CARTERSVILLE, GA – Four of the top six drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region point standings picked up wins during Week 14 of the 2009 season. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS extended his West Region point lead with his sixth win of season.
Keeton drove the Boland Performance Trak-Star to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Keeton now has 764 points based on his best 16 finishes in 19 starts with six wins, 16 top five finishes, and 17 top ten finishes.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 730 points based on his best 16 finishes in 22 starts with seven wins, 16 top fives and 21 top tens. Arnold finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS in the Reynolds Racing Trak-Star, but did not start the main event on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 716 points based on his best 16 finishes in 21 starts driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Lee has four wins, 18 top fives, and 20 top tens.
Kody Barber of Bogalusa, LA took his fifth West Region win of the season on Saturday night at South Mississippi Speedway in Gulfport, MS driving the Barber’s Hardware Mastersbilt. Barber is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 705 points based on his best 16 finishes in 18 starts after five wins, 11 top fives, and 17 top tens.
Tracy Brown of Lumberton, MS grabbed his second NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Triple R Painting Rocket. Brown is fifth in the West Region standings with 703 points based on his best 16 finishes in 20 starts after two wins, 17 top fives, and 18 top tens.
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS won his fifth NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region event of the season on Friday night at Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, MS driving the 78 Towing and Recovery Victory Circle.
Cooley remains a West Region title contender from the sixth spot with 575 points in just 12 starts. Cooley can still earn full points in four more races. Cooley has five wins, 11 top fives and 12 top ten finishes.
Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 574 points based on his best 16 finishes in 17 starts after two top fives and 15 top tens in the D&J Development GRT. Owen Stockstill of Purvis, MS is eighth with 533 points after five top fives, and 12 top tens in 14 starts driving the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star.
Cliff Williams of Star, MS is ninth in the West Region standings with 523 points based on six wins, and ten top five finishes in 12 starts driving the Ware Construction Trak-Star. Chase Washington of Houlka, MS used two top five finishes over the weekend in the Jerry Inmon Race Cars GRT to move up to the tenth spot in the West Region standings with 470 points after six top fives and nine top tens in 11 starts.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action during Week 14, Shawn Edwards of Louisville, MS drove the Montgomery Farms Trak-Star to his second win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS.
Tony Lawson of Laurel, MS posted his second straight NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS driving the Lawson Construction Rocket. West Region action at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS on Sunday night was rained out.
Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA won the only NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event of the weekend on Saturday night at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC. It was Grizzle’s fourth win of the season in the Rick’s Rentals Mastersbilt.
Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL leads the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 714 points in 15 starts driving the All-Star Graphics Warrior to hold a 118-point lead over Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL, who has 596 points in 13 starts driving The Racing Zone GRT. Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL is third with 591 points based on his best 16 finishes in 18 starts in the Gar’s Cash Flow Mastersbilt.
Jacob Anderson of Murphy, NC and Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN, the fourth and fifth-place East Region drivers respectively, were the only East Region top ten drivers to compete during Week 14 of the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS season.
Anderson finished second to Grizzle at Tri-County Race Track, and now has 569 points with three wins, 13 top fives, and 14 top tens in 15 starts driving the Jacob Anderson Company GRT. Deal used a top ten finish to bring his point total up to 566 with two wins, 14 top fives, and 15 top tens in 15 starts driving the Cougar Fireworks GRT.
Dana Eiland of Salem, AL is sixth in the East Region standings with 555 points in 13 starts in the Andy’s Auto Parts GRT, and Rodgerick Dykes of Smith Station, AL is seventh with 520 points in 14 starts driving the Tri City Machine Works GRT. Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL is eighth with 502 points in 11 starts driving the Clarence’s Truck Repair GRT, and Marc Gooden of Lafayette, AL is ninth with 479 points in 12 starts driving the RPI GRT.
Josh Henry of Newport, TN rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 477 points in 12 starts driving the Henry Trucking TNT. East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL will open NeSmith Chevrolet WRS Series Week 15 East Region action on Tuesday night.
Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL had two wins during Week 14 thanks to Keeton and Edwards and continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge point standings with 30 wins.
