CARTERSVILLE, GA – The halfway point of the 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies 27-week season has arrived. There are five races in three states on the Week 14 schedule of events, and the top three drivers in the point standings have the potential to reach the 14 week mark of their season should they choose to run in Double Features.
Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS will open NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 action on Friday night. The remaining four races will be contested on Saturday night.
The $1,000-to-win race on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL will be co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series. Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS will host Double 15-lap $500-to-win Features with the first feature being a Week 8 Make-Up Race, and the second feature awarding Week 14 points.
Also in action with NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 races will be Southern Raceway in Milton, FL and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. There will be plenty of drivers to watch in the point standings in the coming weeks, as the second half of the season will see many position changes in the Top 20.
Richie Stephens of Salem, AL leads the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 580 points and has a 19-point lead over Branden Harris of Molino, FL, who is second in the standings with 561 points. Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is third with 523 points.
Stephens, Harris and Jarrell all have 12 weeks of competition in the books, and can earn full points for two more weeks With a driver’s season total being their best 14 weekly point totals, a driver will begin to net points once they reach the 14-week mark of their season. They will try to replace the lowest of their best 14 with a higher weekly point total.
Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is fourth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 495 points, and Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is fifth with 493 points. Faulk and Bailey have competed for 11 weeks of competition. Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS and David Williamson of Seminary, MS are tied for the sixth spot with 450 points apiece.
Bubba McGhee of Atmore, AL is eighth in the standings with 439 points. Geddie, Williamson and McGhee have all competed for ten weeks. Kevin Mitchell of Pensacola, FL is ninth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 414 points over nine weeks, and Cliff Childers of Terry, MS rounds out the Top 10 with 409 points after nine weeks of racing.
The driver with the highest Weekly Point Average, or WPA, among the Top 20 in the standings isn’t even in the Top 10 of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings. Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS is 11th in the standings, but he has the highest WPA at 49.75 out of a possible 50. Strength still has six more weeks to earn full points.
Point leader Stephens has the second highest WPA at 48.33, and the driver with the third highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings is currently 14th. Steve Pate of Heflin, AL has a WPA of 47.63 and six more weeks to earn full points.
Another driver to watch in the second half of the season is Calvin Cook of Pace, FL, who is currently 19th in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings, but he has the fourth highest WPA at 47.14, and seven more weeks to earn full points. Harris has the fifth highest WPA at 46.75 and Mitchell has the sixth highest WPA at 46.
Childers has the seventh highest WPA at 45.44, and there is a three-way tie for the eighth spot to round out the Top 10 WPAs among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings. Faulk, Geddie, and Williamson all have WPAs of 45.
Drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season from March 23 through September 27. The $5,000 National point fund will pay $2,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.
NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors also have the option to compete with the economical steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine that is available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA for $3,495 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast.
Five of the Top 10 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, including the Top 4, after the first 13 weeks of competition have a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine under the hoods of their respective race cars. To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks Presented By AR Bodies. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month. You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.
NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 14 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
June 26:
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
June 27:
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL ($1,000-To-Win Mississippi Street Stock Series)
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS (Double Features With Week 8 Make-Up Race)
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation’s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Dealer six years running, with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast. Chevrolet Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. AR Bodies is a Presenting Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.
Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS will open NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 action on Friday night. The remaining four races will be contested on Saturday night.
The $1,000-to-win race on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL will be co-sanctioned by the Mississippi Street Stock Series. Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS will host Double 15-lap $500-to-win Features with the first feature being a Week 8 Make-Up Race, and the second feature awarding Week 14 points.
Also in action with NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division Week 14 races will be Southern Raceway in Milton, FL and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. There will be plenty of drivers to watch in the point standings in the coming weeks, as the second half of the season will see many position changes in the Top 20.
Richie Stephens of Salem, AL leads the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 580 points and has a 19-point lead over Branden Harris of Molino, FL, who is second in the standings with 561 points. Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is third with 523 points.
Stephens, Harris and Jarrell all have 12 weeks of competition in the books, and can earn full points for two more weeks With a driver’s season total being their best 14 weekly point totals, a driver will begin to net points once they reach the 14-week mark of their season. They will try to replace the lowest of their best 14 with a higher weekly point total.
Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is fourth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 495 points, and Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is fifth with 493 points. Faulk and Bailey have competed for 11 weeks of competition. Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS and David Williamson of Seminary, MS are tied for the sixth spot with 450 points apiece.
Bubba McGhee of Atmore, AL is eighth in the standings with 439 points. Geddie, Williamson and McGhee have all competed for ten weeks. Kevin Mitchell of Pensacola, FL is ninth in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings with 414 points over nine weeks, and Cliff Childers of Terry, MS rounds out the Top 10 with 409 points after nine weeks of racing.
The driver with the highest Weekly Point Average, or WPA, among the Top 20 in the standings isn’t even in the Top 10 of the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings. Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS is 11th in the standings, but he has the highest WPA at 49.75 out of a possible 50. Strength still has six more weeks to earn full points.
Point leader Stephens has the second highest WPA at 48.33, and the driver with the third highest WPA among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings is currently 14th. Steve Pate of Heflin, AL has a WPA of 47.63 and six more weeks to earn full points.
Another driver to watch in the second half of the season is Calvin Cook of Pace, FL, who is currently 19th in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division standings, but he has the fourth highest WPA at 47.14, and seven more weeks to earn full points. Harris has the fifth highest WPA at 46.75 and Mitchell has the sixth highest WPA at 46.
Childers has the seventh highest WPA at 45.44, and there is a three-way tie for the eighth spot to round out the Top 10 WPAs among the Top 20 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings. Faulk, Geddie, and Williamson all have WPAs of 45.
Drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division will compete against each other nationally using a points system that will count their best 14 weekly point totals over a 27-week season from March 23 through September 27. The $5,000 National point fund will pay $2,000 to the National Champion and pay back to the Top 10 drivers in the final point standings.
NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division competitors also have the option to compete with the economical steel-head 350 horsepower Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine that is available at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA for $3,495 with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast.
Five of the Top 10 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, including the Top 4, after the first 13 weeks of competition have a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine under the hoods of their respective race cars. To place an order, call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks Presented By AR Bodies. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month. You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.
NeSMITH/AR BODIES STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 14 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
June 26:
HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
June 27:
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL ($1,000-To-Win Mississippi Street Stock Series)
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS (Double Features With Week 8 Make-Up Race)
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation’s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Dealer six years running, with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast. Chevrolet Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies. AR Bodies is a Presenting Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Street Stock Division Presented By AR Bodies.
