CARTERSVILLE, GA – Dana Eiland of Salem, AL and Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS lead their respective Regions of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing after the first four weeks of the season. A total of 222 different drivers have competed in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing in the four weeks of competition.
Eiland picked up his fourth straight top five finish with a second-place effort behind winner William Thomas of Phenix City, AL on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and has tallied 182 points to hold a 12-point lead in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region over Richard Stephens of Phenix City, AL.
Anthony Meadows of Lanett, AL is third with 150 points. Larry Harrod of Plains, GA is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region with 128 points, and Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL is fifth with 127 points.
The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Logan Yates of Delta, AL took his first win of the season on Saturday night by topping a 28-car field at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. The victory moved Yates up to the sixth spot in the East Region with 126 points.
Russell Welch of Cottondale, FL captured his second-straight win at Chattahoochee Valley Motor Speedway in Dothan, AL on Saturday night, and moved up to the seventh spot in the East Region points chase with 117 points. Ray Robbins of Hartford, AL is eighth with 116 points, and Matt Woodson of LaGrange, GA is ninth with 114 points. Tyler Hurst of Lineville, AL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 112 points.
Keeton finished second on Saturday night to Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Goldman stopped Keeton’s winning streak at four, and moved into the fourth spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region with 172 points.
Keeton, the defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion has 240 points, and a 42-point lead over Herman Reynolds of Laurel, MS and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, who are tied for second with 198 points. Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS trails Keeton, Reynolds, Lee, and Goldman in the fifth position with 140 points.
Tootie Arnold of Meadville, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region with 124 points, and Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL is seventh with 119 points. Michael Santangelo of St. Rose, LA is eighth with 116 points. Donald Watson of Greenwell Springs, LA and Chris Griffin of Flomaton, AL are tied for ninth with 115 points apiece.
Griffin took his first win of the season on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL. In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action on Saturday night, Jimmy Thagard of Greenville, AL was the winner at Butler County Motorsports Park in Greenville, AL, and Jay Blair of Angie, LA took the win at A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA.
Jim Bryant of McComb, MS was the winner at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS as he tuned up for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour $10,000-to-win 100-lap Cajun Spring Nationals at Pike County Speedway this Friday and Saturday night. Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS was rained out on Friday night.
The NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region tracks will be off this weekend for the National event at Pike County Speedway, and drivers that enter the National event will earn ten bonus points in their respective home Regions.
The NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region tracks will be in action this week, with a couple of tracks running two events. Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL will be in action on Thursday and Saturday nights, and Talladega Short Track will be in action on Friday and Saturday nights.
Penton Raceway will be in NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region action on Friday night, and East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL returns to action on Saturday night. Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN will host its first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event on Saturday night.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the East and West Regions, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points page.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/21/08:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 K9 Dana Eiland 182 4 4 4
2 00 Richie Stephens 170 4 1 2 4
3 31 Anthony Meadows 150 4 1 2 2
4 27 Larry Harrod 128 3 2 3
5 55 Montana Dudley 127 4 3
6 5 Logan Yates 126 3 1 1 3
7 55 Russell Welch 117 3 2 3 3
8 12 Ray Robbins 116 3 3 3
9 88 Matt Woodson 114 3 3
10 2 Tyler Hurst 112 3 1 2
11 52 Marc Gooden 110 3 1 2
12 22 Steve Blanchette Sr. 108 3 3 3
13 17 Steve Blanchette Jr. 106 3 1 3
14 7 Terrance Nowell 98 2 1 2 2
15 47 Adam Martin 96 2 2 2
16 22 William Thomas 96 2 1 2 2
17 18 Chase Edge 94 3 2
18 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 94 2 1 2 2
19 29 Brian Ponder 92 2 2 2
20 M21 Mark Patterson 90 3
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 240 5 4 5 5
2 9 Herman Reynolds 198 5 4 4
3 47 Shannon Lee 198 5 4 5
4 07 Talbert Goldman 172 4 1 3 3
5 27 Larry Murphy 140 3 3 3
6 2t Tootie Arnold 124 4 1 3
7 25 Josh Huss 119 3 3 3
8 77 Michael Santangelo 116 3 1 2 3
9 91 Donald Watson 115 3 2 3
10 25c Chris Griffin 115 3 1 3 3
11 35 Curt Lipsey 113 3 1 3
12 39 Michael Sibley 111 3 3 3
13 17 Silas Martin 111 3 2 3
14 3m Micha McCall 107 3 1 3
15 8h Heath Gibson 106 3 1 3
16 248 Davin Bates 104 3 2 2
17 44 Roger Rolison 102 3 2
18 4 Wiley Williams 102 3 2
19 18c Randy King 102 3 1 2
20 K18 Kaleb Killens 102 3 1 2
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES RESULTS FOR 4/18-19/08:
EAST REGION:
4/12/08:
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY MOTOR SPEEDWAY – DOTHAN, AL:
1. 55 Russell Welch
2. 12 Ray Robbins
3. 55r John Richard
4. 17 Steve Blanchette Jr.
