ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI DOUBLE-HEADER THIS WEEKEND FOR THE NeSMITH SUPER DIRT CAR SERIES

               CARTERSVILLE, GA – The next two events for the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series will be this Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL and this Saturday night at Corinth Speedway in Corinth, MS with a pair of 40-lap $2,000-to-win races.  The two races will be co-sanctioned with the Promoter’s Racing Organization (PRO) Dirt Car Series.

               An impressive field of super late model drivers representing five states are expected this Friday night at North Alabama Speedway and this Saturday night at Corinth Speedway, as member drivers continue to battle for the top ten positions that will be paid out of the $22,000 NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series point fund, with $10,000 going to the Champion at season’s end.

David Breazeale of Kosciusko, MS holds a four-point lead over Anthony Burroughs of Sheffield , AL in the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series point standings.  National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN is third in the points chase, just ten points out of first-place using the GM Performance CT525 Spec Engine.

               The top two drivers in the point standings have a pair of top five finishes.  Breazeale has 188 points, and Burroughs has 184 points.  Johnson has one top five finish and two top ten finishes to tally 178 points.  Rick Rickman of Columbus, MS is fourth with 170 points, and Kyle Beard of Truman, AR is fifth in the NeSmith SDCS standings with 168 points.

               The sixth through tenth spots respectively in the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series standings are Dean Carpenter of Coldwater, MS with 154 points, Neil Baggett of Shannon, MS and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA with 140 each, Klint Byars of Carrollton, MS with 126 points, and Brian Rickman of Columbus, MS with 114 points.

               Other top NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series entrants expected for the Alabama-Mississippi Double-Header include the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS, Jay Burchfield of Columbus, MS, Ross Camponovo of Clarksdale, MS, Leon Henderson of Laurel, MS, Jeremy Glasgow of Caledonia, MS, Bradley Price of Hamilton, AL, and Ray Mauldin of Fulton, MS.

If a driver wins the championship using a GM Performance CT525 Spec Engine purchased from NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton , GA , the dealership will pay the champion a $5,000 bonus to make for a title worth $15,000.  The GM Performance CT525 Spec Engine is in stock and readily available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast for $7,195, and race-ready with all of the needed accessories except carburetor for $10,100.

To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.  Drivers currently running the GM Performance CT525 Spec Engine are Johnson, Turner, and Cooley.  All three have top ten finishes against the high-dollar open super late model engines.

Drivers still have an opportunity to purchase an annual series membership to be eligible for the point fund based on their best ten finishes that pays $10,000-to-win and pays back ten spots.  The NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series will sanction super late model races in Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia and Tennessee in 2010.

Membership to the NeSmith Racing is not required to compete in NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series Events, but it is required to earn points and be eligible for the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series point fund.  For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series point standings, plus a complete schedule, visit the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

In addition to the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series for super late models, NeSmith Racing also sanctions the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour and the Weekly Racing Series for GM Performance 604 and 602 Crate Engine powered dirt late models, and the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division using the GM Performance 602 Crate Engine.

For more information about North Alabama Speedway , call 256-381-5051, or visit the track web site at www.northalabamaspeedway.com.  For more information about Corinth Speedway , call 662-415-4010, or visit the track web site at www.corinthspeedway.com.

 For more information about the NeSmith Super Dirt Car Series, including rules, point standings and the series schedule of events, visit the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation’s number one GM Powertrain Dealer four years running, and is also the nation’s number one volume dealer of Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC cars, trucks, SUVs and vans with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast.  GM Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series and Hard Charger Award sponsor.  Hoosier Race Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  VP Racing Fuel is the Official Racing Fuel of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.  NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2010 are Dominator Race Products, Race Car Engineering, KRC , Joe Gibbs Driven, Maximum Signs and Graphics, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty’s Shock Service, Warrior Race Cars , Trak-Star Race Cars, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars, and Rocket Chassis.