CARTERSVILLE, GA – A busy slate of 16 Week 8 races in eight different states will make up the schedule of events for the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division this weekend. Four races are scheduled for Friday night and a dozen races will be held on Saturday night. Based on Weekly Point Averages, big changes are expected in the Top 10 of the point standings with weekend.

Steve Pate of Heflin, AL leads the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 288 points, carrying a three-point advantage over second-place Branden Harris of Molino, FL who has 285 points. Cory Korreckt of Lincoln, AL is third with 284 points, Howie Reeves of Crestview, FL is fourth with 280 points and Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL is fifth with 279 points.

Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is sixth with 275 points, and Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is seventh with 268 points. David Windham of Florala, AL is eighth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 260 points and Blake Ewing of Carriere, MS is ninth with 255 points. Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA rounds out the Top 10 in the standings with 250 points.

Before drivers reach the 14-week point of their respective seasons that will make up their NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season totals, the Weekly Point Average, or WPA, is a good gauge to determine how a driver is doing against the competition. It divides a driver’s point total by the number weeks they have competed.

In NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 8 competition, drivers with a high WPA that are lower in the point standings could move up the list this weekend with a good finish in one of the eight races on the schedule.

Trosclair is a perfect example of this scenario. Trosclair is tenth in the point standings, but he has only competed in five of the seven weeks of NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. Trosclair has won a race in each of those five weeks for a point total of 250, which gives him a perfect WPA of 50. The top three drivers on the NeSmith Street Stock WPA list are tenth, 11th and 12th respectively in the point standings.

Spencer Hughes of Meridian, MS is 11th in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 249 points, but has the second highest WPA at 49.8. Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is 12th in the standings with 245 points, and he has the third highest WPA at 49. Point leader Pate is fourth on the WPA list at 48, and Harris has the fifth highest WPA at 47.5.

Korreckt has the sixth highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings at 47.33, and Jason Price of Albany, GA, who is 14th in the standings with 235 points, has the seventh highest WPA at 47. Reeves has the eighth highest WPA at 46.67, Wilson has the ninth highest WPA at 46.5, and Bailey has the tenth highest WPA at 45.83.

Drivers in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season that runs through September 25. The $5,000 National point fund will pay $2,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.

NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competitors have the option of using the economical Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. The steel-head steel block 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine costs $3,495 and is available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA with free next day delivery anywhere in the country. To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.

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NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 8 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

May 13:

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RACEWAY PARK – BEAUMONT, TX
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
NEA SPEEDWAY – HARRISBURG, MS

May 14:

BATTLEGROUND RACE PARK – HIGHLANDS, TX
CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN
COTTON BOWL SPEEDWAY – PAIGE, TX
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL
GOLDEN ISLES SPEEDWAY – BRUNSWICK, GA
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS
LA 36 SPEEDWAY – LACOMBE, LA
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
NEEDMORE SPEEDWAY – NORMAN PARK, GA
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
THUNDERHILL RACEWAY PARK – SUMMERTOWN, TN


NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation’s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Dealer six years running, with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast. Chevrolet Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.