5. 22 Steve Blanchette Sr.
4/18/08:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. 22 William Thomas
2. K9 Dana Eiland
3. 27 Larry Harrod
4. 34 Chad Wallace
5. 00T Shane Thompson
6. 52 Marc Gooden
7. 00 Richard Stephens
8. 88 Matt Woodson
9. C55 Scotty Curry
10. 18 Chase Edge
11. 17 N.B. Freeman
12. 31 Anthony Meadows
13. T11 Troy Tyson
14. 55 Montana Dudley
15. 30 Bert Tompkins
16. 04 Blake Stewart DNS
4/19/08:
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 5 Logan Yates
2. 47 Adam Martin
3. 29 Brian Ponder
4. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
5. 2 Tyler Hurst
6. 7 Dillon Crim
7. H2 Todd Hurst
8. 41k Steve Kirk
9. 18 Landon Sims
10. 11 Chris Blackburn
11. B4 Justin Brasley
12. 9 Brentt Roberts
13. 54 Greg Chumley
14. 11 Mark Garrard
15. 44 Tony Epperson
16. 41 Aaron Smith
17. 4 Gary Kellum
18. 6 Lee Woodard
19. P5 Haley Pitts
20. 17 Cameron Heath
21. 76 Nick Waugh
22. 14 Victor Turner
23. 28 Trent Thomas
24. 13 David Pettis
25. 15 Bobby Shuler
26. k17 Corey Korreckt
27. 87 Charlie Gushue DNS
28. B97 Lee Burdett DNS
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY MOTOR SPEEDWAY – DOTHAN, AL:
1. 55 Russell Welch
2. 12 Ray Robbins
3. 55r John Richard
4. 08 Kevin Clark
5. 22 Steve Blanchette Sr.
6. 83 Mel Guiles
7. 17 Steve Blanchette Jr.
8. 4 Johnny Wilson
WEST REGION:
4/18/08:
SOUTHERN SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out
4/19/08:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 07 Talbert Goldman
2. 22 Lucky Keeton
3. 27 Larry Murphy
4. K9 Chad Thrash
5. 9 Herman Reynolds
6. 18c Randy King
7. 4w Wiley Williams
8. 44 Roger Rolison
9. 118 Randy Boyd
10. 5 Gabe Windham
11. 000 Rick Hasselle
12. 7 Mike Shirley
13. 8 Craig Turan
14. 48 Tody Ratcliff
15. 75 Ray Paul
16. 760 Jim McDuffie
17. J7 Paul Jacobs
BUTLER COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK – GREENVILLE, AL:
1. 24 Jimmy Thagard
2. 11 Lucas Mosley
3. 16 Ben Callen
4. 68r Brandon Register
5. 777 Randy Adams
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. 25c Chris Griffin
2. 18 Clint Holmes
3. 8h Heath Gibson
4. 53 Wade Cole
5. 25 Josh Huss
6. 3m Micha McCall
7. 3g Seth Gransberry
8. T22 Tiffany Johnson
9. 50 David Odom
10. Bernard Blackwell
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. J5 Jim Bryant
2. 7 Cody Robbins
3. 17 Silas Martin
4. 39 Michael Sibley
5. 131 Jeremy Idom
6. 21 Kody Barber
7. 23 Shane Barbara
8. 35 Curt Lipsey
A1 RACEWAY – SLIDELL, LA:
1. 2x Jay Blair
2. 747 Billy Riels
3. K18 Kaleb Killens
4. GPS Joe Credidio
5. 1 Jody Miller
6. 47 Shannon Lee
7. 95 Robert Nevels
8. 2T Tootie Arnold
9. 77 Michael Santangelo
10. 9 Edward Guidry
Eiland picked up his fourth straight top five finish with a second-place effort behind winner William Thomas of Phenix City, AL on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL, and has tallied 182 points to hold a 12-point lead in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region over Richard Stephens of Phenix City, AL.
