NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR JUNE 14

               CARTERSVILLE, GA – Justin McCree of Cuba, AL was the big winner in Week 11 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition, as he drove the Century Dedicated, Inc. Trak-Star to two wins during the weekend.  “J-Mac” posted wins on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia , AL and on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian , MS .

               The two wins moved McRee up to the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 437 points based on five wins and six top five finishes in seven starts.

               Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS still leads the West Region point standings despite a bad weekend, as he did not start the main on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS, and finished 15^th on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in the Boland Performance Trak-Star.

               Keeton has 590 points after three wins, nine top five finishes, and 11 top ten finishes in 13 races to hold a 41-point lead over Tony Lawson of Laurel , MS driving the Lawson Construction Rocket.

Lawson is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 549 points after a pair of top ten finishes at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park and Whynot Motorsports Park .  Lawson has two top fives, and 11 top tens in 13 starts.

Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS had a good weekend of NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region action with his fifth win of the season on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS, and a third-place showing on Friday night at North Alabama Speedway driving the TJC Mortgage/Maximum Signs and Graphics Mastersbilt.

Stokes is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 542 points after five wins and nine top fives in nine starts.  Shay Knight of Ethelsville, MS is fourth with 476 points based on seven top five and eight top tens in nine starts driving the Dunn’s Autos Mastersbilt.

Cliff Williams of Star, MS is sixth in the West Region standings with 410 points after two wins and six top fives in eight starts driving the Ware Construction Trak-Star.  Jason Michau of Kilmichael, MS is seventh with 399 points after driving the Michau Logging Warrior to two top fives, and six top tens in eight starts.

Chad McCool of Millport, AL is eighth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 398 points based on one top five and four top tens in eight starts in the M&M Logging Mastersbilt.  Jay Burchfield of Columbus, MS is ninth with 382 points after five top fives and six top tens in six starts driving the Burchfield’s Body Shop Mastersbilt.

Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS drove the Medicaid Planning Specialists Trak-Star to his second West Region win of the season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS.  Palasini rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 379 points after two wins and six top fives in seven starts.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action over the weekend, Tyler Stevens of Searcy , AR was the winner on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville , AR.   Stevens drove the Searcy Auto Salvage Rocket to his second win of the season.

Brooks Strength of Jackson , MS took his third win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Duncan Motorsports Rocket.  Mark Tice of Avon , MS drove the Precision Marine Trak-Star to his second win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville , MS .  A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA did not report their Week 11 results.

Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 691 points after posting three wins, 13 top five finishes and 14 top ten finishes in 15 starts driving the Edge’s Gas Mastersbilt.  Edge has one more race in which he can earn full points.  After 16 races, Edge will begin to net points by dropping his lowest point night this season with a higher point night.

Richie Stephens of Phenix City, AL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet East Region standings with 551 points.  Stephens has a series-leading six wins, nine top fives, and 11 top tens in 12 starts driving the Bennett Logging RMRC.  Craig Scott of Newman, GA is third with 440 points after two wins, six top fives, and nine top tens in the Base Fuel GRT .

Larry Harrod of Plains, GA is fourth in the East Region standings with 431 points after driving the Harrod Logging Scorpion to one win and six top fives in six starts.  Kevin Maher of McDavid, FL is fifth with 430 points based on three wins and nine top fives in nine starts in the United Bank GRT .

Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 416 points after one win, seven top fives, and nine top tens in ten starts driving the Charco, Inc. TNT .

Tod Darda of LaGrange, GA drove the Darda Tire GRT to his third win of the season on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway in Senoia , GA.   Darda is seventh in the East Region standings with 413 points based on three wins and nine top fives in nine starts.  Parrish Duncan of Newnan, GA is eighth with 405 points after six top fives and nine top tens in nine starts.

