CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series has added a third series for the 2010 season with the NeSmith Chevrolet Super Dirt Car Series that will provide a level playing field for the GM Performance CT525 All-Aluminum Spec Engine to compete with open engines in super late model competition for one-fourth the cost.
Both types of engines will be used in the new traveling super dirt late model series. Details, including purse structures, rules and scheduling will be announced next week.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Super Dirt Car Series will join the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour established in 2005 and the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series for weekly tracks and competitors that began in 2006 utilizing the GM Performance 604 and 602 Spec Engines in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series family.
“We want to make sure that competitors understand that the new NeSmith Chevrolet Super Dirt Car Series will be a separate traveling series, and has nothing to do with the other two series we already have in place,” NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Founder and Director Mike Vaughn said. “Nothing will change for 2010 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour, or the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series.”
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series has been conducting a research and development program involving the GM Performance CT525 engine with C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN during the second half of the 2009 season.
Drivers Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN, Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA, and Rodney Wing of Meridian, MS have competed in super late model races with successful results. Marlar has a win, and Wing drove the GM Performance CT525 Test Car is most recent action in the Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS over the weekend.
After overcoming carburetor problems unrelated to the CT525 engine itself, Wing came through the B-main at the Cotton Pickin’ 100, started 22nd for the main event, and at the drop of the green flag, began to race his way to the front of the pack. At one point in the race, Wing had advanced to as high as sixth spot before making contact with another car, and finished 11th.
“The GM Performance CT525 engine can be competitive with the high-dollar open super late model engines,” Wing said. “The engine has good smooth power, and even with the carburetor problems we had that prevented the engine from showing its full potential in the heat race on Friday night, we finished fifth, just a few car-lengths in back of the top four cars. If it wasn’t for that, I think we could have won the heat race.”
Like the GM Performance 604 and 602 Spec Engines, the GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine is sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications. To see more information on the Internet about GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine, visit www.gmperformanceparts.com.
The GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine is now available with water pump and pulley kit with free delivery anywhere in the Southeastern United States for under $9,000 at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA. For more information or to place an order call 1-877-497-3624, or visit their web site at www.nesmithnow.com.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series’ web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
Both types of engines will be used in the new traveling super dirt late model series. Details, including purse structures, rules and scheduling will be announced next week.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Super Dirt Car Series will join the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour established in 2005 and the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series for weekly tracks and competitors that began in 2006 utilizing the GM Performance 604 and 602 Spec Engines in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series family.
“We want to make sure that competitors understand that the new NeSmith Chevrolet Super Dirt Car Series will be a separate traveling series, and has nothing to do with the other two series we already have in place,” NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Founder and Director Mike Vaughn said. “Nothing will change for 2010 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour, or the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series.”
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series has been conducting a research and development program involving the GM Performance CT525 engine with C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN during the second half of the 2009 season.
Drivers Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN, Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA, and Rodney Wing of Meridian, MS have competed in super late model races with successful results. Marlar has a win, and Wing drove the GM Performance CT525 Test Car is most recent action in the Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS over the weekend.
After overcoming carburetor problems unrelated to the CT525 engine itself, Wing came through the B-main at the Cotton Pickin’ 100, started 22nd for the main event, and at the drop of the green flag, began to race his way to the front of the pack. At one point in the race, Wing had advanced to as high as sixth spot before making contact with another car, and finished 11th.
“The GM Performance CT525 engine can be competitive with the high-dollar open super late model engines,” Wing said. “The engine has good smooth power, and even with the carburetor problems we had that prevented the engine from showing its full potential in the heat race on Friday night, we finished fifth, just a few car-lengths in back of the top four cars. If it wasn’t for that, I think we could have won the heat race.”
Like the GM Performance 604 and 602 Spec Engines, the GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine is sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications. To see more information on the Internet about GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine, visit www.gmperformanceparts.com.
The GM Performance All-Aluminum CT525 Spec Engine is now available with water pump and pulley kit with free delivery anywhere in the Southeastern United States for under $9,000 at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA. For more information or to place an order call 1-877-497-3624, or visit their web site at www.nesmithnow.com.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series’ web site at www.nesmithracing.com.
