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Roby Helm
MERIDIAN, Miss. (September 3) - Cliff Williams of Star, MS will start the Ware Construction Trak-Star on the pole position for the $5,000-to-win NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Tour NOS Energy Drink 75 on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park. Williams won the first 12-lap Heat Race on Friday night to claim the inside front row starting spot.
Earlier on Friday night, Williams was the fast qualifier among the 38 entrants with a lap around the Whynot Motorsports Park 3/8-mile clay oval in 13.634 seconds during the Fish Depot Qualifications to earn $250 and the pole position for the first of four Friday night 12-lap heat races that transferred the top four finishers in each heat to the Saturday night main event.
Larry Harrod of Plains, GA drove the Harrod Logging Scorpion to victory in the second heat race to earn the outside front row starting spot for the NOS Energy Drink 75. Justin McRee of Tuscaloosa, AL won the third heat race in the Century Dedicated, Inc. Trak-Star and will start the big show from the inside of the second row.
"Chargin' Charlie" Henderson of Cottondale, AL won the fourth heat race, and starts the main event from the outside of the second row in the Century Dedicated, Inc. Mastersbilt alongside his teammate McRee.
The third row of the main event will consist of 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA in the Bryson Motorsports Pro 1 by Brindle and Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS in the Bo Haarala Autoplex GRT, who finished second in the first two heat races.
Row four of the starting grid for the NOS Energy Drink 75 will have the second-place finishers in heats three and four respectively with Rodney Wing of Meridian, MS in the NOS Energy Drink Trak-Star on the inside and Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS in the TJC Mortgage/Maximum Signs and Graphics Mastersbilt on the outside.
The third-place finishers in the four heat races will make up rows five and six for the main event. Mike Boland of Cuba, AL in the Strength Center Trak-Star starts on the inside of row five with Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS on the outside in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS starts the H.E. Mosley, Inc. Trak-Star on the inside of row six and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA will line up on the outside of row six in the Turner Excavating DWB. Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL finished fourth in the first heat to earn the inside seventh row starting spot in the Clarence's Truck Repair GRT.
The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion and current point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS took the fourth spot in heat two and will start the big show from the 14th starting spot in the 78 Towing and Recovery/Bryson Motorsports Victory Circle.
The three-time and defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS starts the Boland Performance Trak-Star on the inside of the eighth row after finishing fourth in the third heat, and Todd Morrow of Old Fort, TN rounds out the "Sweet 16" after a fourth-place finish in the fourth heat driving the A&K Cab DWB.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races will have another opportunity to make the 24-car starting field for the NOS Energy Drink 75 in one of two B-Main Races on Saturday night that will take the top three finishers in each B-Main to fill in the 17th through 22nd starting spots. The 23rd and 24th starting spots are Provisional spots reserved for the top 15 in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point standings.
Top 15 drivers still on the outside looking in are Chris McElhenney of Lake, MS (7th), Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS (8th), Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS (9th), Chris Ragan of Ramer, TN (14th), and Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS (15th).
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.
HEAT RACES (12 Laps - Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. C. Williams; 2. Brindle; 3. Boland; 4. Nowell; 5. Tollison; 6. Ratcliff; 7. Lawson; 8. Arnold; 9. Skinner; 10. Hickman DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. Harrod (R); 2. Murphy; 3. Lee (R); 4. Cooley; 5. McElhenney; 6. Minga; 7. Flurry; 8. Ames; 9. Smith; 10. Blount (R) DNS.
3RD HEAT: 1. McRee; 2. Wing; 3. McDuffie; 4. Keeton; 5. Ragan; 6. Ellis (R); 7. Maher; 8. Haney; 9. Edge.
4TH HEAT: 1. C. Henderson (R); 2. Stokes; 3. Turner; 4. Morrow; 5. Rolison; 6. Huss; 7. K. Henderson; 8. Wilson; 9. W. Williams.
