CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour will make its first Tennessee appearance of the season with a pair of events on July 17 and July 18. Wartburg Speedway in Wartburg, TN will host the series on Friday night, July 17, and Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, TN will be in action on Saturday night, July 18.
The Wartburg Speedway show will be highlighted by a $2,000-to-win 40-lap main event on the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval, and Mountain Raceway Park will present a $2,500-to-win 50-lap main event on the historic 4/10-mile clay oval. The two races are Rounds 13 and 14 of the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring season.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will be bringing the “Ride For Life” two-seat dirt late model to Mountain Raceway Park on July 18 in an effort to benefit the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Race fans will have an opportunity to bid in five special auctions to win a ride with a top driver at race speeds around Mountain Raceway Park. The five drivers participating in the “Ride For Life” Auctions will be National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame driver Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN, Brad Hall of Knoxville, TN, Kevin Coffey of Friendsville, TN, Josh Henry of Newport, TN, and Hunter Best of Greenback, TN.
Johnson leads the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS in career wins, and is the only driver to post a win during each of the past five seasons of competition. Hall won the season-opening Icebowl for the series at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.
Coffey is the Owner/Promoter of Mountain Raceway Park, and a three-time Track Champion, who is coming out of retirement from competition to participate in the Ride For Life Program. Henry and Best are second-generation drivers that have four and two wins respectively this season at Mountain Raceway Park in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition.
Donations will also be accepted at the track, and a drawing will be held with one donor winning a ride with the driver of their choice. All of the proceeds from the Auctions and the Donations will go to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Other top drivers expected for the Double Thunder In The Mountains at Wartburg Speedway and Mountain Raceway Park are NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN, Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL, Derrick Rainey of Powder Spring, GA, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA.
Defending NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Champion Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA will be on hand along with Sunoco Race Fuel Rookie of the Year candidates Ben McCreary of Baldwyn, MS, Chase Washington of Houlka, MS, and Jason Wilson of Margaret, AL. Other entries expected include Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS and Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA.
Henry and Best lead a strong contingent of local NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series drivers that include Chris Ritchey of Maryville, TN, Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN, Steve Jones of Maryville, TN, Brent Hensley of Russellville, TN, Justin Summers of Maryville, TN, Jamison Settlemyre of Maryville, TN, and Ryan King of Sevierville, TN.
Also look for NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region favorites that include Jacob Anderson of Murphy, NC, Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN, Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA, Seth Wimpey of Blue Ridge, GA, Randy Dillard of Epworth, GA, Kevin Sutton of Morganton, GA, Brian Kinnersley of Blairsville, GA, Terry Ledford of Young Harris, GA, and Jim Bob Davis of Morganton, GA.
For more information about Wartburg Speedway call 423-346-6750, or visit the track web site at www.wartburgspeedway.net. For more information about Mountain Raceway Park call 865-856-8989, or visit the track web site at www.mountainraceway.net. For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
The Wartburg Speedway show will be highlighted by a $2,000-to-win 40-lap main event on the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval, and Mountain Raceway Park will present a $2,500-to-win 50-lap main event on the historic 4/10-mile clay oval. The two races are Rounds 13 and 14 of the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring season.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will be bringing the “Ride For Life” two-seat dirt late model to Mountain Raceway Park on July 18 in an effort to benefit the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Race fans will have an opportunity to bid in five special auctions to win a ride with a top driver at race speeds around Mountain Raceway Park. The five drivers participating in the “Ride For Life” Auctions will be National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame driver Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN, Brad Hall of Knoxville, TN, Kevin Coffey of Friendsville, TN, Josh Henry of Newport, TN, and Hunter Best of Greenback, TN.
Johnson leads the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS in career wins, and is the only driver to post a win during each of the past five seasons of competition. Hall won the season-opening Icebowl for the series at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.
Coffey is the Owner/Promoter of Mountain Raceway Park, and a three-time Track Champion, who is coming out of retirement from competition to participate in the Ride For Life Program. Henry and Best are second-generation drivers that have four and two wins respectively this season at Mountain Raceway Park in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition.
Donations will also be accepted at the track, and a drawing will be held with one donor winning a ride with the driver of their choice. All of the proceeds from the Auctions and the Donations will go to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Other top drivers expected for the Double Thunder In The Mountains at Wartburg Speedway and Mountain Raceway Park are NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS, two-time NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN, Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL, Derrick Rainey of Powder Spring, GA, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA.
Defending NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Champion Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA will be on hand along with Sunoco Race Fuel Rookie of the Year candidates Ben McCreary of Baldwyn, MS, Chase Washington of Houlka, MS, and Jason Wilson of Margaret, AL. Other entries expected include Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS and Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA.
Henry and Best lead a strong contingent of local NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series drivers that include Chris Ritchey of Maryville, TN, Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN, Steve Jones of Maryville, TN, Brent Hensley of Russellville, TN, Justin Summers of Maryville, TN, Jamison Settlemyre of Maryville, TN, and Ryan King of Sevierville, TN.
Also look for NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region favorites that include Jacob Anderson of Murphy, NC, Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN, Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA, Seth Wimpey of Blue Ridge, GA, Randy Dillard of Epworth, GA, Kevin Sutton of Morganton, GA, Brian Kinnersley of Blairsville, GA, Terry Ledford of Young Harris, GA, and Jim Bob Davis of Morganton, GA.
For more information about Wartburg Speedway call 423-346-6750, or visit the track web site at www.wartburgspeedway.net. For more information about Mountain Raceway Park call 865-856-8989, or visit the track web site at www.mountainraceway.net. For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