Mastersbilt Race Cars of Caruthersville, IN had two wins during Week 14 by Barber and Grizzle, and moved back into the second spot with 18 wins. Defending and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is third with 17 wins, followed by TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN with five wins, and C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN 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 7/5/09:
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 764 19 6 16 17
2 9 Michael Arnold 730 22 7 16 21
3 47 Shannon Lee 716 21 4 18 20
4 21k Kody Barber 705 18 5 11 17
5 R14 Tracy Brown 703 20 2 17 18
6 33c Eric Cooley 575 12 5 11 12
7 21 Scott Ladner 574 17 2 15
8 s12 Owen Stockstill 533 14 5 12
9 4 Cliff Williams 523 12 6 10 10
10 38 Chase Washington 470 11 6 9
11 1 Jimmy Howell 467 14 1 12
12 84 Randall Beckwith 452 11 4 8 9
13 s12 Ashley Stockstill 443 12 3 8
14 82 Rodney Barber 409 12 2 10
15 41 Al Kouhout 399 12 9
16 760 Jim McDuffie 395 9 2 7 9
17 118 Randy Boyd 388 9 1 6 8
18 27 Reed Long 378 11 2 6
19 4w Wiley Williams 376 9 1 6 8
20 121 Michael Blount 371 10 2 10
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 66k Scott Knowles 714 15 7 13 14
2 55 Montana Dudley 596 13 1 12 13
3 18 Chase Edge 591 18 3 12
4 64 Jacob Anderson 569 15 3 13 14
5 7 Jason Deal 566 15 2 14 15
6 K9 Dana Eiland 555 13 2 9 11
7 5 Rodgerick Dykes 520 14 1 13
8 7 Terrance Nowell 502 11 1 10 10
9 52 Marc Gooden 479 12 6 10
10 B00 Josh Henry 477 12 4 11 12
11 91 Tod Darda 432 12 3 9
12 27 Brian Kinnersley 423 11 6 9 11
13 007 Hunter Best 418 11 2 9 11
14 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 418 10 7 7
15 107 Larry Harrod 416 9 2 8 9
16 47 Adam Martin 398 9 4 7 7
17 k17 Corey Korreckt 386 10 5 6
18 38 Jerry Goodwin 372 9 1 5 8
19 42 Jamison Settlemyre 355 11 9
20 99 Justin Summers 353 10 6 9
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 14 RESULTS:
WEST REGION:
July 3:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. R14 Tracy Brown
2. 96 Jeffrey Lawson
3. 9 Michael Arnold
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. S16 Ashley Stockstill
6. 21 Scott Ladner
7. 8 Owen Stockstill
8. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
9. 1 Jimmy Howell
10. 41 Al Kouhout
11. 69 Tony Lawson
12. 75 Phillip Stanley
13. 48 Tody Ratcliff DNS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – WINONA, MS:
1. 33c Eric Cooley
2. 38 Chase Washington
3. 22 Lucky Keeton
4. 73 Evan Ellis
5. 22 Jeff White
6. 27 Reed Long
7. 84 Randall Beckwith
8. 84b Wayne Beckwith
9. 7 Eric Carr
10. 15 Clint Patterson
11. 14 Chance Inman
12. C55 David Carpenter
13. 2 Drew Holliday
July 4:
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 5 Shawn Edwards
2. 33c Eric Cooley
3. 38 Chase Washington
4. 2 Mark Stokes
5. 83 Jay Burchfield
6. 73 Evan Ellis
7. 196 Billy Scarbrough
8. 14 Chance Inman
9. 232 Jamey Boland
10. 27 Reed Long
11. 75 John Maxey
12. 7 Eric Carr
13. 20 Kelly Lovorn
14. M50 Allen Simmons
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 22 Lucky Keeton
2. 118 Randy Boyd
3. 28 Chris McElhenney
4. 48 Tody Ratcliff
5. 760 Jim McDuffie
6. 18 Chris Jimerson
7. 121 Michael Blount
8. 44 Roger Rolison
9. 73L Larry Havens
10. 75 Phillip Stanley
11. 4w Wiley Williams
12. 73 Kevin Holifield
13. 27 Larry Murphy
14. 9 Michael Arnold DNS
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – GULFPORT, MS:
1. 21 Kody Barber
2. 4 Cliff Williams
3. 77 Michael Santangelo
4. 7 Bryan Foy
5. 47d Noah Daspit
6. K18 Kaleb Killens
7. R7 Rodney Barber
8. 47 Shannon Lee
9. 9 Ed Guidry
10. E10 Donnie Campbell
11. 7s Chris Spencer DNS
12. 45 Johnny Rogers DNS
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. 69 Tony Lawson
2. 2T Tootie Arnold
3. 39 Michael Sibley
4. 51 Brian Deroche
5. 23 Shane Barbara
July 5:
COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
Rained Out
EAST REGION:
July 4:
TRI-COUNTY RACE TRACK – BRASSTOWN, NC:
1. 99g Jacob Grizzle
2. 64 Jacob Anderson
3. 81 Kevin Sutton
4. 71 Kevin Bradshaw
5. 27 Brian Kinnersley
6. 7 Jason Deal
7. L28 Terry Ledford
8. 17 Kurt English
Keeton drove the Boland Performance Trak-Star to victory on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Keeton now has 764 points based on his best 16 finishes in 19 starts with six wins, 16 top five finishes, and 17 top ten finishes.
Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is second in the West Region standings with 730 points based on his best 16 finishes in 22 starts with seven wins, 16 top fives and 21 top tens. Arnold finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS in the Reynolds Racing Trak-Star, but did not start the main event on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 716 points based on his best 16 finishes in 21 starts driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT. Lee has four wins, 18 top fives, and 20 top tens.
Kody Barber of Bogalusa, LA took his fifth West Region win of the season on Saturday night at South Mississippi Speedway in Gulfport, MS driving the Barber’s Hardware Mastersbilt. Barber is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 705 points based on his best 16 finishes in 18 starts after five wins, 11 top fives, and 17 top tens.
Tracy Brown of Lumberton, MS grabbed his second NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Triple R Painting Rocket. Brown is fifth in the West Region standings with 703 points based on his best 16 finishes in 20 starts after two wins, 17 top fives, and 18 top tens.
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS won his fifth NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region event of the season on Friday night at Central Mississippi Speedway in Winona, MS driving the 78 Towing and Recovery Victory Circle.
Cooley remains a West Region title contender from the sixth spot with 575 points in just 12 starts. Cooley can still earn full points in four more races. Cooley has five wins, 11 top fives and 12 top ten finishes.
Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS is seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 574 points based on his best 16 finishes in 17 starts after two top fives and 15 top tens in the D&J Development GRT. Owen Stockstill of Purvis, MS is eighth with 533 points after five top fives, and 12 top tens in 14 starts driving the Stockstill Trucking Trak-Star.
Cliff Williams of Star, MS is ninth in the West Region standings with 523 points based on six wins, and ten top five finishes in 12 starts driving the Ware Construction Trak-Star. Chase Washington of Houlka, MS used two top five finishes over the weekend in the Jerry Inmon Race Cars GRT to move up to the tenth spot in the West Region standings with 470 points after six top fives and nine top tens in 11 starts.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action during Week 14, Shawn Edwards of Louisville, MS drove the Montgomery Farms Trak-Star to his second win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS.
Tony Lawson of Laurel, MS posted his second straight NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS driving the Lawson Construction Rocket. West Region action at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS on Sunday night was rained out.
Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA won the only NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event of the weekend on Saturday night at Tri-County Race Track in Brasstown, NC. It was Grizzle’s fourth win of the season in the Rick’s Rentals Mastersbilt.
Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL leads the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 714 points in 15 starts driving the All-Star Graphics Warrior to hold a 118-point lead over Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL, who has 596 points in 13 starts driving The Racing Zone GRT. Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL is third with 591 points based on his best 16 finishes in 18 starts in the Gar’s Cash Flow Mastersbilt.
Jacob Anderson of Murphy, NC and Jason Deal of Copperhill, TN, the fourth and fifth-place East Region drivers respectively, were the only East Region top ten drivers to compete during Week 14 of the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS season.
Anderson finished second to Grizzle at Tri-County Race Track, and now has 569 points with three wins, 13 top fives, and 14 top tens in 15 starts driving the Jacob Anderson Company GRT. Deal used a top ten finish to bring his point total up to 566 with two wins, 14 top fives, and 15 top tens in 15 starts driving the Cougar Fireworks GRT.
Dana Eiland of Salem, AL is sixth in the East Region standings with 555 points in 13 starts in the Andy’s Auto Parts GRT, and Rodgerick Dykes of Smith Station, AL is seventh with 520 points in 14 starts driving the Tri City Machine Works GRT. Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL is eighth with 502 points in 11 starts driving the Clarence’s Truck Repair GRT, and Marc Gooden of Lafayette, AL is ninth with 479 points in 12 starts driving the RPI GRT.
Josh Henry of Newport, TN rounds out the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 477 points in 12 starts driving the Henry Trucking TNT. East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL will open NeSmith Chevrolet WRS Series Week 15 East Region action on Tuesday night.
Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL had two wins during Week 14 thanks to Keeton and Edwards and continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Challenge point standings with 30 wins.
