Photo Courtesy of Ron Skinner Photos

Photo Courtesy of Ron Skinner Photos

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Point leader Steve Pate of Heflin, AL picked up win number five on Saturday night in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 8 action at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Pate now has 338 points at the top of the National standings and holds a seven point lead over Branden Harris of Molino, FL.

In seven NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division races over seven weeks, Pate has five wins and seven top five finishes driving the Pate Racing Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Harris is in the second spot with 331 points after a fifth-place finish on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL driving the BH Built Bodies Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. Harris has one win, six top five finishes, and eight top ten finishes in eight races over seven weeks of NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competition.

Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL drove the Wilson Lumber Company Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to his sixth NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway. That moved Wilson up to the third spot in the standings with 329 points after six wins and eight top five finishes in nine races over seven weeks.

Howie Reeves of Crestview, FL is fourth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 321 points after seven top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over seven weeks. Reeves finished 12th on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway in the Howie’s Welding Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Jason Jarrell of Hattiesburg, MS took his fourth NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS driving the Jarrell Rigged Race Cars Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. Jarrell is fifth in the standings with 318 points after four wins, seven top five finish and eight top ten finishes in nine races over seven weeks.

Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA remains “Mr. Perfect” in NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competition after driving the Blaise Racing Chevrolet to his sixth win of the season on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway in Lacombe, LA. That gives Trosclair a perfect 300 points in six weeks of racing, and he is sixth in the point standings. Trosclair has run a seventh race where he finished second.

Spencer Hughes of Meridian, MS is another NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division title contender, as the 15-year-old driver raced to his sixth win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS driving the B.J.’s Tire and Service Center Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. Hughes is seventh in the standings with 299 points after five wins and eight top five finishes in eight races.

Blake Ewing of Carriere, MS is eighth in the standings with 296 points after two top five finishes and five top ten finishes in seven NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division races over seven weeks. Ewing finished 12th Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway driving the Richie’s Gun and Pawn Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Larry Faulk of Monroeville, AL is ninth in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 294 points after three wins, eight top five finishes and nine top ten finishes in ten races over six weeks. Faulk drove the Todd Blizzard Racing Chevrolet powered by a Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to a second-place finish on Saturday night at Northwest Florida Speedway.

Kenneth Myers of Bogalusa, LA rounds out the Top 10 of the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division standings with 285 points after six top ten finishes in seven races over seven weeks. Myers drove the Ken’s Tire Service Chevrolet to a ninth-place finish on Saturday night at LA 36 Speedway.

In other NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 8 action, Randy Lovell of Kountze, TX won his fifth straight NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win on Friday night with a 40-point victory at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX driving the Factory 41 Race Cars Chevrolet. With each race Lovell gets under his belt, he on a fast track to the Top 20 in points.

Shane Hawkins of Greenville, MS drove the Hollandale Tire Chevrolet to victory on Friday night at Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS. Jesse Beck was the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division winner on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS driving the Beck Racing Chevrolet. Both Hawkins and Beck were powered by the $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Ronnie Blaine of Harrisburg, AR took his first NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win on Friday night at NEA Speedway in Harrisburg, AR driving the Blaine Racing Chevrolet. Joel Landers of Shelbyville, TN took the win on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Summertown, TN in the Joel’s Tire and Brake Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Gordy Scarbrough of Funston, GA drove the Southern On-Site Welding Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to victory on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL. Dakota Berry of Huntingdon, TN picked up his first NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division win of the season on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN driving the 22 Auto Salvage Chevrolet.

Cameron Metts of Albany, GA was the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division winner on Saturday night at Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, GA driving the R&C Motorsports Chevrolet. Brian Wooten of Brunswick, GA drove the East Coast Hydraulics Chevrolet to the win on Saturday night at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, GA. The race cars of both Metts and Wooten were powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 604 Circle Track Engine.

The NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 8 Saturday night events scheduled for Battleground Race Park in Highlands, TX and at Cotton Bowl Speedway in Paige, TX were rained out.

The $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine is an economical option for NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division competitors over higher priced open engines. Eight of the Top 10 race cars in the National point standings and ten of 14 Week 8 race winners were powered by the $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA has the $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine in stock and available for free delivery anywhere in the country, and free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast. To place an order, call 1-877-497-3624.

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NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/14/16:

POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 WPA
1 07 Steve Pate 338 7 5 7 7 48.29
2 2 Branden Harris 331 8 1 6 8 47.29
3 71 Stuart Wilson 329 9 6 8 8 47.00
4 68 Howie Reeves 321 10 7 9 45.86
5 20 Jason Jarrell 318 9 4 7 8 45.43
6 X Mickey Trosclair 300 7 6 7 7 50.00
7 11 Spencer Hughes 299 8 5 8 8 49.83
8 15 Blake Ewing 296 7 2 5 42.29
9 3 Larry Faulk 294 10 3 8 9 49.00
10 1 Kenneth Myers 285 7 6 40.71
11 K17 Cory Korreckt 284 6 2 6 6 47.33
12 24 Jason Price 284 6 2 4 5 47.33
13 05 Bo Bailey 275 6 1 5 6 45.83
14 31 Andy Davis 268 6 5 6 44.67
15 48 Rob Slott 262 6 3 6 43.67
16 7 David Windham 260 6 3 3 43.33
17 02 Tyler Turvin 260 6 1 5 43.33
18 02 J.C. Wilson 260 8 3 6 43.33
19 37 Jay Geddie 253 7 1 4 7 42.17
20 99 Tim Wetzel 250 6 2 4 41.67

NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION WEEK 8 RESULTS:

May 13:

