CARTERSVILLE, GA – After the opening week of the 2010 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL leads the East Region point standings and the defending and three-time champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS leads the West Region point standings in quest of his fourth title in five years.
Edge put together a pair of second-place finishes on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL and on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Edge’s Gas Chevrolet to accumulate 88 points.
Adam Gauldin of Talladega, AL drove the D&K Truck Service GRT to his first career win on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Gauldin passed early race leader Red Farmer of Hueytown, AL on lap six of the 20-lap main event, and led the rest of the way. Gauldin is in a five-way tie for the second spot with 50 points.
Shep Lucas of McKenzie, AL topped an 18-car field to take the 50-point win at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL on Saturday night. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet World Championship Race winner Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN was the 50-point winner on Saturday night at Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, TN in the Gantte Appraisals Insurance Chevrolet.
Richie Stephens of Phenix City, AL took the 50-point victory on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway driving the Bennett Logging Rocket. NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA took the 50-point season opener over a 16-car field in front of a packed house on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA driving the Turner Excavating DWB.
Todd Watson of Alpine, AL is tied for the seventh spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL, Chris Wilson of Crossville, TN, and Guy Robinson, all with 49 points.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region action during Week 1, Jeff Landrum of Penton, AL took the win on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and Billy Franklin of Calera, AL was the winner on Saturday night at Shelby County Speedway in Wilsonville, AL in the Franklin Enterprises Trak-Star.
Keeton opened up the season with a win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS, and followed that up with a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Keeton is on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 97 points.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 90 points, and Jamey Smith of Purvis, MS is third with 83 points. Michael Williams is fourth with 81 points, and Brian Foy is fifth with 80 points.
Justin McRee of Cuba, AL drove the Century Carriers, Inc. Trak-Star to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park, and is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 50 points. Cliff Williams of Star, MS is seventh with 49 points driving the Ware Construction Trak-Star.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS is tied for the eighth spot with Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS in the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Each driver has 48 points. Ashley Stockstill of Purvis, MS rounds out the top ten in the West Region standings with 47 points driving the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action on Saturday night, Jeff Danos was the winner at A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA, and Shane Barbara took the victory at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS. Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, MS was rained out.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in the East and West Regions, visit the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points Page.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/3/10:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 18 Chase Edge 88 2 2 2
2 17 Adam Gauldin 50 1 1 1 1
3 57 Shep Lucas 50 1 1 1 1
4 14j Jimmy Owens 50 1 1 1 1
5 00 Richie Stephens 50 1 1 1 1
6 10 Matthew Turner 50 1 1 1 1
7 30 Todd Watson 49 1 1 1