Mastersbilt Race Cars of Caruthersville, IN had two wins during Week 14 by Barber and Grizzle, and moved back into the second spot with 18 wins. Defending and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is third with 17 wins, followed by TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN with five wins, and C.J. Rayburn Race Cars of Whiteland, IN 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 7/5/09:
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 764 19 6 16 17
2 9 Michael Arnold 730 22 7 16 21
3 47 Shannon Lee 716 21 4 18 20
4 21k Kody Barber 705 18 5 11 17
5 R14 Tracy Brown 703 20 2 17 18
6 33c Eric Cooley 575 12 5 11 12
7 21 Scott Ladner 574 17 2 15
8 s12 Owen Stockstill 533 14 5 12
9 4 Cliff Williams 523 12 6 10 10
10 38 Chase Washington 470 11 6 9
11 1 Jimmy Howell 467 14 1 12
12 84 Randall Beckwith 452 11 4 8 9
13 s12 Ashley Stockstill 443 12 3 8
14 82 Rodney Barber 409 12 2 10
15 41 Al Kouhout 399 12 9
16 760 Jim McDuffie 395 9 2 7 9
17 118 Randy Boyd 388 9 1 6 8
18 27 Reed Long 378 11 2 6
19 4w Wiley Williams 376 9 1 6 8
20 121 Michael Blount 371 10 2 10
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 66k Scott Knowles 714 15 7 13 14
2 55 Montana Dudley 596 13 1 12 13
3 18 Chase Edge 591 18 3 12
4 64 Jacob Anderson 569 15 3 13 14
5 7 Jason Deal 566 15 2 14 15
6 K9 Dana Eiland 555 13 2 9 11
7 5 Rodgerick Dykes 520 14 1 13
8 7 Terrance Nowell 502 11 1 10 10
9 52 Marc Gooden 479 12 6 10
10 B00 Josh Henry 477 12 4 11 12
11 91 Tod Darda 432 12 3 9
12 27 Brian Kinnersley 423 11 6 9 11
13 007 Hunter Best 418 11 2 9 11
14 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 418 10 7 7
15 107 Larry Harrod 416 9 2 8 9
16 47 Adam Martin 398 9 4 7 7
17 k17 Corey Korreckt 386 10 5 6
18 38 Jerry Goodwin 372 9 1 5 8
19 42 Jamison Settlemyre 355 11 9
20 99 Justin Summers 353 10 6 9
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 14 RESULTS:
WEST REGION:
July 3:
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. R14 Tracy Brown
2. 96 Jeffrey Lawson
3. 9 Michael Arnold
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. S16 Ashley Stockstill
6. 21 Scott Ladner
7. 8 Owen Stockstill
8. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
9. 1 Jimmy Howell
10. 41 Al Kouhout
11. 69 Tony Lawson
12. 75 Phillip Stanley
13. 48 Tody Ratcliff DNS
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – WINONA, MS:
1. 33c Eric Cooley
2. 38 Chase Washington
3. 22 Lucky Keeton
4. 73 Evan Ellis
5. 22 Jeff White
6. 27 Reed Long
7. 84 Randall Beckwith
8. 84b Wayne Beckwith
9. 7 Eric Carr
10. 15 Clint Patterson
11. 14 Chance Inman
12. C55 David Carpenter
13. 2 Drew Holliday
July 4:
MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 5 Shawn Edwards
2. 33c Eric Cooley
3. 38 Chase Washington
4. 2 Mark Stokes
5. 83 Jay Burchfield
6. 73 Evan Ellis
7. 196 Billy Scarbrough
8. 14 Chance Inman
9. 232 Jamey Boland
10. 27 Reed Long
11. 75 John Maxey
12. 7 Eric Carr
13. 20 Kelly Lovorn
14. M50 Allen Simmons
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 22 Lucky Keeton
2. 118 Randy Boyd
3. 28 Chris McElhenney
4. 48 Tody Ratcliff
5. 760 Jim McDuffie
6. 18 Chris Jimerson
7. 121 Michael Blount
8. 44 Roger Rolison
9. 73L Larry Havens
10. 75 Phillip Stanley
11. 4w Wiley Williams
12. 73 Kevin Holifield
13. 27 Larry Murphy
14. 9 Michael Arnold DNS
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI SPEEDWAY – GULFPORT, MS:
1. 21 Kody Barber
2. 4 Cliff Williams
3. 77 Michael Santangelo
4. 7 Bryan Foy
5. 47d Noah Daspit
6. K18 Kaleb Killens
7. R7 Rodney Barber
8. 47 Shannon Lee
9. 9 Ed Guidry
10. E10 Donnie Campbell
11. 7s Chris Spencer DNS
12. 45 Johnny Rogers DNS
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. 69 Tony Lawson
2. 2T Tootie Arnold
3. 39 Michael Sibley
4. 51 Brian Deroche
5. 23 Shane Barbara
July 5:
COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
Rained Out
EAST REGION:
July 4:
TRI-COUNTY RACE TRACK – BRASSTOWN, NC:
1. 99g Jacob Grizzle
2. 64 Jacob Anderson
3. 81 Kevin Sutton
4. 71 Kevin Bradshaw
5. 27 Brian Kinnersley
6. 7 Jason Deal
7. L28 Terry Ledford
8. 17 Kurt English
