MERIDIAN, MS – Tim Busha of Boaz, AL took the win in a wild finish of the Nelson Hall Chevrolet 50 for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series on Saturdaynight at Whynot Motorsports Park driving the Kilpatrick Racing GRT.  Lap 49 saw two lead changes, contact, and the top three positions change hands before the checkered flag fell.

Busha led the first 48 laps of the race, holding off the inside challenges of point leader William Thomas of Phenix City, AL in the Alexander’s Industrial Service GRT, who was looking for his third straight Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series win.  After field took the two laps to signal, business picked up at the front of the pack.

Thomas got alongside Busha as they came off the second turn, and going down the backstretch, Thomas took the lead.  National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN is closing fast from the third spot in the Tommy Pope Construction Warrior as they entered turn three.  (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS has clinched the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Championship after driving the Billy Riels Racing GRT to his 14^th win of the season on Saturday night at St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA.  Daspit had did have to overcome some adversity, to seal the deal for the $10,000 title.

Daspit had some problems with his primary car, the Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star in the pre-race warm-up laps, so he climbed into the car of his teammate, Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, set fast time, and won the race.  Lee drove the car to his fourth win of the season on Friday night at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.

While Daspit has 14 wins this season, only 13 of them count in his best 14 week total of 699 points because he posted two wins in the same week, and only one can count in the 14 week total.  With four weeks left in the season, the 43-year-old driver needs one more 50-point win to become the first driver in the eight-year history of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series to record a perfect point total of 700. (more…)

WEST PLAINS, MO – Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS drove the Ellis Welding Special to a wire-to-wire win in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 50-lap main event at West Plains Motor Speedway. Ellis picked up his first career series win with a 1.971 margin of victory over Chandler Petty of Austin, AR in the Whistle Stop Barbeque Rocket.

Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS took his best finish of the season with a third-place effort in the Custom Spraying, Inc. GRT that resulted from an inside move on the last turn of the last lap when he passed Jason Hughes of West Plains, MO, who finished fourth in the Gary’s Tire and Automotive Rocket. Barrett was also the Rookie of the Race.

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee and NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN was fifth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Special, and got a little closer to the 2013 $20,000 Championship.

With three races left in the season, Johnson left West Plains Motor Speedway with a 98-point lead over Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL. Bronson moved up to the second spot in the point standings after taking a provisional, starting 23rd in the Brandon Ford Warrior and finishing 12th to earn the Hedman Husler of the Race Award. (more…)

NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series point leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in the #5 NeSmith Chevrolet Special and Tait Davenport of Benton, KY in the #18 Murtco, Inc. Special will be looking to continue their side-by-side duel in three races this weekend at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR this Friday night, West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO this Saturday night, and Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS this Sunday night. (Chad Wells Photo)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division is ready to embark on a three-race Labor Day Weekend journey that will take them to Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR on Friday night, West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO on Saturday night, and Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS on Sunday night.

Round 17 of the 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division will be Batesville Motor Speedway for a 40-lap $2,000-to-win race.  West Plains Motor Speedway will present Round 18 on Saturday night with a 50-lap $2,500-to-win race.  Both Batesville Motor Speedway and West Plains Motor Speedway are first time venues for the Touring Division.

Magnolia Motor Speedway will present Round 19 on Sunday night with a 40-lap $2,000-to-win race, the second event of the season on the “Black Ice” for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division. (more…)

TAZEWELL, TN – There’s a famous saying in racing that to finish first, one must first finish.  That was the strategy Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN used to win his first NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series race in his first start in the series in the 40-lap main event on Saturday night at Tazewell Speedway driving the Car Smart Auto Sales CVR.

After starting second in the race, Elliott dropped back to the sixth spot in the action packed early laps of the race, but as the competitors in front of him fell to the wayside for various reasons, Elliott took over the lead on lap 23 after leader Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS dropped out, and then he held off a late race challenge from Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL to take the $2,000 win.

“I fell back early in the race, and that time, I didn’t think I had a very good race car, but as the drivers in front of me kept falling out, the race just came to me,” Elliott said.  “I didn’t have anything for Johnny Stokes, and I hated he fell out the way he did, but I’ll take the win.”

Bronson was able to get close to Elliott in the closing laps of the race, but couldn’t make a challenge for the lead and had to settle for second in the Brandon Ford Warrior and was also the Rookie of the Race. (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Several drivers made advances in the Top 10 of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings after Week 20 of the 27-week 2013 season.  Teammates Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS did not net any points over the weekend on their best 14 week point totals, but they remain one-two in the standings.

Daspit still leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 693 points after 11 wins, 21 top five finishes, and 22 top ten finishes in 25 races.  Daspit was the apparent winner on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL, but the rear spoiler on his Billy Riels Racing Trak-Star failed the post-race technical inspection.

Even if Daspit wasn’t disqualified, he still would have failed to net any points, as there were only five cars at Southern Raceway, and it would have been a 40-point win.  Daspit needed to finish third or better in a field of eight or more cars to gain any points on his best 14 week total. (more…)