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NeSMITH
CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR APRIL 21
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
|
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