CARTERSVILLE, GA – While the top three spots in the 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings have been decided, the fourth through tenth spots are wide open. That’s seven seats at the banquet table that will have 12 drivers playing musical chairs during the last two weeks of the season to see who’s going to sit and collect a point fund check.
Richie Stephens of Salem, AL has clinched the 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division National Championship, while Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS and Branden Harris of Molino, FL have clinched the second and third spots respectively.
They are making their travel plans to attend the NeSmith Racing Annual Awards Banquet in January at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame and Thunder Road Museum in Dawsonville, GA. Stephens has 20 wins and a perfect 14 week total of 700 points. Strength has 698 points, and a chance to net on two 49s in the last two weeks of the 27-week season to reach the 700 point mark. He currently has 12 wins.
Harris has a best 14 week total of 689 points and will try to net on a 47 and a 48 with an opportunity to increase his NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season total to 694 points during the last two weeks of the 2015 season. Behind Harris, there is a logjam of 12 drivers trying to end up with one of the seven remaining points fun-paying positions and a seat at the banquet.
Competitors will have three Saturday night choices to earn NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 26 points. Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL, Southern Raceway in Milton, FL and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL will host Week 26 events. The Southern Raceway event will pay $1,000-to-win.
Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL and Steve Pate of Heflin, AL are tied for the fourth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 669 points apiece. Going into Week 26 competition this weekend, Faulk owns the tie-breaker with two 50-point wins to one 50-point win for Pate.
Faulk will be trying to net on a pair of 46s that could bring his season total up to 677 points at the end of the season. Pate will be looking to net on a 41 and a 46 that has the potential to bring his season total up to 682. Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is sixth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 667 points. Bailey will be trying to net on a 45 and a 46 that bring him a season total of 676 points.
Calvin Cook of Pace, FL made the biggest move in the point standings last week with a 49-point second-place finish in his 14[sup]th[/sup] and last week to earn full points, and settle into the seventh spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 663 points. Cook will be trying to net on a 42 and a 43 in the last two weeks of the season and could end up with 678 points.
Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is currently eighth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 654 points. Jarrell has the potential of challenging for the seventh spot in the standings by netting on a pair of 45s and bring his season total up to 664 points.
Brandon Kilpatrick of Jay, FL moved into the Top 10 last week and settled into the ninth spot with a best 14 week total of 651 points. Kilpatrick has a good opportunity to move up in the standings during the last two weeks of the season by netting on a pair of 41s that could bring his season total up to 669 points and challenge for the fourth spot.
Kevin Mitchell of Pensacola, FL is on the hot seat tenth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 649 points. Mitchell will be looking to net on a pair of 41s over the last two weeks of the season, not only to stay in the Top 10, but to also possibly challenge for the sixth spot in the points chase.
There are still five drivers outside the Top 10 of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings that still have a good opportunity to race their way to Dawsonville, GA over the next two weeks.
Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS is 11[sup]th[/sup] in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 648 points. Geddie will try to net on a pair of 43s over the last two weeks of the season, with the potential of ending up with a season total of 662 points that could put him in the eighth spot.
David Windham of Florala, AL is 12[sup]th[/sup] in the standings with a best 14 week total of 646 points. Windham has the potential to net on a 40 and a 41 in the last two weeks of the season and bring his season total up to 665 and potentially the seventh position in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings.
David Williamson of Seminary, MS is 13[sup]th[/sup] in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 643 points. In the final two weeks of the 2015 season, Williamson can try to net on a pair of 43s that would bring his season total up to 657 points with a pair of 50-point wins and a potential eighth-place finish in the points chase.
Cliff Childers of Terry, MS has an opportunity to race into the top ten of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings from the 14[sup]th[/sup] spot where he has a best 14 week total of 634 points. Childers will be trying to net on a pair of 42s with a pair of 50-point wins that would bring his season total up to 650 points and possibly the tenth spot in the standings.
Way back in the 19[sup]th[/sup] spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 600 points is Jeff Butler of Mendenhall, MS. Butler still has one more week to earn full points. A 50-point win in Week 26 competition would give Butler 650 points. Then on the final week of the season, Butler can net on a 41 with another 50-point win, earn nine more points to bring his season total up to 659 points and a top ten spot in the final standings.
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.
Six of the Top 8 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, including the Top 4, after the first 25 weeks of competition, and all three Week 25 race winners 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 NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick and GMC in Claxton, GA at 1-877-497-3624.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks. 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 PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEKS 26-27 MASTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
WEEK 26:
September 19:
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL ($1.000-To-Win)
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
WEEK 27:
September 26:
DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – WHEEL, TN
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL
NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. 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. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.
