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August 6, 2012

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR AUGUST 6

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 19 competition in the 2012 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season saw the Top 10 drivers in the point standings tighten up to within 52 points of each other, with just nine points separating the Top 6, for the $10,000 championship with eight weeks to go in the season.

Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA won his 20th and 21st races of the season, but he saw his point lead shrink to just three points.  Trosclair dedicated his two Week 19 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series victories to his friend and crew member Kade Lavron, who lost his life in a motorcycle accident last week.

The first win for Trosclair came on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS, and then he followed that up with a 40-point win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS driving the J. Dunning Sandblasting and Painting Special.  Trosclair was able to net three points with Friday night’s win to bring his season total to 793 points.

Trosclair’s point total is represented by 100 Bonus points, ten 50 point wins, two 49-point second-place finishes, one 48-point third-place finish, and one 47-point fourth-place finish making up his best 14-week point totals.  Trosclair is seven points away from a perfect score of 800 points.

Chase Washington of Houlka, MS drove the Jerry Inmon Racing Special to a second-place finish on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS to net five points that brought his best 14-week point total to 790 points.  Washington has 100 Bonus Points, seven 50-point wins, four 49-point second-place finishes, and three 48-point second-place finishes in his best 14-week point total.

Duke Palasini of Leland, MS earned 47 points in his 14th week of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition on Saturday night with a fourth-place finish driving the Palasini Farms Special at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.  That vaulted the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region Runner-Up to the third spot in the standings with 785 points.

There is a three-way tie for the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings among Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL, Ryan King of Seymour, TN, and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, all with 784 points. 

Based on the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series tie-breaker system, Shaw is technically fourth, as he has eight wins, King is fifth with five wins, and Lee is sixth with four wins.  Shaw had his worst showing of the season in Week 19 with a 41-point finish outside the top ten in his 14th week of competition driving the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star.

King finished second on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN driving the Brian King Roofing Stinger to net three points.  Lee finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star to net one point.

Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS was able to net 24 points with a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park driving the Billy Riels Racing/Reynolds Motorsports GRT.  That brings Arnold’s best 14-week point total to 773, and the seventh spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings.

Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS finished third on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway driving the Custom Spraying GRT to net four points and hold the eighth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 769 points.

Bubba Harrison of Cleveland, MS picked up his second win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in the Robinson Electric GRT.  That netted Harrison nine points and moved him up to the ninth position in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 745 points.

Corey Hedgecock of Loudon, TN rounds out the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 741 points.  Hedgecock was able to net one point after a ninth-place finish on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway driving the Eagle Racing Engines Special.

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competitors will have a double opportunity to earn points during Week 20, as Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS will present double feature races this Saturday night.  The first feature will be a Week 11 make-up event, and the second feature will be for Week 20 points.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 19 action, Jimmy Cliburn of Jackson, MS took the $1,000 top prize with a win on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Cliburn Racing Special.  Greg Martin of Oliver Springs, TN drove the Biff Motorsports Special to his third win of the season on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway.

Thomas Lewis of Hamilton, GA picked up his second Nesmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL driving the Green’s Propane Gas Special.  Chad Wallace of LaGrange, GA drove the Wallace Construction GRT to his third win of the season on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL.

Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS picked up his fourth win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the McDuffie Racing Trak-Star.

Joe Forman of Mountain View, AR and Robby Moore of Brosley, MO took wins in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 19 competition at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO.  Forman took his first win of the season on Friday night driving the Sweet Caroline’s Antiques Special, and Moore drove the D&K Truck Repair Special to his fourth win of the season on Sunday afternoon.

Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN and Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL were both rained out on Saturday night.  Albany Motor Speedway in Albany, GA did not report their Week 19 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series results.

Wins from Harrison and Wallace gave the defending and four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR the point lead with a total of 25 wins on the season. 

McDuffie’s win gave two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL its 24th win of the season and keeping them a close second in the standings.  Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV is third with seven wins on the season.

Stinger Race Cars built by J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment of Rockford, TN is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with six wins on the season.  Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fifth with three wins, and TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN is 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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W POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 BONUS
14 1 521 Mickey Trosclair 793 28 21 27 27 100
14 2 38 Chase Washington 790 28 9 22 27 100
14 3 V8 Duke Palasini 785 14 7 14 14 100
14 4 1s Jeremy Shaw 784 23 8 21 21 100
14 5 30 Ryan King 784 21 5 18 18 100
14 6 47 Shannon Lee 784 25 4 21 25 100
14 7 747 Michael Arnold 773 22 1 16 17 100
14 8 110 Brent Barrett 769 21 1 14 17 100
14 9 56h Bubba Harrison 745 15 2 8 13 100
14 10 23 Cory Hedgecock 741 20 2 8 15 100
14 11 09 Daniel Bridgeman 740 17  7 15 100
14 12 J8 Bobby Jordan 738 17  7 10 100
14 13 79c Marty Calloway 733 19  8 17 100
14 14 73 Trevor Sise 722 16  6 13 100
13 15 H2 Bret Holmes 712 15 1 11 14 100
14 16 69 Tony Lawson 707 15  7 10 100
14 17 47L Scott Ladner 697 18  7 13 75
14 18 18 Roger Witt 688 15 6 11 15 50
14 19 17 Chad Washington 686 14  2 9 100
14 20 4a Mike Atchison 684 17  6 16 75

