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NeSMITH
CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR JUNE 23
CARTERSVILLE, GA – Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS picked up a
pair of victories over the weekend during Week 13 of the NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series to move up to the second spot in the
West Region. Adam Martin
of Talladega,
AL
took his fourth win of the season to close up the points chase in the
East Region.
Lee was the winner on Friday night at
Southern Speedway
in
Hattiesburg
,
MS
,
and then traveled to Flomaton Speedway in
Flomaton
,
AL
on Saturday night where he captured his fourth West Region win of the
season. Lee now trails the
defending and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West
Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS by 62 points.
Keeton took the weekend off of West Region competition to race
with the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour in
Tuscumbia, AL and Columbus, MS. Keeton
picked up his fourth and final 10-point bonus for competing with the
National Tour. Lee has
only picked up 10 of the 40 bonus allowed.
Keeton and Lee both have 12 starts apiece.
Herman Reynolds of Laurel, MS is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet
Weekly Racing Series West Region points chase with 474 points in 13
starts. Josh Huss of
Flomaton, AL is fourth with 473 points in 12 starts, and Chris Griffin
of Flomaton, AL is fifth with 423 points in 11 starts.
The “perfect season” for Mark Clifton of
Brewton
,
AL
came to an end on Saturday night with Lee’s win at Flomaton
Speedway.
Clifton
was seven for seven in the win column going into Saturday night’s
Flomaton race, but had to settle for a fourth-place finish.
Clifton
is now sixth in the West Region standings with 363 points in eight
starts.
Tracy Sutton of Brewton, AL is seventh with 350 points in nine
starts, and Tootie Arnold of Meadville, MS is eighth with 348 points
in nine starts. Heath
Gibson of Brewton, AL is ninth with 342 points in nine starts, and
Micha McCall of Flomaton, AL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 341 points
in ten starts.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region
action over the weekend, Jim Bryant of
Leesville
,
LA
took his second straight win on Saturday night at
Pike
County
Speedway
in
McComb
,
MS
.
A1
Raceway
in Slidell, LA was rained out on Saturday night.
Martin was the winner on Saturday night at
Talladega
Short Track in
Eastaboga
,
AL
,
and rides in the second spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series East Region standings with 578 points in 12 starts.
Martin trails East Region point leader Richie Stephens of
Phenix City, AL by 102 points, but the point battle is much closer
than the numbers show.
Stephens grabbed his seventh NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series East Region win of the season on Friday night at Penton Raceway
in
Penton
,
AL
,
and followed that up with a third-place finish on Saturday night at
East
Alabama
Motor
Speedway
in
Phenix
City
,
AL
.
Stephens has 680 points in 17 starts, and is tied with
Clifton
for the most wins in the series with seven.
With a driver’s best 16 point finishes counting towards his
Regional point total, Stephens on Saturday night was able to throw out
a 34-point race on March 28, and replace it with the 46-point
fourth-place effort on Saturday night to net 12 points.
Martin, on the other hand, can still earn full points for four
more races. If he wins
each race with a field of 15 cars or more, it is possible for Martin
to earn up to 200 points. Neither
Stephens nor Martin has yet to cash in on earning any bonus points
that will be added on to their 16 best point finish total for entering
a National Touring event.
Blake Stewart of Centre, AL ran with the National Tour in
Tuscumbia, AL on Friday night to pick up 10 bonus points, and then
finished fifth on Saturday night in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series East Region action at Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL.
That moved Stewart up to the third spot in the East Region
standings with 561 points in 13 starts.
Brian
Ponder
of Talladega, AL is fourth with 558 points in 13 starts, and Jimmy
Elkins Jr. of Talladega, AL is fifth with 557 points in 13 starts.
Chase Edge of Lafayette, AL is sixth with 549 points in 17
starts, and Dillon Crim of Eastaboga, AL is seventh with 546 points in
15 starts.
Marc Gooden of Lafayette, AL is eighth in
the East Region points chase with 531 points in 15 starts, and Larry
Harrod of Plains, GA is ninth with 528 points in 13 starts.
Anthony Meadows of Lanett, AL rounds out the top ten of the
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 485
points in 12 starts.