Ryan King of Anniston, AL is ninth in the East Region standings with 400 points after driving the True Bond Masonry TSR to three top fives and seven top tens in nine starts.  Chris Griffin of Flomaton, AL rounds out the top ten of the East Region standings with 398 points based on six top fives and nine top tens in nine starts driving the  Wallace Paint and Body Wallace.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region competition on Saturday night, Adam Cummings topped a 25-car field at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga , AL .  Chris Smith of Flomaton, AL was the winner at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL for the second straight week driving the Smith Racing GRT .

Hunter Best of Louisville, TN took his second straight win of the season at Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, TN driving the Warrior Race Cars Warrior.  Terrance Nowell of Phenix City , AL took his first win of the season at East Alabama Motor Speedway driving the Clarence’s Truck Repair GRT .

East Alabama Motor Speedway will open the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 12 East Region competition on Tuesday night.  William Thomas of Phenix City, AL was the winner last Tuesday night in the J.W. Miller Land and Timber Scorpion.

The two wins by McRee, and wins from Tice, and Palasini brings Trak-Star Race Cars’ series leading win total to 28 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge.  Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL is the defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion.

Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR picked up a trio of wins in Week 11 from Darda, Smith and Nowell to remain in the second spot in the chassis points with a season total of 22.

Rocket Chassis of Shinnston , WV scored wins over the weekend from Stevens and Strength to bring their third-place season total to 16 wins.  TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN is fourth with three wins, and Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fifth after Best gave them their second win of the season.

For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in the East and West Regions, visit the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points Page.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 6/12/10 :

WEST REGION:

EAST REGION:

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 11 RESULTS:

WEST REGION:

June 11:

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG , MS :
1. 444 Brooks Strength
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 96 Jeffrey Lawson
4. S16 Ashley Stockstill
5. 8 Owen Stockstill
6. 69 Tony Lawson
7. 00 Alan Netherland
8. R14 Tracy Brown
9. 41 Al Kouhout
10. 115 Keith Mackner
11. 1 Chris Jarrell DNS
12. 22 Lucky Keeton DNS
13. 4 Cliff Williams DNS

BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY – BATESVILLE , AR :
1. 2 Tyler Stevens
2. 17 Jason Wilkey
3. 18 Roger Witt
4. 2r Brian Ritchie
5. 23 Joe Forman
6. 23 Travis Ashley
7. 66 Marcus Andrews
8. 7 Wade Johnson
9. 32 Kenneth Jackson
10. 25 Jarrod Grider
11. 1v Johnny Virden

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY – TUSCUMBIA , AL :
1. 25 Justin McRee
2. 8 Chris Tays
3. 1 Johnny Stokes
4. 55 Jamie Flannagan
5. 77 Dylan Ames
6. 19 Nick Howell
7. 26 Tim Knight
8. 88 Charlie Henderson
9. B20 Boone Fullwood
10. 56 Perry Butler
11. 4 Kevin Henderson DNS

June 12:

COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS , MS :
1. 1 Johnny Stokes
2. 1s Jeremy Shaw
3. 25 Jay Burchfield
4. 55 Jamie Flannagan
5. 3 Shay Knight
6. 2 Mark Stokes
7. 327 Jamie Tollison
8. 13 Chad McCool
9. 2 Lee Ray
10. 1L Caleb Myers
11. 08 Brett Delk
12. 22 Jamey Bouchillon

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE , MS :
1. 24 Mark Tice
2. 17 Chad Washington
3. 46 Kenny Compton
4. 21 Drew McMahon
5. 88j Jason Michau
6. 8kv Robert Smith
7. 110 Brent Barrett
8. J8 Bobby Jordan
9. C55 David Carpenter
10. 56 Bubba Harrison
11. F5 Lamar Furr
12. 62 Zach Jenkins
13. 23 Drew Zieglar
14. G3 Bill Mobley
15. 44 Lonnie Wilkerson
16. H5 Brandon Hardin
17. 29a Jason Botsford
18. 38 A.C. Parker DNS
19. 33 Wesley Brown DNS