8 25 Josh Huss 49 1 1 1
9 10 Chris Wilson 49 1 1 1
10 91 Guy Robinson 49 1 1 1
11 55 Ryan King 48 1 1 1
12 X1 Mike McGee 48 1 1 1
13 117 Jake Teague 48 1 1 1
14 08 Bobby Eiland 48 1 1 1
15 0 Craig Scott 48 1 1 1
16 47 Adam Martin 47 1 1 1
17 04 David Odom 47 1 1 1
18 007 Hunter Best 47 1 1 1
19 72 Chad Scrimpshire 47 1 1 1
20 19 Jeremy Hall 47 1 1 1
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 5 Lucky Keeton 97 2 1 2 2
2 9 Michael Arnold 90 2 1 1
3 22 Jamey Smith 83 2 1
4 19 Michael Williams 81 2 1 2
5 7 Brian Foy 80 2 2
6 88 Justin McRee 50 1 1 1 1
7 4 Cliff Williams 49 1 1 1
8 760 Jim McDuffie 48 1 1 1
9 47 Shannon Lee 48 1 1 1
10 S16 Ashley Stockstill 47 1 1 1
11 27 Larry Murphy 46 1 1 1
12 00 Alan Netherland 46 1 1 1
13 88m Wayne Murphy 45 1 1
14 G33 Greg Dedwylder 44 1 1
15 R14 Tracy Brown 44 1 1
16 85 Ray Paul 43 1 1
17 444 Brooks Strength 42 1 1
18 13 Drivers Tied With 41
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES RESULTS FOR APRIL 2-3, 2010:
EAST REGION:
April 2:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. Jeff Landrum
2. Chase Edge
3. Chad Marchman
4. Matt Woodson
5. Scott Knowles
April 3:
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. Richie Stephens
2. Chase Edge
3. Bobby Eiland
4. Chad Scrimpshire
5. Pat Wall
6. Chad Carden
7. Jeremy Britton
8. Lark Haskins
9. Josh Noles
10. Donny Knapp
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. Shep Lucas
2. Josh Huss
3. Mike McGee
4. David Odom
5. Kevin Maher
6. Jimmy Thagard
7. Taylor Jarvis
8. Steve Turner
9. Chris Griffin
10. DeWayne Morris
11. Paul Merchant
12. Monte Skinner
13. Adam Ellison
14. Larry Hamilton
15. Larry Boutwell
16. Kenny Townson
17. Bernard Blackwell DNS
18. Randy Adams DNS
MOUNTAIN RACEWAY PARK – MARYVILLE, TN:
1. Jimmy Owens
2. Chris Wilson
3. Jake Teague
4. Hunter Best
5. Weston Gantte
6. Justin Summers
7. David Young
8. Junior Walker
9. Jamison Settlemyre
10. Herb Garner
11. Steve Jones
12. Forest Trent
13. Brent Hensley
14. Justin Duncan
NEW SENOIA RACEWAY – SENOIA, GA:
1. Matthew Turner
2. Guy Robinson
3. Craig Scott
4. Jeremy Hall
5. Dustin Hendrix
6. Paul Holloway
7. Parrish Duncan
8. Doug Ludwig
9. Brady Burns
10. Carey Smith
11. Ricky Brady
12. Todd Darda
13. Michael Page
14. Gathan Burns
15. Trey White
16. Johnny Stinchcomb
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. Adam Gauldin
2. Todd Watson
3. Ryan King
4. Adam Martin
5. Red Farmer
6. Steve Kirk
7. Cameron Heath
8. Jason Hawkins
9. Tim Staples
10. Mike Combs
11. Chris Blackburn
12. Mikey Donohoo
13. Jimmy Elkins Jr.
14. David Pettus
SHELBY COUNTY SPEEDWAY – WILSONVILLE, AL:
1. Billy Franklin
2. Tony Revis
3. David Passmore Jr.
4. Lain Hawk
5. Justin Beasley
6. Ronnie Revis
WEST REGION:
April 2:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. Lucky Keeton
2. Cliff Williams
3. Shannon Lee
4. Ashley Stockstill
5. Alan Netherland
6. Brian Foy
7. Tracy Brown
8. Michael Williams
9. Jamey Smith
10. David Holder
11. Ray Windham
12. Michael Arnold
13. Al Kouhout
14. Owen Stockstill
April 3:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. Justin McRee
2. Michael Arnold
3. Jim McDuffie
4. Lucky Keeton
5. Larry Murphy
6. Wayne Murphy
7. Greg Dedwylder
8. Ray Paul
9. Brooks Strength
10. Randy Boyd
11. Chad McCool
12. Tody Ratcliff
13. Roger Rolison
14. Wiley Williams
15. Jason Michau
16. Phillip Stanley
17. Brett Delk
18. Jamey Smith
19. Doug Sanchagrin
20. Tony Lawson DNS
21. Shay Knight DNS
A1 RACEWAY – SLIDELL, LA:
1. Jeff Danos
2. David Crabtree
3. Rusty Walker
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. Shane Barbara
2. Joey Credidio
3. Michael Williams
4. Rick Schleigelmeyer
5. Kaleb Killens
6. Brian Foy
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – WINONA, MS:
Rained Out
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. 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, KRC, Joe Gibbs Driven, Maximum Signs and Graphics, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty’s Shock Service, Warrior Race Cars, Trak-Star Race Cars, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars.