"SWEET 16" FEATURE RACE LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
4 Cliff Williams - 27 Larry Harrod
ROW 2:
25 Justin McRee - 88 Charlie Henderson (R)
ROW 3:
38b Chip Brindle - 27m Larry Murphy
ROW 4:
118 Rodney Wing - 1 Johnny Stokes
ROW 5:
222 Mike Boland - 47 Shannon Lee (R)
ROW 6:
760 Jim McDuffie - 77 Matthew Turner
ROW 7:
55 Terrance Nowell - 33c Eric Cooley
ROW 8:
22 Lucky Keeton - T1 Todd Morrow
B-MAIN LINE UPS:
1ST B-MAIN:
327 Jamie Tollison - C16 Chris Ragan
48 Tody Ratcliff - 73 Evan Ellis (R)
69 Tony Lawson - 1m Kevin Maher
28a Michael Arnold - 14 Casey Haney
00m Monte Skinner - 18 Chase Edge
H3 Kayne Hickman
2ND B-MAIN:
28 Chris McElhenney - 44 Roger Rolison
19 Marcus Minga - 25x Josh Huss
F1 Scott Flurry - 4 Kevin Henderson
77a Dylan Ames - 10 Chris Wilson
J88 Jered Smith - 4w Wiley Williams
121 Michael Blount (R)
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 4w Cliff Williams Star, MS Trak Star 13.638 13.634 13.634
2 27 Larry Harrod - R Plains, GA Scorpion 13.717 13.737 13.717
3 25 Justin McRee Tuscaloosa, AL Trak Star 13.847 13.751 13.751
4 88 Charlie Henderson - R Cottondale, AL Mastersbilt 13.875 13.934 13.875
5 38b Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA Pro 1 13.946 13.876 13.876
6 47 Shannon Lee - R Lumberton, MS Trak-Star 13.992 13.903 13.903
7 760 Jim McDuffie Meridian, MS Trak Star 13.985 14.130 13.985
8 44 Roger Rolison Meridian, MS GRT 14.405 14.000 14.000
9 222 Mike Boland Cuba, AL Trak Star 14.091 14.008 14.008
10 27m Larry Murphy Meridian, MS GRT 14.017 14.346 14.017
11 118 Rodney Wing Meridian, MS Trak Star 14.152 14.043 14.043
12 T1 Todd Morrow Old Fort, TN DWB 14.147 14.059 14.059
13 327 Jamie Tollison Kosciusko, MS Trak Star 14.223 14.087 14.087
14 33c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS Victory Circle 14.175 14.108 14.108
15 22 Lucky Keeton Toomsuba, MS Trak Star 14.614 14.109 14.109
16 1 Johnny Stokes Columbus, MS Mastersbilt 14.252 14.112 14.112
17 55 Terrance Nowell Phenix City, AL GRT 14.192 14.113 14.113
18 28 Chris McElhenney Lake, MS Trak Star 14.125 14.182 14.125
19 c16 Chris Ragan Ramer, TN Trak Star 14.152 14.387 14.152
20 77 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA DWB 14.201 14.191 14.191
21 9 Michael Arnold Hattiesburg, MS GRT 14.191 NT 14.191
22 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS Rocket 14.379 14.386 14.379
23 73 Evan Ellis - R Plantersville, MS Trak Star 14.530 14.397 14.397
24 25 Josh Huss Flomaton, AL TNT 14.559 14.402 14.402
25 00m Monte Skinner Saraland, AL TNT 14.641 14.456 14.456
26 F1 Scott Flurry Aberdeen, MS GRT 14.555 14.691 14.555
27 1m Kevin Maher McDavid, FL GRT 14.563 14.655 14.563
28 4w Wiley Williams Stonewall, MS GRT 14.694 14.599 14.599
29 48 Tody Ratcliff Meridian, MS Trak Star 14.690 14.621 14.621
30 77a Dylan Ames Harvest, AL Rocket 14.624 14.809 14.624
31 18 Chase Edge Lafayette, AL Mastersbilt 14.889 14.657 14.657
32 4 Kevin Henderson Cottondale, AL Trak Star 15.053 14.682 14.682
33 H3 Kayne Hickman Soddy Daisy, TN Warrior 14.947 14.701 14.701
34 J88 Jered Smith Hazlehurst, MS Trak Star 14.947 14.765 14.765
35 14 Casey Haney Meridian, MS GRT 14.856 14.929 14.856
36 10 Chris Wilson Crossville, TN GRT 14.947 15.261 14.947
37 69 Tony Lawson Laurel, MS Rocket 14.947 15.066 14.947
38 121 Michael Blount - R Sumrall, MS Trak Star NT NT NT
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