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series East Region action over the weekend, Steve Barnett of
Franklin
,
IN
became a four-time series winner on Saturday night with a victory at
Brownstown Speedway in
Brownstown
,
IN.
William Thomas of Phenix City,
AL
scored his third win of the season on Saturday night at
East
Alabama
Motor
Speedway
.
Kenny Gaither of Talladega, AL was a first time series winner
on Saturday night at
Green
Valley
Speedway
.
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
6/21/08
:
WEST
REGION:
|
POS
|
CAR
#
|
DRIVER
|
PTS
|
RACES
|
WINS
|
TOP
5
|
TOP
10
|
|
1
|
22
|
Lucky
Keeton
|
549
|
12
|
5
|
9
|
10
|
|
2
|
47
|
Shannon
Lee
|
487
|
12
|
4
|
11
|
12
|
|
3
|
9
|
Herman
Reynolds
|
474
|
13
|
|
5
|
9
|
|
4
|
25
|
Josh
Huss
|
473
|
12
|
2
|
10
|
10
|
|
5
|
25c
|
Chris
Griffin
|
423
|
11
|
1
|
7
|
11
|
|
6
|
30
|
Mark
Clifton
|
363
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
8
|
|
7
|
88
|
Tracy
Sutton
|
350
|
9
|
|
7
|
8
|
|
8
|
2t
|
Tootie
Arnold
|
348
|
9
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
|
9
|
8h
|
Heath
Gibson
|
342
|
9
|
|
5
|
9
|
|
10
|
3m
|
Micha
McCall
|
341
|
10
|
|
3
|
7
|
|
11
|
07
|
Talbert
Goldman
|
336
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
6
|
|
12
|
21
|
Ben
McCreary
|
320
|
7
|
|
5
|
6
|
|
13
|
3g
|
Seth
Gransberry
|
311
|
10
|
|
|
6
|
|
14
|
247
|
Spanky
Sexton
|
308
|
9
|
|
1
|
7
|
|
15
|
77
|
Michael
Santangelo
|
294
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
|
16
|
9
|
Ed
Guidry
|
290
|
8
|
|
2
|
7
|
|
17
|
27
|
Larry
Murphy
|
286
|
7
|
|
4
|
5
|
|
18
|
44
|
Roger
Rolison
|
280
|
7
|
|
4
|
6
|
|
19
|
17
|
Silas
Martin
|
269
|
7
|
|
6
|
7
|
|
20
|
760
|
Jim
McDuffie
|
268
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
EAST
REGION:
|
POS
|
CAR
#
|
DRIVER
|
PTS
|
RACES
|
WINS
|
TOP
5
|
TOP
10
|
|
1
|
00
|
Richie
Stephens
|
680
|
17
|
7
|
13
|
17
|
|
2
|
47
|
Adam
Martin
|
578
|
12
|
4
|
12
|
12
|
|
3
|
04
|
Blake
Stewart
|
561
|
13
|
3
|
9
|
11
|
|
4
|
29
|
Brian Ponder
|
558
|
13
|
1
|
8
|
13
|
|
5
|
07
|
Jimmy
Elkins Jr.
|
557
|
13
|
2
|
9
|
13
|
|
6
|
18
|
Chase
Edge
|
549
|
17
|
|
6
|
12
|
|
7
|
7c
|
Dillon
Crim
|
546
|
15
|
|
6
|
10
|
|
8
|
52
|
Marc
Gooden
|
531
|
15
|
|
7
|
12
|
|
9
|
27
|
Larry
Harrod
|
528
|
13
|
1
|
8
|
11
|
|
10
|
31
|
Anthony
Meadows
|
485
|
12
|
4
|
10
|
10
|
|
11
|
5
|
Logan
Yates
|
482
|
11
|
3
|
6
|
11
|
|
12
|
K9
|
Dana
Eiland
|
465
|
11
|
|
8
|
11
|
|
13
|
18
|
Landon
Sims
|
451
|
13
|
|
1
|
8
|
|
14
|
54
|
Greg
Chumley
|
412
|
11
|
|
5
|
7
|
|
15
|
k17
|
Corey
Korreckt
|
402
|
11
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
|
16
|
55
|
Montana
Dudley
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