Edge put together a pair of second-place finishes on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL and on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Edge’s Gas Chevrolet to accumulate 88 points.
Adam Gauldin of Talladega, AL drove the D&K Truck Service GRT to his first career win on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Gauldin passed early race leader Red Farmer of Hueytown, AL on lap six of the 20-lap main event, and led the rest of the way. Gauldin is in a five-way tie for the second spot with 50 points.
Shep Lucas of McKenzie, AL topped an 18-car field to take the 50-point win at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL on Saturday night. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet World Championship Race winner Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN was the 50-point winner on Saturday night at Mountain Raceway Park in Maryville, TN in the Gantte Appraisals Insurance Chevrolet.
Richie Stephens of Phenix City, AL took the 50-point victory on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway driving the Bennett Logging Rocket. NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA took the 50-point season opener over a 16-car field in front of a packed house on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA driving the Turner Excavating DWB.
Todd Watson of Alpine, AL is tied for the seventh spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL, Chris Wilson of Crossville, TN, and Guy Robinson, all with 49 points.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region action during Week 1, Jeff Landrum of Penton, AL took the win on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and Billy Franklin of Calera, AL was the winner on Saturday night at Shelby County Speedway in Wilsonville, AL in the Franklin Enterprises Trak-Star.
Keeton opened up the season with a win on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS, and followed that up with a fourth-place finish on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Keeton is on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 97 points.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 90 points, and Jamey Smith of Purvis, MS is third with 83 points. Michael Williams is fourth with 81 points, and Brian Foy is fifth with 80 points.
Justin McRee of Cuba, AL drove the Century Carriers, Inc. Trak-Star to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park, and is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 50 points. Cliff Williams of Star, MS is seventh with 49 points driving the Ware Construction Trak-Star.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS is tied for the eighth spot with Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS in the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Each driver has 48 points. Ashley Stockstill of Purvis, MS rounds out the top ten in the West Region standings with 47 points driving the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action on Saturday night, Jeff Danos was the winner at A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA, and Shane Barbara took the victory at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS. Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, MS was rained out.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in the East and West Regions, visit the NeSmith Racing web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points Page.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/3/10:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 18 Chase Edge 88 2 2 2
2 17 Adam Gauldin 50 1 1 1 1
3 57 Shep Lucas 50 1 1 1 1
4 14j Jimmy Owens 50 1 1 1 1
5 00 Richie Stephens 50 1 1 1 1
6 10 Matthew Turner 50 1 1 1 1
7 30 Todd Watson 49 1 1 1
8 25 Josh Huss 49 1 1 1
9 10 Chris Wilson 49 1 1 1
10 91 Guy Robinson 49 1 1 1
11 55 Ryan King 48 1 1 1
12 X1 Mike McGee 48 1 1 1
13 117 Jake Teague 48 1 1 1