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON , MS :
1. 8 Mike Palasini Jr.
2. 33 Sid Scarbrough
3. 711 Al Thomas
4. 71 Jarrette Gunn
5. 444 Ryan Allday
6. J88 Jered Smith
7. 24 Bryan Foreman
8. 22 David Weems

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN , MS :
1. 25 Justin McRee
2. 760 Jim McDuffie
3. 33c Eric Cooley
4. 27 Larry Murphy
5. 118 Randy Boyd
6. 69 Tony Lawson
7. 48 Tody Ratcliff
8. 14 Casey Haney
9. 96 Jeffrey Lawson
10. 44 Roger Rolison
11. 9k David Smith
12. 41 Al Kouhout
13. 88 Charlie Henderson
14. K18 Kaleb Killens
15. 22 Lucky Keeton
16. 85 Ray Paul
17. 75p Phillip Stanley
18. 4w Wiley Williams
19. 12 Dallas Mozingo
20. 115 Keith Mackner

A1 RACEWAY – SLIDELL , LA :
Did Not Report

EAST REGION:

June 8:

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY , AL :
1. 22 William Thomas
2. 27 Larry Harrod
3. 66k Scott Knowles
4. 25 Justin McRee
5. 55 Terrance Nowell
6. P19 Paul Walters
7. 17 Billy Franklin
8. 18 Chase Edge
9. 00 Richie Stephens
10. 14 Pat Wall
11. 50 Steven Gaines
12. 22 Chad Carden
13. 02 Austin Hunnicutt
14. 19 Jeremy Britton
15. 08 Bobby Eiland
16. 03 Kelly Leonard
17. 40 Marvin Cook
18. 44 Mike Parkerson

June 12:

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA , AL :
1. 81 Adam Cummings
2. F22 Carlton Freeman
3. 47 Adam Martin
4. 32 Jason Hawkins
5. J7 Jason Hudgins
6. K7 Kenny Gaither
7. 29 Brian Ponder
8. 17 Cameron Heath
9. 30 Karl Parks
10. 75 Jonathan Lambert
11. 13 David Pettus
12. 17 Adam Gauldin
13. 5 Mike Combs
14. 3d Mikey Donahoo
15. 16 Tim Staples
16. 55 Ryan King
17. 85 Roger Davison
18. 25 Dustin Hendrix
19. D7 Dee Hindman
20. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
21. 79 Brad Lackey
22. 77 Dylan Ames
23. 12 Jason Morris
24. 20 David Dailey
25. 1 Jason Hiett DQ

FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON , AL :
1. 15 Chris Smith
2. 1 Kevin Maher
3. 25 Josh Huss
4. 58 Larry Boutwell
5. X1 Mike McGee
6. 51 Kenny Townson
7. 42 Bernard Blackwell
8. 30 Chris Griffin
9. 2 Bo Odom
10. 57 Shep Lucas DNS
11. 88 Rusty Ellis DNS

MOUNTAIN RACEWAY PARK – MARYVILLE , TN :
1. 007 Hunter Best
2. 15 Jamison Settlemyre
3. 10 Chris Wilson
4. 91 Chuck Laney
5. 148 Herb Garner
6. 92 Junior Walker
7. 005 David Young Jr.
8, 89 Adam Beeler

NEW SENOIA RACEWAY – SENOIA , GA :
1. 91 Tod Darda
2. 0 Craig Scott
3. 55 Parrish Duncan
4. 16 Tony Kemp
5. 19 Jeremy Hall
6. 27 Doug Ludwig
7. T11 Troy Tyson
8. 21 Johnny Stinchcomb
9. 32 Bobby Mills

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY , AL :
1. 55 Terrance Nowell
2. 22 William Thomas
3. P19 Paul Walters
4. 00 Richie Stephens
5. 18 Chase Edge
6. 88 Russ Ogletree
7. 22 Danny Stroud
8. 33 Randy Hester
9. 19 Jeremy Britton
10. 29 Randy Allen
11. 5 Rodgerick Dykes
12. 27 Larry Harrod
13. 14 Pat Wall
14. 9 Adam Brown

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