Early Point Battles Shape Up In NeSmith Weekly Series

Joey Thomas scored the NeSmith Weekly Racing Series victory at East Alabama Motor Speedway Saturday night. Photo courtesy East Alabama Motor Speedway

After Week 2 of the 2012 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, there is still a three-way tie for the point lead, as the top three drivers have a win and a second-place finish to tally 99 points after the first two weeks of the season.  Just five points separate the Top 10 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings.

Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS started off the weekend with a victory on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.  That followed up a second-place finish in Week 1 competition for “The General” to bring his point total to 99.

Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL grabbed a second-place finish on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS to go with a Week 1 win and bring his point total to 99.

The 2011 and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS also has a total of 99 points to share the top of the points list.  McDuffie finished second on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS where he had a Week 1 victory.

Justin McRee of Cottonwood, AL took the win on Saturday night over a 23-car field at Whynot Motorsports Park.  That moved “J-Mac” up to the fourth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings with 98 points after a third-place finish in Week 1 competition.

Scott Ladner of Lumberton, MS has a pair of Ttop 5 finishes to settle into the fifth spot with 96 points, while Ryan King of Seymour, TN and Shay Knight of Columbus, MS share the sixth spot with 95 points apiece.  King and both have a pair of top 5 finishes.

Blake Koenigsberger of Columbus, MS drove to victory on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway to move into a three-way tie for the eighth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings with Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN and Hunter Carroll of Columbus, MS at 94 points apiece.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 2 action, Anthony White of Clinton, TN was awarded the win on Saturday night at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, TN after apparent winner David Crabtree of Maryville, TN failed the post-race technical inspection with unapproved valve springs.

Adam Gauldin of Talladega, AL took the win on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, and Joey Thomas of Seale, AL was the winner on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL.

Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA took his second straight win on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS.  The victory was a 40-point win for Trosclair, as the car count was less than eight.  Chris O’Connor of Cantonment, FL also posted a 40-point win on Saturday night at Deep South Speedway in Loxley, AL.

Friday night NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition at Malden Speedway in Malden, MO was rained out.  The complete NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings can be found at nesmithracing.com on the Weekly Racing Series web site.

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
April 6-7, 2012

April 6

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS
1. 47 Shannon Lee
2. 47L Scott Ladner
3. 69 Tony Lawson
4. 115 Derrick Mackmer
5. G33 Greg Dedwylder
6. 121 Michael Blount
7. 0 Allen Netherland
8. 33 Sid Scarbrough
9. 22 David Weems
10. 41 Al Kouhout
11. 747 Michael Arnold
12. 79 Terry Lawson

MALDEN SPEEDWAY – MALDEN, MO
Rained Out

April 7

411 MOTOR SPEEDWAY – SEYMOUR, TN
1. 2x Anthony White
2. 30 Ryan King
3. 73 Trevor Sise
4. 79c Marty Calloway
5. 169 Stone Fuller
6. 23 Cory Hedgecock
7. 7 Robby Moses
8. 31 Brad Seagle
9. 98 Kendall White
10. B00 Brent Hensley
11. 19 Tony Lindsey
12. 42 Wes Tilley
13. C5 David Crabtree DQ
14. 40 Justin Summers DQ

COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
1. 31 Blake Koenigsberger
2. 1s Jeremy Shaw
3. 3 Shay Knight
4. F5 Lamar Furr
5. 27 Hunter Carroll
6. 88j Jason Michau
7. J8 Bobby Jordan
8. 7 Eric Carr
9. 96 Trey Rickman
10. 25b Ricky Boyles

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
1. 17 Adam Gauldin
2. 55 Ryan King
3. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
4. H2 Bret Holmes
5. 27 Brad Berry
6. 1g Clark Gary
7. F97 Red Farmer
8. 16 Ken Pate
9. 57 Maddox Mullinax
10. 86 David Passmore Jr.
11. 2 Tyler Hurst
12. 3d Mikey Donahoo

PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY – McCOMB, MS
1. 521 Mickey Trosclair
2. 711 Steve Bynum
3. 777 Alan McLemore
4. 22 David Weems
5. 62 David Brown

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS
1. 25 Justin McRee
2. 760 Jim McDuffie
3. K1 Randy King
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 8 Mike Palasini
6. 110 Brent Barrett
7. 232 Jamey Boland
8. 09 Daniel Bridgeman
9. 48 Tody Ratcliff
10. 747 Michael Arnold
11. 7e Eric Pollan
12. 75p Phillip Stanley
13. 11 Tim Dees
14. G33 Greg Dedwylder
15. 00c J.D. Pass
16. 27 Larry Murphy
17. 01 Nick Thrash
18. 00 Rick Hassell
19. 4 Wiley Williams
20. 118 Randy Boyd
21. 121 Michael Blount
22. 2 Tyler Burgess
23. 34 Doug Sanchagrin DNS

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL
1. 90 Joey Thomas
2. 27 Larry Harrod
3. 3 Cody Smith
4. 99.3 Joey Eiland
5. 14 Pat Wall
6. 34 Chad Wallace
7. 44 Scott Prins
8. 99 J.R. Mosley
9. 5 Thomas Lewis
10. 66k Dylan Knowles DNS

DEEP SOUTH SPEEDWAY – LOXLEY, AL
1. 03 Chris O’Connor
2. 00 Monte Skinner
3. 4 Scott Land
4. 02 Stephen Brantley

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/7/12:

The tokens can be a lot of things from praises to stickers and charts. It’s known that the World’s Strongest Acaihave been consumed both during photo shoots, exclusive dinners and at hip night clubs around the world. It has the power to sildenafil discount cure the problem of blood pressure can lead to erectile Dysfunction. Mental stunning results once the mental abilities are briefly disoriented by overproduction from an excessive amount of input-for example, a strike to the major nerve.