CARTERSVILLE, GA – Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL has clinched the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Championship. Knowles has accumulated 816 points based on his best 16 event point totals with eight wins, 20 top five finishes, and 22 top ten finishes in 24 starts driving the All-Star Graphics Warrior.
Knowles will be honored in December at the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Awards Banquet in Tampa, FL, and will receive a $1,500 cash prize, a new GM Performance 604 engine, and a new race car chassis. With the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region title, Knowles will pad his resume that already has some pretty impressive highlights.
In 2008, Knowles was the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year on the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Tour, and he also finished third overall in the point standings. Knowles has announced his intentions on returning the to the National Tour in 2010.
Knowles will try to make history by becoming the only driver to win the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Award, a NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Regional Championship, and the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Championship. The only driver that has come close to that is Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA, who won the 2007 RoY Award and the 2008 National title.
Knowles will also receive an invitation to the 4th Annual NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Fall Nationals at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS on November 27-28. The invitation-only event for the top NeSmith Chevrolet WRS competitors pays $2,000-to-win. Knowles will also participate in the Race of Regions for the top ten drivers in the East and West Region point standings.
The only driver with a chance to defeat Knowles for the title was Larry Harrod of Plains, GA, who only competed in one of the two races available to him during Week 24 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region season. Harrod drove the Harrod Logging Scorpion to his eighth victory of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL.
Harrod did not compete in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event on Thursday night at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC that was won by Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN in the Cougar Fireworks GRT. It was Deal’s fourth win of the season.
The most points Harrod can earn with just two events left on the East Region schedule, plus a NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring event where he could earn ten bonus points, is 814, two shy of Knowles’ current total. Harrod currently has 796 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Harrod’s two lowest event point totals are a pair of 46s.
Harrod has clinched the second spot in the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region point standings, and he will receive $1,000 at the Awards Banquet. Harrod also receives an invitation to the Fall Nationals, and will compete in the Race of Regions.
In addition, Harrod is the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Track Champion at East Alabama Motor Speedway, and will be eligible to compete in the Race of Champions at the Fall Nationals.
Behind Harrod, there is a four-way battle for the third, and final points fund paying spot, in the East Region points chase with just four points separating third, fourth and fifth-place drivers and the sixth-place driver is just 19 points away from third-place, that pays $500 at the Awards Banquet.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Adam Martin of Talladega, AL is currently third in the East Region standings with 760 points based on his best 16 event point totals in the Martin Racing Barry Wright. Martin can still earn ten bonus points, and net as much as 12 points to bring his point total up to a possible 782.
Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL is fourth with 758 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Dudley can still earn ten bonus points, and net as much as 12 points to bring his point total up to a possible 780.
Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL is fifth in the East Region standings with 756 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Nowell can earn ten bonus points at the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL on October 3, and can net as much as 16 points in the remaining East Region events to bring his point total up to a possible 782.
Dana Eiland of Salem, AL is currently sixth in the East Region points chase, and still has an outside chance to take the third spot. Eiland has 741 points based on his best 16 event point totals, can earn ten bonus points, and he can net up to 21 points to bring his season point total up to a possible 772.
In the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region, three drivers are still in the running for the 2009 championship. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS leads the West Region standings with 806 points based on his best 16 event point totals with eight wins, 24 top five, and 25 top tens in 31 starts.
There are six events still on the schedule in the remaining three weeks of competition, including a double-points race at South Mississippi Speedway in Gulfport, MS on September 26, and the rescheduled event at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS on September 25. The Friday night event at HMP was rained out on Friday night.
Keeton can still net up to 28 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are a 42, two 44s, a 46, and two 48s, to bring his season total up to a possible 834 driving the Boland Performance Trak-Star.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 788 points based on his best 16 event point totals with a series leading nine wins, 26 top fives, and a series leading 32 top tens in 34 starts. Arnold can still net up to 30 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are three 44s and three 46s, that can bring his season total up to a possible 818 driving the Reynolds Racing Trak-Star.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is third in the West Region standings with 772 points based on his best 16 event point totals with six wins, 26 top fives, and 30 top tens in 35 starts in the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Lee can still net up to 36 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are six 44s, that can bring his season total up to a possible 808.
In NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action during Week 24, the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS picked up his third win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS was rained out on Saturday night.
McDuffie gave NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point leader Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL its 46th win of the season. Deal gave the defending and three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR its 41st win of the season to remain in the second spot.
Mastersbilt Race Cars of Crothersville, IN is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge with 23 wins, Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fourth with 17 wins, TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN is fifth with eight wins, and C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN is sixth with one win.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the West and East Regions, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/12/09:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 66k Scott Knowles * 816 24 8 20 22
2 27 Larry Harrod 796 21 8 18 19
3 47 Adam Martin 760 18 6 14 14
4 55 Montana Dudley 758 25 2 18 21
5 55 Terrance Nowell 756 19 2 17 18
6 K9 Dana Eiland 741 27 5 18 22
7 18 Chase Edge 719 35 1 12 23
8 50 Richie Stephens 697 18 4 12 14
9 38 Jerry Goodwin 690 16 4 10 13
10 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 686 20 11 14
11 B00 Josh Henry 670 17 7 15 16
12 52 Marc Gooden 669 20 1 9 17
13 5 Rodgerick Dykes 650 28 5 25
14 64 Jacob Anderson 648 22 6 20 21
15 007 Hunter Best 632 16 4 12 16
16 7 Jason Deal 630 24 4 22 23
17 08 Bobby Eiland 600 14 1 12 13
18 88 Matt Woodson 593 16 4 9
19 L28 Terry Ledford 567 16 10 15
20 17h Cameron Heath 556 19 3 9
* - Clinched Title
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 806 31 8 24 25
2 9 Michael Arnold 788 34 9 26 32
3 47 Shannon Lee 772 35 6 26 30
4 33c Eric Cooley 763 18 7 15 17
5 21k Kody Barber 736 24 7 13 20
6 4 Cliff Williams 724 19 8 15 15
7 R14 Tracy Brown 707 26 2 19 23
8 38 Chase Washington 659 16 1 7 12
9 8 Owen Stockstill 651 25 10 21
10 84 Randall Beckwith 646 16 6 10 13
11 33 Sid Scarbrough 593 19 1 5 10
12 K18 Kaleb Killens 592 19 8 14
13 21 Scott Ladner 587 21 3 18
14 73 Evan Ellis 581 14 3 5 11
15 R7 Rodney Barber 575 20 3 16
16 s12 Ashley Stockstill 570 20 3 10
17 118 Randy Boyd 570 13 2 9 12
18 121 Michael Blount 563 15 4 13
19 7 Eric Carr 554 17 5 10
20 760 Jim McDuffie 551 12 3 10 12
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 24 RESULTS:
EAST REGION:
September 10:
TRI-COUNTY RACE TRACK – BRASSTOWN, NC:
1. 7 Jason Deal
2. 64 Jacob Anderson
3. 99g Jacob Grizzle
4. 71 Kevin Bradshaw
5. 81 Kevin Sutton
6. 3d Jim Bob Davis
7. L28 Terry Ledford
8. 17 Kurt English
September 12:
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 27 Larry Harrod
2. 55 Terrance Nowell
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 22 Danny Stroud
5. 55d Montana Dudley
6. 91 Tod Darda
7. 99 Skeeter Redmond
8. S21 Shane Stodghill
9. 14 Pat Wall
10. 5 Rodgerick Dykes
11. P19 Paul Walters
12. 19 Jeremy Britton
13. 29 Joey Eiland
14. 00 Richie Stephens
15. 77 Mike Murphy DNS
WEST REGION:
September 11:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out
September 12:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 760 Jim McDuffie
2. 22 Lucky Keeton
3. 118 Randy Boyd
4. 27 Larry Murphy
5. 44 Roger Rolison
6. 4w Wiley Williams
7. 48 Steve Bryan
8. 73 Larry Havens
9. 75 Phillip Stanley
10. 68 Ray Windham
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
Rained Out
Knowles will be honored in December at the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Awards Banquet in Tampa, FL, and will receive a $1,500 cash prize, a new GM Performance 604 engine, and a new race car chassis. With the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region title, Knowles will pad his resume that already has some pretty impressive highlights.
