Chase Washington scored two NeSmith Chevy Dirt Late Model Series wins over the weekend, reaching victory lane at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park and Jackson Motor Speedway. Photo by Lisa Worrell
Week 5 of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series action saw Chase Washington of Houlka, MS pick up two wins in the Jerry Inmon Racing Special and Tony Lawson of Laurel, MS use Bonus Points to grab the lead in the series point standings driving the Lawson Construction Special.
Washington took his first win of the weekend by topping a 17-car field at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS. Washington followed that up with a win over an 18-car field on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS. Washington has competed in four of the five weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition and now has four wins.
Lawson finished fourth on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park for his fifth Top 5 finish of the season, and then traveled to Albany Motor Speedway in Albany, GA on Saturday to pick up 25 Bonus Points for competing in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring event. Lawson now has accumulated 283 points.
Jeremy Shaw picked up his third NeSmith Chevy WRS win of the season on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway. Photo by Foto 1 Photo
Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL is second in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings, just ten points behind Lawson after taking his third win of the season on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star.
Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS, the 2011 and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion, finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in the McDuffie Racing Trak-Star and is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Standings with 270 points.
Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 264 points in the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star, and his teammate Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS is fifth with 261 points. Arnold finished second on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in the Billy Riels Racing/Reynolds Motorsports GRT.
Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 260 points after a third-place finish on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS driving the Custom Spraying, Inc. GRT. Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS has a third Billy Riels Racing team car in the Top Ten of the standings, and is seventh with 256 points.
Ladner is tied for the seventh spot with Ryan King of Seymour, TN, who drove the Brian King Roofing Stinger to a third-place finish on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN. Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS is ninth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with 255 points. Blount picked up 50 Bonus Points by competing in the Albany, GA Touring events on Friday night and Saturday night in the Lamar Auto Salvage Special.
Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS rounds out the Top Ten of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings after five weeks of competition with 253 points. Jordan finished second on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway driving the Henderson Waste & Recycling Trak-Star.
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series officials adjusted the Bonus Points system in that drivers may earn 25 Bonus Points for each four consecutive weeks of competition at any NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series sanctioned track. This change was made because many NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series tracks are running limited schedules this season.
Mickey Trosclair drove to his fifth straight NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS. Photo courtesy Pike County Speedway
In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 5 action, David Crabtree of Maryville, TN drove the Smoky Mountain Brewery Special to victory on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway. Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA took his fifth straight win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS with a 40-point win in the J. Dunning Sandblasting and Paint Special.
Robby Moore of Brosley, MO picked up his second win of the season on Saturday night at West Plains Motor Speedway driving the D&K Truck Repair Special. Chris Noah of Rainbow City, AL drove the Stephen’s Express Mart Special to his second win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL.
Eric Baggett of Dublin, GA was the winner on Saturday night at 441 Speedway in Dublin, GA driving the Baggett Racing Special. The 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Runner-Up Duke Palasini of Leland, MS took his second straight win at Greenville Speedway on Saturday night driving the Palasini Farms Special.
With Shaw’s win, Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL kept its streak alive of winning at least one race in the first five weeks of NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition. Two-time Champion Trak-Star Race Cars leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point standings with 10 wins on the season.
The defending and four-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR is second with three wins in the first five weeks of competition.
The complete NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings can be found on the Points Page at nesmithracing.com on the Weekly Racing Series web site.
For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit nesmithracing.com.
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
April 27-28, 2012
April 27
HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS
1. 38 Chase Washington
2. 1s Jeremy Shaw
3. 760 Jim McDuffie
4. 69 Tony Lawson
5. 22 Noah Daspit
6. 47L Scott Ladner
7. 8 Owen Stockstill
8. 93 Jake Knight
9. 47 Shannon Lee
10. 115 Derrick Mackmer
11. 00 Allen Netherland
12. F47 Mike Farmer
13. 7 Bryan Foy
14. S16 Ashley Stockstill
15. 22w David Weems
16. 747 Michael Arnold DNS
17. 521 Mickey Trosclair DNS
April 28
411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY – SEYMOUR, TN
1. C5 David Crabtree
2. B00 Josh Henry
3. 30 Ryan King
4. 73 Trevor Sise
5. 79c Marty Calloway
6. 7 Robby Moses
7. 169 Stone Fuller
8. 42 Wes Tilley
9. 7p Terry Poore
10. 1 Curtis Thomas
11. Brad Seagle
12. 19 Tony Lindsey
13. J1 Johnny Phillips
14. 68 Andy Ogle
15. 23 Cory Hedgecock
16. 1L Dylan Lowe
17. 25 Justin Beeler
COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
1. 1s Jeremy Shaw
2. 33c Eric Cooley
3. 73 Evan Ellis
4. 91 Billy Tedford
5. 27 Hunter Carroll
6. 2 Mark Stokes
7. 31 Blake Koenigsberger
8. 2s Kyle Shaw
9. 39 Johnny Smith
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11. 17 Matt Bollinger
12. 33 Justin Carter
13. 2r Lee Ray
PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS
1. 521 Mickey Trosclair
2. 2T Tootie Arnold
3. 50 Joey Credidio
4. 9 Mike Haralson
5. 777 Alan McLemore
6. 2 Doug Todd
7. 62 David Brown DNS
WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY – WEST PLAINS, MO
1. 66 Robby Moore
2. 18 Roger Witt
3. 17k Cody Kierre
4. K7 Kevin Collins
5. 4a Mike Atchison
6. 74 Matt Stacy
7. 30-30 Tim Winchester
8. 14c Jerry Croney DNS
JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS
1. 38 Chase Washington
2. 747 Michael Arnold
3. 09 Daniel Bridgeman
4. J88 Jered Smith
5. 4r Neil Lee
6. K1 Randy King
7. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
8. 33 Sid Scarbrough
9. 93 Jake Knight
10. 47 Shannon Lee
11. 4j Josh Banes
12. 11 Tim Dees
13. 44 Brett White
14. 22w David Weems
15. 00c J.D. Pass
16. 711 Steve Bynum
17. 01 Nick Thrash
18. 2 Tyler Burgess DNS
TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
1. 45 Chris Noah
2. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
3. 55 Ryan King
4. 5 Logan Yates
5. H2 Bret Holmes
6. 17 Adam Gauldin
7. 1g Grant Pearl
8. 5 Mike Combs
9. 16 Ken Pate
10. 30 Karl Parks
11. 19 Colton Miller
12. 71 Justin Knighten
13. F97 Red Farmer
14. 15 Jason Britton
15. 3d Mikey Donahoo
16. 242 John Biles
17. 57 Maddox Mullinax
441 SPEEDWAY – DUBLIN, GA
1. 27 Eric Baggett
2. 55 Montana Dudley
3. 12 Eric Register
4. 42 Chris Usry
5. C4 Brad Comer
6. 47 Brian Addy
7. 39 Blake Smith
8. 5 Shannon Graham
9. 96 Jak Kicklighter
10. 12b Matt Baker
11. 47j Tuffy Johnson
12. 23 Donnie Nolan
GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
1. V8 Duke Palasini
2. J8 Bobby Jordan
3. 110 Brent Barrett
4. 46 Kenny Carpenter
5. C55 David Carpenter
6. 17 Chad Washington
7. 56 Bubba Harrison
8. 88j Jason Michau
9. 7p Peter Hazzard
10. F5 Lamar Furr
11. 12 Cale Ainsworth
12. 7d Brent Dillon
13. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
14. 88 Howard Irby Jr.
15. 26 Glenn Craft
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