ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS sent a message to all Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division competitors in the Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series that he is the man to beat for the $10,000 National Championship. The General drove the Billy Riels Racing Special to three wins in the Week 23 action.

Lee leads the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National point standings with a best 14-week total of 694 points, six points away from a 700-point Perfect Season. Lee started off Week 23 competition with a win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS to net on a 47.

The next stop for Lee was on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS. Lee took his second win of the weekend in the Week 22 Make-Up Race to net on a 48. The third win was the Week 23 Race. Lee has one more 48 to net on, then it’s four 49s to get him to 700 points with six weeks left, not counting any further Double Feature or Make-Up Features, in the 2019 season.

Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS and Braden Mitchell of Russellville, AL started off Week 23 in a tie for the second spot in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National point standings. Scarbrough broke the tie with a pair of second-place finishes on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway. Scarbrough netted on a 45 in the Week 22 Make-Up Race, and on a 47 in the Week 23 Race.

Scarbrough now has a best 14-week total of 686 points. Mitchell did not compete in Week 23 Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series action and dropped to the third spot in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National standings with a best 14-week total of 680 points.

Steve Russell of Pontotoc, MS made the best of Week 23 and its plethora of Make-Up Features with a pair of wins over the weekend at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL. Russell won the Week 22 Make-Up Race at NAS on Friday night in the Steele’s Dive Special to net on a 41, and then won the Week 23 Race on Saturday night to net on a 44.

Russell’s best 14-week total is now 678 points to move into the fourth spot of the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National standings. Cole Cameron of Hattiesburg, MS rounds out the top five in the National standings with a best 14-week total of 673 points. Cameron used a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway to net on a 43.

Drivers racing in Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series events compete for both a Track point fund and a National point fund. Drivers compete against drivers racing at Durrence Layne Racing sanctioned tracks across the country using a National points system over a 29-week season that concludes on October 13.

A driver’s best 14 weekly point totals count as their season total. Once a driver reaches 14 weeks of competition, they start trying to net points by replacing the lowest weekly total among their best 14 weekly totals with a higher one. A driver can only count their best point total each week as their total for that week.

The top ten drivers in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division National point standings will earn a seat at the Durrence Layne Racing Annual Awards Banquet to receive a point fund check and a trophy, with the National Champion pocketing $10,000.

In other Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division Week 23 action, Mark Fields of Lawrenceburg, TN drove the Heritage Automotive Rocket to victory on Friday night in the Week 1 Make-Up Race at Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, TN. Dusty Leonard of Marysville, KS was the winner on Saturday night at 81 Speedway in Wichita, KS in the Leonard Racing Rocket.

Tyler Wood of Hohenwald, TN took the win on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway in the Johns Farms Special. Chase Walls of Decherd, TN drove the Live Pure CVR to victory on Sunday night in Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division action at Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, TN.

Justin McRee of Woodstock, AL was the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division winner on Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS. Cruz Skinner was the winner on Sunday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL driving the Skinner’s Body Shop Special.

For complete point standings, more information and rules about the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Late Model Division, visit the series web site at www.durrencelayneracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne Racing. You can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.

DURRENCE LAYNE CHEVROLET LATE MODEL DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/1/19:

1. 47 Shannon Lee – 694
2. 33 Sid Scarbrough – 686
3. 64 Braden Mitchell – 680
4. 72 Steve Russell – 678
5. 26 Cole Cameron – 673
6. 20 Jason Jarrell – 670
7. S4 Seth McCormack – 660
8. 713 Ben Brocato – 657
9. 78 Matthew Brocato – 638
10. 27 Joey Pilgrim – 633

DURRENCE LAYNE CHEVROLET LATE MODEL DIVISION WEEK 23 RESULTS:

Friday, August 30:

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS: 1. Shannon Lee; 2. Cole Cameron; 3. Sid Scarbrough; 4. Jason Jarrell; 5. Joey Pilgrim; 6. Patrick Hankins; 7. Jim Churches; 8. Pace Cameron; 9. Kody Barber; 10. Noah Daspit DNS.

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY – TUSCUMBIA, AL: (Week 22 Make-Up Race) 1. Steve Russell; 2. Christian Hanger; 3. Ben Brocato; 4. Matthew Brocato; 5. Mitchell Holloway; 6. Seth McCormack; 7. Marcus Minga; 8. Mike Henn; 9. Travis Smith; 10. Matt Brazil; 11. Aaron Miller.

