Points Races Heat Up In Nesmith Chevy Racing Series

Phenix City, Alabama's Russ Ogletree took the NeSmith series win at New Senoia Raceway Saturday night. It marked his fourth win of the season. Photo courtesy Francis Hauke/22fstops.com

The top two drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region, Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS and Duke Palasini of Leland, MS, took wins in Week 21 action, and Jimmy Elkins Jr. of Talladega, AL used a Week 21 win to take over the point lead in the Old Man’s Garage (OMG) East Region.

McDuffie grabbed his series leading tenth win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS driving the H.E. Mosley, Inc. Trak-Star.  The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion was able to net one point to bring his best 14-week total to 795.

Palasini drove the Palasini Farms Special to his ninth win of the season on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS.  Palasini netted nine points to bring his best 14-week total to 783 points, and is now 12 points behind McDuffie with six weeks left in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season.  Both McDuffie and Palasini can still earn perfect point totals of 800.

Elkins picked up his fifth win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL to net four points and take over the point lead in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Old Man’s Garage (OMG) East Region standings with a total of 786 points.  Elkins now holds a three-point lead over Adam Gauldin of Talladega, AL.

Gauldin finished fourth on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track to net one point on his best 14-week Regional point total.  Elkins and Gauldin went into the race tied for the point lead in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS OMG East Region standings.  Both drivers have five wins on the season.

Two drivers made big gains in the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings.  Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS used 25 Regional Bonus Points with his fourth straight night of racing on Saturday night at Greenville Speedway to climb from sixth to third in the West Region standings with a best 14-week total of 758 points.

Landon Frith of Terry, MS is fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with a best 14-week point total of 750.  Frith is one of four drivers that can still compete for the runner-up spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings.

Justin McRee of Tuscaloosa, AL still has a mathematical chance to win the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Championship.  McRee is currently fifth with 746 points, but can still earn 25 Regional Bonus Points to reach the maximum of 100.  Randy Boyd of Marion, MS is sixth with 745 points.

Bubba Harrison of Cleveland, MS used his final week to earn full points in reaching the 14-week mark, plus 25 Regional Bonus Points with his fourth straight night of racing at Greenville Speedway, to vault from the 17th spot to seventh in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings.  Harrison has now accumulated 740 points.

Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS finished second to McDuffie on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park to net eight points and holds the eighth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings with 733 points.  Arnold can still earn another 25 Regional Bonus Points before he reaches the maximum of 100.

Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS is ninth in the West Region standings with 727 points, and he can still earn another 25 Regional Bonus Points.  Chandler Petty of Austin, AR rounds out the top ten of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 717 points.

Tim Dees of Meridian, MS took his first win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS driving the Pee Wee’s Performance Muffler GRT.  The victory put Dees in a position to climb back into the top ten of the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS West Region standings.  Dees is 18th in the West Region standings with 669 points and can still earn 25 Regional Bonus Points.

The Friday night NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region event schedule for Malden Speedway in Malden, MO was rained out.

Trailing Elkins and Gauldin in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Old Man’s Garage (OMG) East Region standings is Mike Combs of Odenville, AL in the third spot with 750 points.  Doug Ludwig of Grantville, GA is fourth with 738 points.

Russ Ogletree of Phenix City, AL took his fourth win of the season on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway in Senoia, GA driving the Northeast Alabama Audiology Special to move up to the fifth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS OMG East Region standings with 737 points.  Ogletree is a title contender, as he can still earn another 25 Regional Bonus Points.

Brian Ponder of Talladega, AL is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet WRS OMG East Region standings with 735 points, and Ryan King of Anniston, AL is seventh with 705 points.  Kevin Maher of McDavid, FL is eighth with 689 points, and Maddox Mullinax of Birmingham, AL is ninth with 682 points.

Tod Darda of LaGrange, GA finished second behind Ogletree on Saturday night at New Senoia Raceway to move up to the tenth spot in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage (OMG) East Region standings with 673 points.  Darda is an OMG East Region title contender, as he still has two more weeks to full points before reaching the 14-week mark.

With six weeks to go in the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season, the championship scenarios will be outlined for both regions on Thursday in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 22 Preview.

Dee’s win gave the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge point leader and three-time champion GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, AR their 51st win of the season.

The defending and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge Champion Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, AL scored a Week 21 win from McDuffie to stay within four points of the point leader.  Trak-Star Race Cars now has 47 wins in the second spot.

Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, WV remains in the third spot of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge standings with 14 points.  Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, TN is fourth in the standings with one win.

Also participating in the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers Challenge and still looking for their first win of the season are TNT Race Cars of Piney Flats, TN and Stinger Race Cars built by J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment of Rockford, TN.

