NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series News Release: 
Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157
May 1, 2011

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 30

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 5 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series action saw Chase Washington of Houlka, MS pick up two wins in the Jerry Inmon Racing Special and Tony Lawson of Laurel, MS use Bonus Points to grab the lead in the series point standings driving the Lawson Construction Special.

Washington took his first win of the weekend by topping a 17-car field at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.  Washington followed that up with a win over an 18-car field on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS.  Washington has competed in four of the five weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition and now has four wins.

Lawson finished fourth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park for his fifth Top 5 finish of the season, and then traveled to Albany Motor Speedway in Albany, GA on Saturday to pick up 25 Bonus Points for competing in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring event.  Lawson now has accumulated 283 points.

Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings, just ten points behind Lawson after taking his third win of the season on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star. 

Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS, the 2011 and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion, finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in the McDuffie Racing Trak-Star and is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Standings with 270 points.

Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 264 points in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star, and his teammate Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is fifth with 261 points.  Arnold finished second on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the Billy Riels Racing/Reynolds Motorsports GRT.

Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 260 points after a third-place finish on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS driving the Custom Spraying, Inc. GRT.  Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS has a third Billy Riels Racing team car in the Top Ten of the standings, and is seventh with 256 points.

Ladner is tied for the seventh spot with Ryan King of Seymour, TN, who drove the Brian King Roofing Stinger to a third-place finish on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN.  Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 255 points.  Blount picked up 50 Bonus Points by competing in the Albany, GA Touring events on Friday night and Saturday night in the Lamar Auto Salvage Special.

Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS rounds out the Top Ten of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings after five weeks of competition with 253 points.  Jordan finished second on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway driving the Henderson Waste & Recycling Trak-Star.

NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series officials adjusted the Bonus Points system in that drivers may earn 25 Bonus Points for each four consecutive weeks of competition at any NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series sanctioned track.  This change was made because many NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series tracks are running limited schedules this season.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 5 action, David Crabtree of Maryville, TN drove the Smoky Mountain Brewery Special to victory on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway.  Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA took his fifth straight win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS with a 40-point win in the J. Dunning Sandblasting and Paint Special.

Robby Moore of Brosley, MO picked up his second win of the season on Saturday night at West Plains Motor Speedway driving the D&K Truck Repair Special.  Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL drove the Stephen’s Express Mart Special to his second win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.

Eric Baggett of Dublin, GA was the winner on Saturday night at 441 Speedway in Dublin, GA driving the Baggett Racing Special.  The 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Runner-Up Duke Palasini of Leland, MS took his second straight win at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night driving the Palasini Farms Special.

With Shaw’s win, Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL kept its streak alive of winning at least one race in the first five weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition.  Two-time Champion Trak-Star Race Cars leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with 10 wins on the season.

The defending and four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is second with three wins in the first five weeks of competition.

Stinger Race Cars built by J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment in Rockford, TN and Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN are tied for the third spot with one win apiece.  Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV and TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN are still looking for their first win of the season.

The complete NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings can be found on the Points Page at www.nesmithracing.com on the Weekly Racing Series web site.

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