. 3 Ronnie Graham; 4. 21 Kody Barber; 5. 2T Tootie Arnold; 6. 51 Brandon Carpenter; 7. J8 Jamie McClendon; 8. 0 Bryce Fauntleroy; 9. 15 Josh Thomas; 10. 0 Allen Netherland; 11. 26c Cole Cameron DNS; 12. 0 Neal Temple DNS; 13. 18s Derek Smith DNS; 14. 0 Joey Pilgrim DNS; 15. 21 Scott Ladner DNS; 16. 18 Jeremy Idom DNS.

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. K5 David Kay; 2. 553 Austin Freeman; 3. 11 Cruz Skinner; 4. 05 T.J. Brittain; 5. 3 Heath Carr; 6. 7 Dennis Collins; 8. 5 Mike Combs; 9. H2 Todd Hurst; 10. 75 Dan Cox; 11. 32 Jim Wakefield; 12 F97 Red Farmer; 13. 8 Kevin Hale.

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY PARK – SUMMERTOWN, TN:
1. B87 Brock Hall; 2. F26 Mark Fields; 3. H17 Steven Holcomb; 4. C6 Oakley Johns; 5. 115 Cody Gentry.

BOOTHILL SPEEDWAY – GREENWOOD, LA:
1. 57 Chad Dupont; 2. 19 Jamie Burford; 3. 21 David Winslet; 4. 23jr Cliff Tupper; 5. 25 Josh Baucom; 6. 54g Garrett Gibson; 7. 5c Brad Couch; 8. 50 Billy Meazell; 9. 24 Garren Lindsey; 10. 28c Colton Guin DNS; 11. 115 Billy Meazell III DNS.

CHEROKEE SPEEDWAY – GAFFNEY, SC:
1. 18 Gray Parton; 2. 6 Dillon Brown; 3. 20 Owen Osteen; 4. 6 Furman Parton; 5. 54 Justin Wofford; 6. 00 Rich Kuiken; 7. 19 Matthew Wyatt; 8. 42 Mark Greene; 9. 29 Alex Hendren; 10. 5 Hunter Stinnett; 11. 11 Banjo Duke; 12. 44 John Ruggiero DQ/LT.


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