NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR MAY 27

FORT PAYNE, AL – Mark Clifton of Brewton, AL and Mark Stokes of Steens, MS were the big winners in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. Clifton and Stokes each doubled up with a pair of wins. Clifton remains undefeated with five wins in five starts.

All five of Clifton ’s wins have come at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton , AL , where he posted win number four on Saturday night, and then recorded a series-leading win number five on Monday night. Both of Stokes’ wins came in Columbus , MS at two different tracks. Stokes won Saturday night at Columbus Speedway , and on Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway .

The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS continues to lead the West Region points chase with 412 points, followed by Herman Reynolds of Laurel, MS with 341 points. Chris Griffin of Flomaton, AL is third with 315 points, and fourth is his teammate Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL with 313 points.

Heath Gibson of Brewton, AL is fifth with 308 points, and Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS is sixth with 292 points. Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is seventh with 287, and Micha McCall of Flomaton, AL is eighth with 273 points. Seth Gransberry of Century, FL is ninth with 256 points, and Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS rounds out the top ten in the West Region with 243 points.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action over the weekend, Danny Joe Thomas of Foley , AL took his second series win of the season on Saturday night at A1 Raceway in Slidell , MS . Michael Blount of Stamfall, MS was a first time winner on Friday night at Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg , MS , and Chad Thrash of Meridian , MS was also a first time series winner on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian , MS .

Richard Stephens of Phenix City, AL continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region with 462 points, and has a 72-point lead over Larry Harrod of Plains, GA, who has 392 points.

Adam Martin of Talladega, AL picked up his first win of the season on May 17 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga , AL after five second-place finishes. Martin has climbed to third in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region standings with 382 points. Stephens and Harrod have 11 and 10 starts respectively, while Martin has eight starts.

Anthony Meadows of Lanett, AL picked up his fourth NeSmith Chevrolet WRS East Region wins of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City , AL , and is fourth in the East Region standings with 371 points in nine starts. Jimmy Elkins Jr. of Talladega, AL is fifth with 366 points.

Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL is sixth with 354 points after his best finish of the season, a third-place showing on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway . Edge is now tied with Brian Ponder of Talladega , AL for the sixth spot.

The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Logan Yates of Delta, AL took his second win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track, and is eighth in the East Region standings with 344 points. Blake Stewart of Centre, AL is ninth with 339 points.

Dillon Crim of Eastaboga, AL and Marc Gooden of Lafayette, AL are tied for the tenth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region, each with 322 points. Penton Raceway in Penton, AL was rained out on Friday night, and Fort Payne Motor Speedway in Fort Payne , AL was rained out with 22 cars their pit area on Monday 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 5/26/08 :

WEST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	PTS	RACES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	22	Lucky Keeton	412	9	4	7	7
2	9	Herman Reynolds	341	9		4	6
3	25c	Chris Griffin	315	8	1	6	8
4	25	Josh Huss	313	8	1	6	6
5	8h	Heath Gibson	308	8		5	8
6	07	Talbert Goldman	292	7	1	5	5
7	47	Shannon Lee	287	7		6	7
8	3m	Micha McCall	273	8		2	6
9	3g	Seth Gransberry	256	8			6
10	760	Jim McDuffie	243	6	2	3	3
11	27	Larry Murphy	240	6		3	4
12	44	Roger Rolison	238	6		3	5
13	30	Mark Clifton	236	5	5	5	5
14	2t	Tootie Arnold	232	6		2	5
15	53	Wade Cole	231	6		3	6
16	9	Ed Guidry	221	6		1	5
17	21	Ben McCreary	216	5		3	4
18	7	Mike Shirley	214	7			1
19	88	Tracy Sutton	212	5		4	5
20	247	Spanky Sexton	207	6			4

EAST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	PTS	RACES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	00	Richie Stephens	462	11	3	8	11
2	27	Larry Harrod	392	10	1	5	8
3	47	Adam Martin	382	8	1	8	8
4	31	Anthony Meadows	371	9	4	7	7
5	07	Jimmy Elkins Jr.	366	8	2	7	8
6	18	Chase Edge	354	10		4	9
7	29	Brian Ponder	354	8	1	6	8
8	5	Logan Yates	344	8	2	4	8
9	04	Blake Stewart	339	8	2	5	6
10	7c	Dillon Crim	322	9		3	5
11	52	Marc Gooden	322	9		4	6
12	18	Landon Sims	301	9		1	4
13	55	Montana Dudley	290	9			6
14	54	Greg Chumley	282	8		2	4
15	17h	Cameron Heath	268	9			1
16	7	Terrance Nowell	264	6	2	5	5
17	K9	Dana Eiland