14 08 Bobby Eiland 48 1 1 1
15 0 Craig Scott 48 1 1 1
16 47 Adam Martin 47 1 1 1
17 04 David Odom 47 1 1 1
18 007 Hunter Best 47 1 1 1
19 72 Chad Scrimpshire 47 1 1 1
20 19 Jeremy Hall 47 1 1 1
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 5 Lucky Keeton 97 2 1 2 2
2 9 Michael Arnold 90 2 1 1
3 22 Jamey Smith 83 2 1
4 19 Michael Williams 81 2 1 2
5 7 Brian Foy 80 2 2
6 88 Justin McRee 50 1 1 1 1
7 4 Cliff Williams 49 1 1 1
8 760 Jim McDuffie 48 1 1 1
9 47 Shannon Lee 48 1 1 1
10 S16 Ashley Stockstill 47 1 1 1
11 27 Larry Murphy 46 1 1 1
12 00 Alan Netherland 46 1 1 1
13 88m Wayne Murphy 45 1 1
14 G33 Greg Dedwylder 44 1 1
15 R14 Tracy Brown 44 1 1
16 85 Ray Paul 43 1 1
17 444 Brooks Strength 42 1 1
18 13 Drivers Tied With 41
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES RESULTS FOR APRIL 2-3, 2010:
EAST REGION:
April 2:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. Jeff Landrum
2. Chase Edge
3. Chad Marchman
4. Matt Woodson
5. Scott Knowles
April 3:
EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. Richie Stephens
2. Chase Edge
3. Bobby Eiland
4. Chad Scrimpshire
5. Pat Wall
6. Chad Carden
7. Jeremy Britton
8. Lark Haskins
9. Josh Noles
10. Donny Knapp
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. Shep Lucas
2. Josh Huss
3. Mike McGee
4. David Odom
5. Kevin Maher
6. Jimmy Thagard
7. Taylor Jarvis
8. Steve Turner
9. Chris Griffin
10. DeWayne Morris
11. Paul Merchant
12. Monte Skinner
13. Adam Ellison
14. Larry Hamilton
15. Larry Boutwell
16. Kenny Townson
17. Bernard Blackwell DNS
18. Randy Adams DNS
MOUNTAIN RACEWAY PARK – MARYVILLE, TN:
1. Jimmy Owens
2. Chris Wilson
3. Jake Teague
4. Hunter Best
5. Weston Gantte
6. Justin Summers
7. David Young
8. Junior Walker
9. Jamison Settlemyre
10. Herb Garner
11. Steve Jones
12. Forest Trent
13. Brent Hensley
14. Justin Duncan
NEW SENOIA RACEWAY – SENOIA, GA:
1. Matthew Turner
2. Guy Robinson
3. Craig Scott
4. Jeremy Hall
5. Dustin Hendrix
6. Paul Holloway
7. Parrish Duncan
8. Doug Ludwig
9. Brady Burns
10. Carey Smith
11. Ricky Brady
12. Todd Darda
13. Michael Page
14. Gathan Burns
15. Trey White
16. Johnny Stinchcomb
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. Adam Gauldin
2. Todd Watson
3. Ryan King
4. Adam Martin
5. Red Farmer
6. Steve Kirk
7. Cameron Heath
8. Jason Hawkins
9. Tim Staples
10. Mike Combs
11. Chris Blackburn
12. Mikey Donohoo
13. Jimmy Elkins Jr.
14. David Pettus
SHELBY COUNTY SPEEDWAY – WILSONVILLE, AL:
1. Billy Franklin
2. Tony Revis
3. David Passmore Jr.
4. Lain Hawk
5. Justin Beasley
6. Ronnie Revis
WEST REGION:
April 2:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. Lucky Keeton
2. Cliff Williams
3. Shannon Lee
4. Ashley Stockstill
5. Alan Netherland
6. Brian Foy
7. Tracy Brown
8. Michael Williams
9. Jamey Smith
10. David Holder
11. Ray Windham
12. Michael Arnold
13. Al Kouhout
14. Owen Stockstill
April 3:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. Justin McRee
2. Michael Arnold
3. Jim McDuffie
4. Lucky Keeton
5. Larry Murphy
6. Wayne Murphy
7. Greg Dedwylder
8. Ray Paul
9. Brooks Strength
10. Randy Boyd
11. Chad McCool
12. Tody Ratcliff
13. Roger Rolison
14. Wiley Williams
15. Jason Michau
16. Phillip Stanley
17. Brett Delk
18. Jamey Smith
19. Doug Sanchagrin
20. Tony Lawson DNS
21. Shay Knight DNS
A1 RACEWAY – SLIDELL, LA:
1. Jeff Danos
2. David Crabtree
3. Rusty Walker
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. Shane Barbara
2. Joey Credidio
3. Michael Williams
4. Rick Schleigelmeyer
5. Kaleb Killens
6. Brian Foy
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – WINONA, MS:
Rained Out
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. 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, KRC, Joe Gibbs Driven, Maximum Signs and Graphics, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty’s Shock Service, Warrior Race Cars, Trak-Star Race Cars, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars.