Anthony Meadows of Lanett, AL is third with 150 points. Larry Harrod of Plains, GA is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region with 128 points, and Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL is fifth with 127 points.
The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Logan Yates of Delta, AL took his first win of the season on Saturday night by topping a 28-car field at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. The victory moved Yates up to the sixth spot in the East Region with 126 points.
Russell Welch of Cottondale, FL captured his second-straight win at Chattahoochee Valley Motor Speedway in Dothan, AL on Saturday night, and moved up to the seventh spot in the East Region points chase with 117 points. Ray Robbins of Hartford, AL is eighth with 116 points, and Matt Woodson of LaGrange, GA is ninth with 114 points. Tyler Hurst of Lineville, AL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 112 points.
Keeton finished second on Saturday night to Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Goldman stopped Keeton’s winning streak at four, and moved into the fourth spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region with 172 points.
Keeton, the defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion has 240 points, and a 42-point lead over Herman Reynolds of Laurel, MS and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, who are tied for second with 198 points. Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS trails Keeton, Reynolds, Lee, and Goldman in the fifth position with 140 points.
Tootie Arnold of Meadville, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region with 124 points, and Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL is seventh with 119 points. Michael Santangelo of St. Rose, LA is eighth with 116 points. Donald Watson of Greenwell Springs, LA and Chris Griffin of Flomaton, AL are tied for ninth with 115 points apiece.
Griffin took his first win of the season on Saturday night at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL. In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action on Saturday night, Jimmy Thagard of Greenville, AL was the winner at Butler County Motorsports Park in Greenville, AL, and Jay Blair of Angie, LA took the win at A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA.
Jim Bryant of McComb, MS was the winner at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS as he tuned up for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour $10,000-to-win 100-lap Cajun Spring Nationals at Pike County Speedway this Friday and Saturday night. Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS was rained out on Friday night.
The NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region tracks will be off this weekend for the National event at Pike County Speedway, and drivers that enter the National event will earn ten bonus points in their respective home Regions.
The NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region tracks will be in action this week, with a couple of tracks running two events. Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL will be in action on Thursday and Saturday nights, and Talladega Short Track will be in action on Friday and Saturday nights.
Penton Raceway will be in NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region action on Friday night, and East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL returns to action on Saturday night. Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN will host its first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region event on Saturday night.
For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the East and West Regions, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points page.
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/21/08:
EAST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 K9 Dana Eiland 182 4 4 4
2 00 Richie Stephens 170 4 1 2 4
3 31 Anthony Meadows 150 4 1 2 2
4 27 Larry Harrod 128 3 2 3
5 55 Montana Dudley 127 4 3
6 5 Logan Yates 126 3 1 1 3
7 55 Russell Welch 117 3 2 3 3
8 12 Ray Robbins 116 3 3 3
9 88 Matt Woodson 114 3 3
10 2 Tyler Hurst 112 3 1 2
11 52 Marc Gooden 110 3 1 2
12 22 Steve Blanchette Sr. 108 3 3 3
13 17 Steve Blanchette Jr. 106 3 1 3
14 7 Terrance Nowell 98 2 1 2 2
15 47 Adam Martin 96 2 2 2
16 22 William Thomas 96 2 1 2 2
17 18 Chase Edge 94 3 2
18 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr. 94 2 1 2 2
19 29 Brian Ponder 92 2 2 2
20 M21 Mark Patterson 90 3
WEST REGION:
POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 22 Lucky Keeton 240 5 4 5 5
2 9 Herman Reynolds 198 5 4 4
3 47 Shannon Lee 198 5 4 5
4 07 Talbert Goldman 172 4 1 3 3
5 27 Larry Murphy 140 3 3 3
6 2t Tootie Arnold 124 4 1 3
7 25 Josh Huss 119 3 3 3
8 77 Michael Santangelo 116 3 1 2 3
9 91 Donald Watson 115 3 2 3
10 25c Chris Griffin 115 3 1 3 3
11 35 Curt Lipsey 113 3 1 3
12 39 Michael Sibley 111 3 3 3
13 17 Silas Martin 111 3 2 3
14 3m Micha McCall 107 3 1 3
15 8h Heath Gibson 106 3 1 3
16 248 Davin Bates 104 3 2 2
17 44 Roger Rolison 102 3 2
18 4 Wiley Williams 102 3 2
19 18c Randy King 102 3 1 2
20 K18 Kaleb Killens 102 3 1 2
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES RESULTS FOR 4/18-19/08:
EAST REGION:
4/12/08:
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY MOTOR SPEEDWAY – DOTHAN, AL:
1. 55 Russell Welch
2. 12 Ray Robbins
3. 55r John Richard
4. 17 Steve Blanchette Jr.
