NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 19 Preview

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Going into Week 19 of the 27-week 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, the top three drivers in the point standings have reached the 14 week mark of their respective seasons and are netting points. The drivers in the fourth through seventh spots in the points chase still have one more week to earn full points.

That should make for a “shake and bake” week in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing competition with some drivers moving up in stature, and others, dropping down the list. Other drivers in the Top 20 of the point standings still have anywhere from two to four weeks to earn full points.

Week 19 will see eight races in six states. The lone Friday night event will be held at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS. On Saturday night, Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS will host a $1,000-to-win I-20 Challenge Series race, and the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series will be in action on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL.

The NeSmith/NCRA Late Model Series will return to 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS on Saturday night. Other Week 19 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Saturday night races are scheduled for Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX, Camden Speedway in Camden, TN, Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS, and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.

Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 690 points, or ten points away from a perfect best 14 week score of 700 points. Arnold will be looking to net on a 46 in Week 19 competition.

Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 644 points. Joiner also leads the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series point standings, and he will be looking to net on a 40 in Week 19 competition. Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS is third with a best 14 week total of 628 points, and he will be trying to net on a 41.

The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS is fourth in the standings with 616 points and one more week to earn full points. Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fifth with 612 points and one more week to earn full points. Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS is sixth with 610 points and one more week to earn full points.

Greg Fore of Greenville, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 586 points and he has one more week to earn full points. Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL is eighth in the standings with 581 points and he has two more weeks to earn full points. The 13-year-old driver also leads the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series points for NeSmith Late Model drivers 18 years of age and younger.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, FL is ninth in the standings with 525 points and one more week to earn full points. Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 524 points and three more weeks to earn full points. Starnes also leads the NeSmith Racing Co-Sanctioned Southern Crate Late Model Series point standings.

Looking at the Weekly Point Averages, or WPAs, point leader Arnold also has the highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings at 48.93 out of a possible 50. Skinner has the second highest WPA at 48.42 and Starnes has the third highest WPA at 47.64.

Daspit has the fourth highest WPA at 47.38, and to find the driver with the fifth highest WPA, you have to look down to the 14th spot where Adam Cummings of Odenville, AL has a 47.30. Lee has the sixth highest WPA at 47.08, and Palasini has the seventh highest WPA at 46.92.

Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series driver 17-year-old Cole Daffron of Pell City, AL is 11th in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings, but he has the eighth highest WPA at 46.18. Joiner has the ninth highest WPA at 46, and three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Collinsville, MS has the tenth highest WPA among the Top 20 in the points at 45.73. Keeton is 12th in the point standings.

Drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season from March 23 through September 27. The $20,000 National point fund will pay $10,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competitors have the option of two different economical Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engines to compete with. The aluminum-head 400 horsepower 604 engine costs $5,795 and the steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine with a 100-pound weight break costs $3,495.

Both of these Chevrolet Performance Racing Engines are in stock and available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast. To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

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.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES LATE WEEK 18 RESULTS:

July 25:

KANSAS STATE FAIR SPEEDWAY – HUTCHINSON, KS (NeSmith/NCRA Late Model Series):
1. 92 Delbert Smith
2. 92s Daniel Smith
3. 7d Dusty Leonard
4. 2k Darrick Klima
5. 55 Chris Kratzer
6. 12 Ryan Grit
7. 70m Brad Morris
8. 1m Tyler Stucky

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 19 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

July 31:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS

August 1:

81 SPEEDWAY – WICHITA, KS (NeSmith/NCRA Late Model Series)
BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX
CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN
GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS ($1,000-To-Win)
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL (NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series)
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL


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