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY – SUMMERTOWN, TN: (Week 1 Make-Up Race) 1. Mark Fields; 2. Tyler Wood; 3. Oakley Johns; 4. Donald Johns; 5. Grayson Brewer; 6. Scott Spurgeon; 7. Brock Hall; 8. Justin Maxwell.

Saturday, August 31:

81 SPEEDWAY – WICHITA, KS: (Co-Sanctioned With NCRA) 1. Dusty Leonard; 2. Adam Schrag; 3. Travis Johnson; 4. Delbert Smith; 5. Chris Kratzer; 6. Justin Kinderknecht; 7. Damian Patocka; 8. Ross McCartney; 9. Daniel Smith; 10. Jimmy Seagraves; 11. Adam Popp; 12. A.J. Brochu; 13. Brandon Givens; 14. Tony Foster; 15. Dustin Bolster; 16. Gary Kilbourn; 17. Robert Shepard.

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS: (Week 22 Make-Up Race) 1. Shannon Lee; 2. Sid Scarbrough; 3. Spencer Hughes; 4. Cliff Williams; 5. Chris McElhenney; 6. Bobby Jordan; 7. Rodney Bruce; 8. Hunter Watts; 9. Bill Dunaway; 10. Jason Jarrell; 11. Jason Henry. (Week 23 Race) 1. Spencer Hughes; 2. Sid Scarbrough; 3. Cliff Williams; 4. Shannon Lee; 5. Rodney Bruce; 6. Bobby Jordan; 7. Chris McElhenney; 8. Bill Dunaway; 9. Hunter Watts; 10. Jason Henry; 11. Jason Jarrell.

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY – TUSCUMBIA, AL: 1. Steve Russell; 2. Seth McCormack; 3. Chase Washington; 4. Jadon Frame; 5. Justin McRee; 6. Chase Walls; 7. Marcus Minga; 8. Ben Brocato; 9. Mark Fields; 10. Mitchell Holloway; 11. Matthew Brocato; 12. Mike Henn; 13. Jeremy Greenway; 14. Wayne Sutherland; 15. Travis Smith; 16. Aaron Miller; 17. Dan White; 18. Cruz Skinner; 19. Evan Ellis; 20. Jason Markewitz.

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY – SUMMERTOWN, TN: 1. Tyler Wood; 2. Oakley Johns; 3. Brad Skinner; 4. Grayson Brewer; 5. Ronnie Cooper; 6. Justin Maxwell; 7. Brock Hall; 8. Mark Dalton; 9. Steven Holcomb; 10. Donald Johns; 11. Charles Lynch.

Sunday, September 1:

DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – LEWISBURG, TN: 1. Chase Walls; 2. Brad Skinner; 3. Jadon Frame; 4. Tyler Wood; 5. Jesse Lowe; 6. Oakley Johns; 7. Dustin Harris; 8. Jeremy Holtzclaw; 9. Cameron Skinner; 10. Joe Denby; 11. Steven Holcomb; 12. David Jackson; 13. Rudder Harper; 14. Grayson Brewer; 15. Justin Maxwell; 16. Logan Brown; 17. Shannon Ardry; 18. Christian Hanger; 19. Randy Gifford.

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS: 1. Justin McRee; 2. Randall Beckwith; 3. Evan Ellis; 4. Steve Russell; 5. Cliff Ross; 6. Hunter Carroll; 7. Marcus Minga; 8. Matthew Brocato; 9. Mitchell Holloway; 10. Bobby Jordan; 11. Alan Brown; 12. Kenneth Montiel; 13. Mark Stokes; 14. Rodney Bruce; 15. Brandon Shaw; 16. Mike Henn; 17. Joey Maxwell; 18. Jim Churches; 19. Cole Burns; 20. Jimmy Anderson; 21. Jamie Elam.

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL: 1. Cruz Skinner; 2. David Kay; 3. Dennis Collins; 4. Mike Combs; 5. Lee Burdett; 6. Austin Freeman; 7. Austin Aldridge; 8. Heath Carr; 9. Michael Isbell; 10. David Culver; 11. Red Farmer; 12. Lee Mason; 13. Cole Smart.


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