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NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 13 PREVIEW
CARTERSVILLE, GA – There are 11 races on the Week 13 NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series schedule of events with seven in the East
Region and four in the West Region. The
first race of Week 13 competition has already been run on Tuesday night at
Drivers will also be able to earn up to
50 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Regional bonus points at a pair
of NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring races at
Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS this weekend.
The $2,000-to-win Dasani Water 40 will be on Friday night, and the
$2,500-to-win Coca-Cola Classic 50 will be on Saturday night.
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
competitors, who compete at sanctioned weekly track throughout the
Southeast, can earn up to 150 bonus points that are added to their best 16
point night totals. Competitors
earn 25 bonus points at each NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Touring
events up to the 150-point limit.
East Region Week 13 competition in the
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series begins on Friday night at Penton
Raceway in
Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville,
AR will open NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Week 13
action on Friday night, with Saturday events set for A1 Raceway in
Slidell, LA, Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS, and Greenville Speedway in
Greenville, MS.
The following are the top ten drivers in
both the East and West Regions by point total, including bonus points, and
their ranking by Event Point Averages (EPA) which is their point total
minus bonus points, divided by the number of races they have competed in
during the 2010 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season.
Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL leads the
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 763
points, as he has reached the 16 race mark.
Edge will now begin to net points by trying to improve on his
lowest race point total with a higher one.
Edge has two 39 point race nights to try and improve on.
Edge has an EPA of 46.13 to rank fifth among the top ten.
Richie Stephens of Phenix City, AL is
second in the East Region standings with 596 points in 13 starts, and has
an EPA of 45.85 to rank seventh in the East Region.
Harrod moved up to the third spot in the East Region standings with
his Tuesday night win to bring his total to 506 points in eight starts.
That gives Harrod the third-highest East Region EPA at 47.63.
Craig Scott of Newnan, GA moved up to the
fourth spot in the East Region after competing on Tuesday night with 482
points in 12 starts and the tenth-highest EPA among the East Region top
ten at 40.17. Ryan King of
Anniston, AL is fifth with 469 points in ten starts and the ninth-highest
EPA at 44.40.
Kevin Maher of McDavid, FL is sixth in
the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 455 points in nine
starts, but has the highest EPA in the East Region at 47.78.
Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL is seventh with 441 points in nine starts
and has the fourth-highest EPA at 46.22.
Tod Darda of LaGrange, GA is eighth in the East Region standings
with 438 points in nine starts and has the sixth-highest EPA at 45.89.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series East Region Champion
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly
Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS leads the
West Region standings with 681 points in 15 starts for the sixth-highest
West Region EPA at 45.4.
Stokes has 11 starts and the highest West
Region EPA at 49. Lawson has
15 starts and the ninth-highest EPA at 42.6.
Shay Knight of
Chad McCool of Millport, AL is eighth in
the West Region standings with 443 points in nine starts and the
tenth-highest EPA among the West Region top ten drivers at 40.89.
Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS is ninth with 429 points in eight
starts, but has the second-highest EPA in the West Region at 47.38.
Randy Boyd of Marion, MS rounds out the top ten in the West Region
with 416 points and the fourth-highest EPA at 46.22.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series Dirt Late Models are powered by the economical GM Performance Crate
Engines that are built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive
modifications. The 400
horsepower aluminum-head 604 engine costs $5,295 and the 350 horsepower
steel-head 602 engine costs $3,295 and gets a 150 pound weight break.
These engines are in stock for free next
day delivery anywhere in the
For information about the NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series tracks with links to their web sites, and
the current point standings in both the West and East Regions, 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.
NeSMITH
CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 13 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
EAST
REGION:
June
25:
PENTON
RACEWAY –
June
26:
EAST
ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON,
WEST
REGION:
June
25:
BATESVILLE
MOTOR
June
26:
A1
RACEWAY – SLIDELL, LA
COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS (National Event – Bonus Points
Only)
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,
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