In 2008, Knowles was the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year on the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Tour, and he also finished third overall in the point standings. Knowles has announced his intentions on returning the to the National Tour in 2010.
Knowles will try to make history by becoming the only driver to win the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Award, a NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Regional Championship, and the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Championship. The only driver that has come close to that is Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA, who won the 2007 RoY Award and the 2008 National title.
Knowles will also receive an invitation to the 4th Annual NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Fall Nationals at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS on November 27-28. The invitation-only event for the top NeSmith Chevrolet WRS competitors pays $2,000-to-win. Knowles will also participate in the Race of Regions for the top ten drivers in the East and West Region point standings.
The only driver with a chance to defeat Knowles for the title was Larry Harrod of Plains, GA, who only competed in one of the two races available to him during Week 24 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region season. Harrod drove the Harrod Logging Scorpion to his eighth victory of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL.
Harrod did not compete in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event on Thursday night at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC that was won by Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN in the Cougar Fireworks GRT. It was Deal’s fourth win of the season.
The most points Harrod can earn with just two events left on the East Region schedule, plus a NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring event where he could earn ten bonus points, is 814, two shy of Knowles’ current total. Harrod currently has 796 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Harrod’s two lowest event point totals are a pair of 46s.
Harrod has clinched the second spot in the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region point standings, and he will receive $1,000 at the Awards Banquet. Harrod also receives an invitation to the Fall Nationals, and will compete in the Race of Regions.
In addition, Harrod is the 2009 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Track Champion at East Alabama Motor Speedway, and will be eligible to compete in the Race of Champions at the Fall Nationals.
Behind Harrod, there is a four-way battle for the third, and final points fund paying spot, in the East Region points chase with just four points separating third, fourth and fifth-place drivers and the sixth-place driver is just 19 points away from third-place, that pays $500 at the Awards Banquet.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Adam Martin of Talladega, AL is currently third in the East Region standings with 760 points based on his best 16 event point totals in the Martin Racing Barry Wright. Martin can still earn ten bonus points, and net as much as 12 points to bring his point total up to a possible 782.
Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL is fourth with 758 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Dudley can still earn ten bonus points, and net as much as 12 points to bring his point total up to a possible 780.
Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL is fifth in the East Region standings with 756 points based on his best 16 event point totals. Nowell can earn ten bonus points at the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL on October 3, and can net as much as 16 points in the remaining East Region events to bring his point total up to a possible 782.
Dana Eiland of Salem, AL is currently sixth in the East Region points chase, and still has an outside chance to take the third spot. Eiland has 741 points based on his best 16 event point totals, can earn ten bonus points, and he can net up to 21 points to bring his season point total up to a possible 772.
In the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region, three drivers are still in the running for the 2009 championship. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS leads the West Region standings with 806 points based on his best 16 event point totals with eight wins, 24 top five, and 25 top tens in 31 starts.
There are six events still on the schedule in the remaining three weeks of competition, including a double-points race at South Mississippi Speedway in Gulfport, MS on September 26, and the rescheduled event at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS on September 25. The Friday night event at HMP was rained out on Friday night.
Keeton can still net up to 28 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are a 42, two 44s, a 46, and two 48s, to bring his season total up to a possible 834 driving the Boland Performance Trak-Star.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 788 points based on his best 16 event point totals with a series leading nine wins, 26 top fives, and a series leading 32 top tens in 34 starts. Arnold can still net up to 30 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are three 44s and three 46s, that can bring his season total up to a possible 818 driving the Reynolds Racing Trak-Star.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is third in the West Region standings with 772 points based on his best 16 event point totals with six wins, 26 top fives, and 30 top tens in 35 starts in the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Lee can still net up to 36 points, as his six lowest event point totals in his current best 16 are six 44s, that can bring his season total up to a possible 808.
In NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action during Week 24, the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS picked up his third win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS was rained out on Saturday night.
McDuffie gave NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point leader Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL its 46th win of the season. Deal gave the defending and three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR its 41st win of the season to remain in the second spot.
Mastersbilt Race Cars of Crothersville, IN is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge with 23 wins, Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fourth with 17 wins, TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN is fifth with eight wins, and C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN is sixth with one win.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the West and East Regions, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/12/09:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 66k Scott Knowles * 816 24 8 20 22
2 27 Larry Harrod 796 21 8 18 19
3 47 Adam Martin 760 18 6 14 14
4 55 Montana Dudley 758 25 2 18 21
5 55 Terrance Nowell 756 19 2 17 18
6 K9 Dana Eiland 741 27 5 18 22
7 18 Chase Edge 719 35 1 12 23
8 50 Richie Stephens 697 18 4 12 14
9 38 Jerry Goodwin 690 16 4 10 13
10 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 686 20 11 14
11 B00 Josh Henry 670 17 7 15 16
12 52 Marc Gooden 669 20 1 9 17
13 5 Rodgerick Dykes 650 28 5 25
14 64 Jacob Anderson 648 22 6 20 21
15 007 Hunter Best 632 16 4 12 16
16 7 Jason Deal 630 24 4 22 23
17 08 Bobby Eiland 600 14 1 12 13
18 88 Matt Woodson 593 16 4 9
19 L28 Terry Ledford 567 16 10 15
20 17h Cameron Heath 556 19 3 9
* - Clinched Title
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 806 31 8 24 25
2 9 Michael Arnold 788 34 9 26 32
3 47 Shannon Lee 772 35 6 26 30
4 33c Eric Cooley 763 18 7 15 17
5 21k Kody Barber 736 24 7 13 20
6 4 Cliff Williams 724 19 8 15 15
7 R14 Tracy Brown 707 26 2 19 23
8 38 Chase Washington 659 16 1 7 12
9 8 Owen Stockstill 651 25 10 21
10 84 Randall Beckwith 646 16 6 10 13
11 33 Sid Scarbrough 593 19 1 5 10
12 K18 Kaleb Killens 592 19 8 14
13 21 Scott Ladner 587 21 3 18
14 73 Evan Ellis 581 14 3 5 11
15 R7 Rodney Barber 575 20 3 16
16 s12 Ashley Stockstill 570 20 3 10
17 118 Randy Boyd 570 13 2 9 12
18 121 Michael Blount 563 15 4 13
19 7 Eric Carr 554 17 5 10
20 760 Jim McDuffie 551 12 3 10 12
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 24 RESULTS:
EAST REGION:
September 10:
TRI-COUNTY RACE TRACK – BRASSTOWN, NC:
1. 7 Jason Deal
2. 64 Jacob Anderson
3. 99g Jacob Grizzle
4. 71 Kevin Bradshaw
5. 81 Kevin Sutton
6. 3d Jim Bob Davis
7. L28 Terry Ledford
8. 17 Kurt English
September 12:
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 27 Larry Harrod
2. 55 Terrance Nowell
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 22 Danny Stroud
5. 55d Montana Dudley
6. 91 Tod Darda
7. 99 Skeeter Redmond
8. S21 Shane Stodghill
9. 14 Pat Wall
10. 5 Rodgerick Dykes
11. P19 Paul Walters
12. 19 Jeremy Britton
13. 29 Joey Eiland
14. 00 Richie Stephens
15. 77 Mike Murphy DNS
WEST REGION:
September 11:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out
September 12:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 760 Jim McDuffie
2. 22 Lucky Keeton
3. 118 Randy Boyd
4. 27 Larry Murphy
5. 44 Roger Rolison
6. 4w Wiley Williams
7. 48 Steve Bryan
8. 73 Larry Havens
9. 75 Phillip Stanley
10. 68 Ray Windham
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
Rained Out