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 19 RESULTS:

August 3:

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
1. 23F Joe Forman
2. 66 Robby Moore
3. K7 Kevin Collins
4. 18 Roger Witt
5. 4a Mike Atchison
6. 14c Jerry Croney
7. 5 Randall Atchison
8. 15 John Aitken
9. 3x Steve Tarry

PENTON RACEWAY – PENTON, AL:
1. 34 Chad Wallace
2. 18 Chase Edge
3. K9 Dana Eiland
4. 18d Cord Dodgen
5. 17 N.B. Freeman
6. 0 Tim Peters
7. 22m Taylor Mitcham
8. 0 Joseph Darda

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 521 Mickey Trosclair
2. 747 Michael Arnold
3. 47 Shannon Lee
4. 96 Jeffrey Lawson
5. 121 Michael Blount
6. 3n Ronnie Graham
7. 47L Scott Ladner
8. 115 Derrick Mackmer
9. 16 Johnny Boteler
10. 38 Chase Washington
11. 22 Noah Daspit
12. 41 Al Kouhout
13. 1s Jeremy Shaw
14. 69 Tony Lawson DNS

August 4:
411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY – SEYMOUR, TN:
1. 24 Greg Martin
2. 30 Ryan King
3. 66 Adam Beeler
4. 98 Jason McCall
5. 79c Marty Calloway
6. 73 Trevor Sise
7. 92 Cory Cate
8. J1 Johnny Phillips
9. 23 Cory Hedgecock

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS:
1. 760 Jim McDuffie
2. 4 Wiley Williams
3. 48 Tody Ratcliff
4. 232 Jamey Boland
5. 110 Randy Boyd
6. 27 Larry Murphy
7. 11 Tim Dees
8. 75p Phillip Stanley
9. 2s Kyle Shaw
10. 000 Rick Hasselle
11. 44 Brett White
12. 21 Cody Martin
13. 01 Nick Thrash
14. 2 Tyler Burgess
15. 24 Ryan Oswalt
16. 73 Larry Havens
17. 1s Jeremy Shaw
18. 11h Hunter Holloway
19. 14 Casey Haney DNS

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 56 Bubba Harrison
2. J8 Bobby Jordan
3. 110 Brent Barrett
4. V8 Duke Palasini
5. 7p Peter Hazzard
6. 26 Glenn Craft
7. 11 Bill Mobley
8. 13 Johnny Sides
9. 33 Wesley Brown
10. 46 Kenny Carpenter
11. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
12. 17 Chad Washington
13. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
14. 82 Brad Wier

PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS:
1. 521 Mickey Trosclair
2. 00 Allen Netherland
3. 3n Ronnie Graham
4. 41w Jeremy Walker
5. 625 Joe Mask

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 88 Jimmy Cliburn
2. 38 Chase Washington
3. 747 Michael Arnold
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 4r Neil Lee
6. 09 Daniel Bridgeman
7. 14 Chase Inman
8. 24 Mark Tice
9. 93 Jake Knight
10. G33 Greg Dedwylder
11. 121 Michael Blount
12. 4j Josh Banes
13. 33 Sid Scarbrough
14. 711 Steve Bynum
15. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
16. 47L Scott Ladner
17. 2b Allen Sanders Jr.
18. 117 Sidney Bordelon
19. 22 David Weems
20. 00c J.D. Pass
21. 14 Robert Risher
22. 25 Justin McRee
23. J88 Jered Smith
24. 9 Mike Haralson

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 5 Thomas Lewis
2. 55 Montana Dudley
3. 18d Cord Dodgen
4. 14 Pat Wall
5. 6 Nick Biddle
6. 75 Brand Lewis
7. 40 Matt Cook
8. 7 Ivan Meeks
9. K9 Dana Eiland DNS
10. 90 Joey Thomas DNS
11. 27 Larry Harrod DNS

ALBANY MOTOR SPEEDWAY – ALBANY, GA:
Did Not Report

CLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS – ATWOOD, TN:
Rained Out

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
Rained Out

August 5:

WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO:
1. 66 Robby Moore
2. 11 Hunter Duren
3. 18 Roger Witt
4. K7 Kevin Collins
5. 23f Joe Forman
6. 14c Jerry Croney
7. 15 John Aitken
8. 4a Mike Atchison
9. 5 Randall Atchison
10. 7 Joe Payne DNS
11. 77 Gavin Landers DNS
12. 17k Cody Kierre