5. 22 Steve Blanchette Sr.
4/18/08:
PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. 22 William Thomas
2. K9 Dana Eiland
3. 27 Larry Harrod
4. 34 Chad Wallace
5. 00T Shane Thompson
6. 52 Marc Gooden
7. 00 Richard Stephens
8. 88 Matt Woodson
9. C55 Scotty Curry
10. 18 Chase Edge
11. 17 N.B. Freeman
12. 31 Anthony Meadows
13. T11 Troy Tyson
14. 55 Montana Dudley
15. 30 Bert Tompkins
16. 04 Blake Stewart DNS
4/19/08:
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 5 Logan Yates
2. 47 Adam Martin
3. 29 Brian Ponder
4. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
5. 2 Tyler Hurst
6. 7 Dillon Crim
7. H2 Todd Hurst
8. 41k Steve Kirk
9. 18 Landon Sims
10. 11 Chris Blackburn
11. B4 Justin Brasley
12. 9 Brentt Roberts
13. 54 Greg Chumley
14. 11 Mark Garrard
15. 44 Tony Epperson
16. 41 Aaron Smith
17. 4 Gary Kellum
18. 6 Lee Woodard
19. P5 Haley Pitts
20. 17 Cameron Heath
21. 76 Nick Waugh
22. 14 Victor Turner
23. 28 Trent Thomas
24. 13 David Pettis
25. 15 Bobby Shuler
26. k17 Corey Korreckt
27. 87 Charlie Gushue DNS
28. B97 Lee Burdett DNS
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY MOTOR SPEEDWAY – DOTHAN, AL:
1. 55 Russell Welch
2. 12 Ray Robbins
3. 55r John Richard
4. 08 Kevin Clark
5. 22 Steve Blanchette Sr.
6. 83 Mel Guiles
7. 17 Steve Blanchette Jr.
8. 4 Johnny Wilson
WEST REGION:
4/18/08:
SOUTHERN SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
Rained Out
4/19/08:
WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 07 Talbert Goldman
2. 22 Lucky Keeton
3. 27 Larry Murphy
4. K9 Chad Thrash
5. 9 Herman Reynolds
6. 18c Randy King
7. 4w Wiley Williams
8. 44 Roger Rolison
9. 118 Randy Boyd
10. 5 Gabe Windham
11. 000 Rick Hasselle
12. 7 Mike Shirley
13. 8 Craig Turan
14. 48 Tody Ratcliff
15. 75 Ray Paul
16. 760 Jim McDuffie
17. J7 Paul Jacobs
BUTLER COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK – GREENVILLE, AL:
1. 24 Jimmy Thagard
2. 11 Lucas Mosley
3. 16 Ben Callen
4. 68r Brandon Register
5. 777 Randy Adams
FLOMATON SPEEDWAY – FLOMATON, AL:
1. 25c Chris Griffin
2. 18 Clint Holmes
3. 8h Heath Gibson
4. 53 Wade Cole
5. 25 Josh Huss
6. 3m Micha McCall
7. 3g Seth Gransberry
8. T22 Tiffany Johnson
9. 50 David Odom
10. Bernard Blackwell
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. J5 Jim Bryant
2. 7 Cody Robbins
3. 17 Silas Martin
4. 39 Michael Sibley
5. 131 Jeremy Idom
6. 21 Kody Barber
7. 23 Shane Barbara
8. 35 Curt Lipsey
A1 RACEWAY – SLIDELL, LA:
1. 2x Jay Blair
2. 747 Billy Riels
3. K18 Kaleb Killens
4. GPS Joe Credidio
5. 1 Jody Miller
6. 47 Shannon Lee
7. 95 Robert Nevels
8. 2T Tootie Arnold
9. 77 Michael Santangelo
10. 9 Edward Guidry
