NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series News Release:
Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157
August 28, 2011
NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS POINTS BATTLE AND MORE HEADED TO WHYNOT AND THE MAGCARTERSVILLE, GA – The battle for the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Championship heads to Mississippi for two races over the Labor Day Holiday Weekend. Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS will host the $5,000-to-win Coca-Cola Zero 75 on September 2-3. Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS presents a $2,000-to-win 40-lap race on September 4.
Dan Breuer of Troutman, NC leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series standings with 1,008 points and holds a 36-point lead over two-time NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Champion David Earl Gentry of Murfreesboro, TN.
Breuer has two wins, eight top five finishes, 11 top ten finishes in 11 starts, and has earned $13,375 in prize money. Gentry is still looking for his first win of the season, but has 972 points based on six top five finishes and 10 top ten finishes in 11 starts. Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA is third with 876 points after two top five finishes, six top ten finishes, and one fast time award.
Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS standings with 782 points, and the college freshman also leads the VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year point standings. Edge has four top five finishes, six top ten finishes and one fast time award. VP Racing Fuels will pay $5,000 to the top rookie driver in the point standings at the end of the season.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS standings with 774 points and Steve Cooke of Mt. Airy, NC is sixth with 766 points. Mark Tice of Avon, MS is seventh in the overall points and second in the VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year standings with 692 points. VP Racing Fuels is the Official Racing Fuel of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.
Frank Wilson of Harold, FL is eighth in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS overall points and third in the VP Racing Fuels RoY standings with 676 points. Tootie Arnold of Bude, MS and Mark Rosner of Maryville, TN are tied for the ninth spot with 548 points apiece. Arnold is also fourth in the VP Racing Fuels Rookie of the Year standings.
The 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion will pocket $20,000 out of the $50,000 point fund that pays back ten spots. In the first 11 events of the season, 156 different drivers have competed and $130,805 in prize money has been paid out.
The top ten drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point standings are also prevalent in several other series statistical categories, including the Hedman Husler Award presented by Hedman Husler Hedders the Official Hedder of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.
Points are kept for the Hedman Husler Award that will pay $1,000 to the driver with the most points at the end of the season. Hedman Husler points are earned at each race with one point awarded to a driver for each position they improve from the start of the race to the end of the race. Going into the Labor Day Weekend events, just three points separate the top five in the standings.
Gentry leads the Hedman Husler standings with 51 points, while Breuer and Turner are tied for the second spot with 50 points apiece. Lee is fourth with 49 points, and Wilson is fifth with 48 points. Arnold and Tice are tied for the sixth spot with 29 points apiece, while Cooke and Rosner are tied for the eighth spot with 19 points apiece.
Six dirt late model chassis manufacturers are participating in the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge. Chassis builders earn points at each NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Touring event based on the highest finisher in the main event earning ten points, with a one-point spread on back. One point is awarded for a win and a fast time.
Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge standings with 96 points, including two wins. GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is second with 94 points that include one win and one fast time.
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is third with 81 points that includes one win and one fast time.
The defending NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL is fourth with 79 points with one fast time. Stinger Race Cars built by J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment of Rockford, TN is fifth with 59 points and TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN is sixth with 44 points.
There have been 535 laps of main event competition in the first 11 races of the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS season. Breuer and Gentry have completed every possible lap of main event competition. Turner is third in the Laps Completed category with 471 laps in the books. Cooke is fourth with 452 laps completed and Lee is fifth with 441 laps turned in.
Tice is sixth in the Laps Completed standings with 382 and Edge is seventh with 374 laps completed. Wilson is eighth with 364 laps, Rosner is ninth with 309 laps, and Arnold rounds out of the top ten with 236 laps complete.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at
www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.
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NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series News Release:
Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157
August 27, 2011
NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS “RIDE FOR LIFE” 2-SEAT RACE CAR AT WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK BENEFITS AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYCARTERSVILLE, GA – The American Cancer Society Ride For Life program will be a part of the $5,000-to-win 6th Annual Coca Cola Zero 75 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS on September 2-3.
The “Ride For Life” Program is a special way the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series and its competitors take time out of their busy schedules in the fast-paced and highly competitive world of dirt late model racing, and give back some time and effort to help the local chapter of the American Cancer Society find a cure for the nation’s most deadly disease.
It also gives the fans an opportunity to do the same, and at the same time do something few fans get to experience. The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series “Ride For Life” Program involves the fans bidding for a ride at race speed around the track in a special built two-seat dirt late model race car.
“The Ride For Life dirt late model is a real race car, just like the ones the fans see in competition,” NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS President of Operations and Communications Roby Helm said. “It’s the same type of chassis and the same GM Performance Racing Engine all of our competitors use. The only difference is that it has a passenger seat so race fans can take the Ride For Life.”
At selected events on the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series schedule; race fans have the opportunity to bid for a six-lap ride at race speed around the track with their favorite driver. They can also purchase tickets that give them an opportunity to win a ride through a drawing. All of the proceeds go to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society.
The “Ride For Life” drivers for the Whynot Motorsports Park event that will be donating their time and talent are Mike Boland of Cuba, AL, Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS, Justin McRee of Tuscaloosa, AL, Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS, Randy Boyd of Marion, MS, and Rodney Wing of Meridian, MS.
Boland has ten NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series career wins, second on the all-time list, and is a former winner of the Coca-Cola Zero 75. McDuffie is the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion and the current West Region point leader with 11 wins on the season, including six at Whynot Motorsports Park.
McRee has three career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series wins, finished third in the 2010 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point standings and finished second in the 2010 NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region points. McRee has six wins this season in NeSmith Chevrolet WRS action this season at Whynot Motorsports Park and is also a 2011 West Region title contender.
Murphy and Boyd are former Whynot Motorsports Park NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Late Model Champions and are Top 10 drivers in the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings. Wing is the owner and promoter of Whynot Motorsports Park and a championship dirt late model driver.
“This is a rare opportunity for the race fans to experience the sport of dirt late model from a new perspective in that they can see, hear and feel what their favorite driver does, but instead of watching them at a distance from the grandstands, they can sit right next them in the race car,” Helm said. “They see the wall coming up fast, they hear the constant roar of the engine, and they feel breeze coming through the cockpit and the g-forces leaning them to the right in the seat. There is no amusement park ride that can come close to the 100 mile per hour Ride For Life.”
The American Cancer Society “Ride For Life” program is a distinctive one from any other sport. It is the equivalent of going to an NFL game, or a Major League Baseball game and having the opportunity to catch a pass from a professional Quarterback, or getting to bat against a professional Pitcher.
Helm said the race teams prepare the Ride For Life race car so it will turn competitive lap times around the track with a passenger that would easily qualify the car for a NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event.
“The Ride For Life race car brings a lot of enjoyment to fans and competitors alike, but the biggest thrill will be using the proceeds to help the American Cancer Society find a cure for Cancer,” Helm said. “Cancer has affected all of us because we have all had a loved one or a close friend that has been a victim of this deadly disease.
“We have to find cure,” Helm said. “While most race fans and competitors are not doctors and scientists, we can play an important role in helping them find a cure by helping to fund the research they need. The American Cancer Society people have told me that one in three people have a high risk of being afflicted with a form of cancer. I tell the fans in the stands to look to their right, then look to their left, and one of them, including themselves stands a good chance of getting cancer.”
The hope of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series is that while a fan is getting the enjoyment of the Ride Fort Life at speed around the race track, the money they spent for the ride will be the money that puts the research over the top and finds the cure for cancer.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at
www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.
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