Richie Stephens of Salem, AL has clinched the 2015 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division National Championship, while Brooks Strength of Raymond, MS and Branden Harris of Molino, FL have clinched the second and third spots respectively.
They are making their travel plans to attend the NeSmith Racing Annual Awards Banquet in January at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame and Thunder Road Museum in Dawsonville, GA. Stephens has 20 wins and a perfect 14 week total of 700 points. Strength has 698 points, and a chance to net on two 49s in the last two weeks of the 27-week season to reach the 700 point mark. He currently has 12 wins.
Harris has a best 14 week total of 689 points and will try to net on a 47 and a 48 with an opportunity to increase his NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season total to 694 points during the last two weeks of the 2015 season. Behind Harris, there is a logjam of 12 drivers trying to end up with one of the seven remaining points fun-paying positions and a seat at the banquet.
Competitors will have three Saturday night choices to earn NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 26 points. Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL, Southern Raceway in Milton, FL and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL will host Week 26 events. The Southern Raceway event will pay $1,000-to-win.
Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL and Steve Pate of Heflin, AL are tied for the fourth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 669 points apiece. Going into Week 26 competition this weekend, Faulk owns the tie-breaker with two 50-point wins to one 50-point win for Pate.
Faulk will be trying to net on a pair of 46s that could bring his season total up to 677 points at the end of the season. Pate will be looking to net on a 41 and a 46 that has the potential to bring his season total up to 682. Bo Bailey of Milton, FL is sixth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 667 points. Bailey will be trying to net on a 45 and a 46 that bring him a season total of 676 points.
Calvin Cook of Pace, FL made the biggest move in the point standings last week with a 49-point second-place finish in his 14[sup]th[/sup] and last week to earn full points, and settle into the seventh spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 663 points. Cook will be trying to net on a 42 and a 43 in the last two weeks of the season and could end up with 678 points.
Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS is currently eighth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 654 points. Jarrell has the potential of challenging for the seventh spot in the standings by netting on a pair of 45s and bring his season total up to 664 points.
Brandon Kilpatrick of Jay, FL moved into the Top 10 last week and settled into the ninth spot with a best 14 week total of 651 points. Kilpatrick has a good opportunity to move up in the standings during the last two weeks of the season by netting on a pair of 41s that could bring his season total up to 669 points and challenge for the fourth spot.
Kevin Mitchell of Pensacola, FL is on the hot seat tenth spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 649 points. Mitchell will be looking to net on a pair of 41s over the last two weeks of the season, not only to stay in the Top 10, but to also possibly challenge for the sixth spot in the points chase.
There are still five drivers outside the Top 10 of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings that still have a good opportunity to race their way to Dawsonville, GA over the next two weeks.
Jay Geddie of Ellisville, MS is 11[sup]th[/sup] in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 648 points. Geddie will try to net on a pair of 43s over the last two weeks of the season, with the potential of ending up with a season total of 662 points that could put him in the eighth spot.
David Windham of Florala, AL is 12[sup]th[/sup] in the standings with a best 14 week total of 646 points. Windham has the potential to net on a 40 and a 41 in the last two weeks of the season and bring his season total up to 665 and potentially the seventh position in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings.
David Williamson of Seminary, MS is 13[sup]th[/sup] in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with a best 14 week total of 643 points. In the final two weeks of the 2015 season, Williamson can try to net on a pair of 43s that would bring his season total up to 657 points with a pair of 50-point wins and a potential eighth-place finish in the points chase.
Cliff Childers of Terry, MS has an opportunity to race into the top ten of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings from the 14[sup]th[/sup] spot where he has a best 14 week total of 634 points. Childers will be trying to net on a pair of 42s with a pair of 50-point wins that would bring his season total up to 650 points and possibly the tenth spot in the standings.
Way back in the 19[sup]th[/sup] spot in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 600 points is Jeff Butler of Mendenhall, MS. Butler still has one more week to earn full points. A 50-point win in Week 26 competition would give Butler 650 points. Then on the final week of the season, Butler can net on a 41 with another 50-point win, earn nine more points to bring his season total up to 659 points and a top ten spot in the final standings.
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.
Six of the Top 8 drivers in the NeSmith/AR Bodies Street Stock Division point standings, including the Top 4, after the first 25 weeks of competition, and all three Week 25 race winners 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 NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick and GMC in Claxton, GA at 1-877-497-3624.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stocks. 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 PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEKS 26-27 MASTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
WEEK 26:
September 19:
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL ($1.000-To-Win)
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
WEEK 27:
September 26:
DUCK RIVER RACEWAY PARK – WHEEL, TN
SOUTHERN RACEWAY – MILTON, FL
NeSmith Performance Parts at NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division. 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. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division.