GOLDEN TRIANGLE RACEWAY PARK – BEAUMONT, TX:
1. 83 Randy Lovell
2. 48 Rob Slott
3. 58 Ron Brown
4. 91 Ernest Haynes
5. 747 Robbie Abshire
6. 0 Jarrett Belk
7. 22 Scott Brown

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY – GREENVILLE, MS:
1. 15 Shane Hawkins
2. 93 Heath Pritchett
3. 3 Justin Reynolds
4. 7 Casey Hobson
5. 8V Mike Palasini Sr.
6. 38 A.C. Parker Jr. DNS

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS:
1. 54 Jesse Beck
2. 67 Roman Davis
3. 82 Justin Abel
4. 5 Jason Jackson
5. 26 Cole Cameron

NEA SPEEDWAY – HARRISBURG, AR:
1. 3 Ronnie Blaine
2. 00 Joseph Tubbs
3. 17 Jerry Andrews
4. 15 Gaylon Littlejohn
5. 83 Joe Olive
6. 86 Adam Robertson
7. 4 Jared Hays
8. USA1 Devon Andrews

May 14:

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY – JACKSON, MS:
1. 20 Jason Jarrell
2. 37 Jay Geddie
3. 2 Jeff Butler
4. 54 Jesse Beck
5. 111 Gary Cooper
6. 12s Josh Stringer
7. 10 Donnie Monk
8. 23 Bryan Cox
9. 42 Michael Sojourner
10. 22 Casey Brown
11. 911 Allen Parfait
12. 111 Wayne Medders

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY PARK – SUMMERTOWN, TN:
1. 2 Joel Landers
2. 15 Trevor Woodard
3. 78 J.J. Hall
4. 27 Thomas Dale
5. 10x Jansen Woodard

LA 36 SPEEDWAY – LACOMBE, LA:
1. X Mickey Trosclair
2. 41 Hayden Moran
3. J5 Daniel Jessup
4. 20 Jeremy Sexton
5. 17d Newell Didone
6. 11 Brad Taylor
7. 43 Blake Singletary
8. 17 David Brown
9. KTS Kenneth Myers
10. 20h Stacey Herron
11. 41f Roger Flynn
12. 15 Blake Ewing
13. 17s Steven Stokes

NORTHWEST FLORIDA SPEEDWAY – BAKER, FL:
1. 71 Stuart Wilson
2. 3 Larry Faulk
3. 72 Frank Wilson
4. 99 Kevin Mitchell
5. 2 Branden Harris
6. 82 Justin Abel
7. 02 J.C. Wilson
8. 21 Alan Flanagan
9. 549 Matt Chavers
10. 27 Bobby Resmondo
11. 10 Aaron Huffstetler
12. 68 Howie Reeves
13. 0 Lee Wicker
14. 1 Ronnie Harris
15. 99w Tim Wetzel
16. 12 Bo Slay
17. 36 Sean Goodwin
18. 91 Tim McCurdy
19. 41 Brandon Kilpatrick
20. 2 Fred McGhee
21. 26 Jeffrey Odom DNS

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL:
1. 07 Steve Pate
2. 0 Jaye Hutcheson
3. 31 Andy Davis
4. 76 Jeremy Isbell
5. 01 Greg Wilkins
6. 3 Shane Layfield
7. 78 Russell Chapman
8. A1 Bryan Hicks
9. H2 Todd Hurst

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS:
1. 11 Spencer Hughes
2. 251 Justin McRee
3. 2 Lee Ray
4. 11 Brian Rickman
5. 16 Terry Taylor
6. 50 Eddie Rickman
7. 13 Mark Barrett
8. 30 Billy Ellington
9. 1 Reno Burr
10. 26 Doug Dodd
11. 74 Chase Pennington
12. 25 Brodey Elfring
13. 14 Ben Keith
14. 1 Chris Allen
15. 75 John Maxey

EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – PHENIX CITY, AL:
1. 27 Gordy Scarbrough
2. 21 Derick Schrecengost
3. 20 Herbie Donath
4. 69 Jason Harrison
5. 51 Efrem Holbrook
6. J3 J.J. Hood

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN:
1. 30 Dakota Berry
2. 00 Jimmy Nolen
3. X Neil Brown
4. J3 Joseph Hamm
5. 711 Kevin Smith
6. 99 Cody Hodges
7. 34 Billy Rushing
8. 22 Chad Thompson
9. 99s Scott Sampson

NEEDMORE SPEEDWAY – NORMAN PARK, GA:
1. 07 Cameron Metts
2. 24 Jason Price
3. 38 Ronnie Newsome
4. 5 Daniel Bailey
5. 36 V.J. McDonald
6. 4 Tanner Connell
7. Z28 Jason Faulk
8. 02 Tyler Turvin
9. 8 Lee Newsome
10. 23 William Sullivan
11. 06 Ricky McDonald
12. 63 Aaron Storey
13. 2 Brian Hansford
14. 7 Leon Childs DNS

GOLDEN ISLES SPEEDWAY – BRUNSWICK, GA:
1. 81 Brian Wooten
2. 424 Shaun Washam
3. 0 Windel Clark
4. 0 Brian Grantham
5. 1 Daron Bailey
6. 0 Carl Moore
7. 8 Chris Keller
8. 16 Morrie West
9. 30 Makayla Tyrell
10. 1 Chris Williams
11. 52 Dale Mimbs
12. 18 Chad Fry
13. 14 Taylor Sowell
14. 0 John Corbitt
15. 18 Wesley Jones
16. 96 Luke Jones

BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY – HIGHLANDS, TX:
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COTTON BOWL SPEEDWAY – PAIGE, TX:
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