For a complete rundown of the 2011 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the West Region and the Old Man’s Garage (OMG) East Regions visit the Points page of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series web site at www.nesmithracing.com.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 8/20/11 

WEST REGION

POS

CAR #

DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10

1

760

Jim McDuffie

795

23

10

20

22

2

V8

Duke Palasini

783

15

9

13

13

3

J8

Bobby Jordan

758

21

1

10

18

4

711

Landon Frith

750

22

2

9

18

5

25

Justin McRee

746

19

6

12

15

6

118

Randy Boyd

745

18

1

10

12

7

56

Bubba Harrison

740

15

6

13

8

8

Michael Arnold

733

23

1

13

20

9

27

Larry Murphy

727

17

1

11

12

10

47

Chandler Petty

717

21

7

16

19

11

F5

Lamar Furr

709

16

2

7

11

12

46

Kenny Carpenter

705

15

3

10

13

110

Brent Barrett

701

20

1

8

11

14

C55

David Carpenter

692

16

1

4

6

15

69

Tony Lawson

687

16

1

5

11

16

4w

Wiley Williams

686

16

3

12

17

09

Daniel Bridgeman

673

19

4

8

18

11

Tim Dees

669

21

1

2

6

19

J88

Jared Smith

666

14

4

11

20

17k

Cody Kierre

664

15

1

14

15

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OLD MAN’S GARAGE (OMG) EAST REGION

POS

CAR #

DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10

1

07

Jimmy Elkins Jr.

786

20

5

15

15

2

17

Adam Gauldin

783

19

5

16

19

3

5

Mike Combs

750

18

10

15

4

27

Doug Ludwig

738

17

14

16

5

88

Russ Ogletree

737

14

4

12

13

6

29

Brian Ponder

735

18

7

17

7

55

Ryan King

705

18

3

10

15

8

1

Kevin Maher

689

16

7

14

15

9

57

Maddox Mullinax

682

17

1

5

10

91

Tod Darda

673

12

7

12

12

11

16

Trey White

671

15

5

13

12

16

Ken Pate

661

16

6

13

H2

Brett Holmes

654

16

3

14

30

Chris Griffin

650

15

11

14

15

T11

Troy Tyson

603

13

2

10

16

41

Todd Watson

580

12

1

8

12

17

25

Josh Huss

561

13

2

10

13

18

18

Chase Edge

551

13

5

9

12

19

F97

Red Farmer

548

12

2

11

20

3d

Mikey Donahoo

519

12

3

 

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 21 RESULTS 

WEST REGION 

August 19 

HATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK – HATTIESBURG, MS
1. 760 Jim McDuffie
2. 8 Michael Arnold
3. 34 Doug Sanchagrin
4. 47 Shannon Lee
5. 33 Sid Scarbrough
6. 1 Dallas Mozingo
7. 41 Al Kouhout
8. J18 Junior Williams
9. 115 Derrick Mackmer
10. 50 Landon Frith
11. 777 Allen McLemore
12. 21 Scott Ladner

MALDEN SPEEDWAY – MALDEN, MO
Rained Out

August 20

WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK – MERIDIAN, MS
1. 11 Tim Dees
2. 1s Jeremy Shaw
3. 118 Randy Boyd
4. 09 Daniel Bridgeman
5. 88 Larry Murphy
6. 18 Chase Edge
7. 69 Tony Lawson
8. 14 Casey Haney
9. J88 Jared Smith
10. 26 Joey Mullenix
11. 30 Chris Griffin
12. 13 Chad McCool
13. 36 Ray McKay
14. 39 Terry Lawson
15. 25 Justin McRee
16. 760 Jim McDuffie
17. 4 Wiley Williams
18. 72 Frank Wilson DNS
19. 25 Josh Huss DNS

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS
1. V8 Duke Palasini
2. 7e Bo Gordon
3. 8kv Robert Smith
4. 7 Eric Carr
5. 110 Brent Barrett
6. 17 Chad Washington
7. J8 Bobby Jordan
8. 56 Bubba Harrison
9. 88j Jason Michau
10. 7p Peter Hazzard
11. C55 David Carpenter
12. 47 Chandler Petty
13. 46 Kenny Carpenter
14. 38 A.C. Parker Jr.
15. 26 Glenn Craft
16. T8 Terry Shaw
17. 21 Drew McMahon
18. G3 Bill Mobley
19. 5 Richard Fedrick
20. 33 Wesley Brown
21. 95 Wesley Greene
22. 44 Peyton Wilkerson
23. 13 Johnny Sides DNS
24. 88 Howard Irby Jr. DNS
25. F5 Lamar Furr DNS

OLD MAN’S GARAGE (OMG) EAST REGION

August 20

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL
1. 07 Jimmy Elkins Jr.
2. T3 Todd Watson
3. 55 Ryan King
4. 17 Adam Gauldin
5. B97 Lee Burdett
6. 19 Gathan Burns
7. 30 Karl Parks
8. 5 Mike Combs
9. 29 Brian Ponder
10. F97 Red Farmer
11. 22 Carlton Freeman
12. H2 Bret Holmes
13. 16 Ken Pate
14. 57 Maddox Mullinax
15. 13 David Pettus
16. 44 Lain Hawk
17. 76 Nick Waugh
18. L2 Trent Thomas

NEW SENOIA RACEWAY – SENOIA, GA
1. 88 Russ Ogletree
2. 91 Tod Darda
3. 16 Trey White
4. T11 Troy Tyson
5. 27L Doug Ludwig
6. 33 Kyle Lowry
7. 888 Dennis Hale
8. 17 Richie Williams
9. 19 Todd Mitchell
10. 88w Matt Woodson

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