PENTON, AL – William Thomas of Phenix City, AL became the answer to a future trivia question on Friday night as he won the first-ever “Factory Backed and Factory Built” Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series 50-lap race at Penton Raceway featuring dirt late models powered by the LS production-based All-Aluminum Chevrolet Racing Engine.

Thomas swept the program driving the Alexander’s Industrial Service GRT to fast time honors in qualifying to earn the pole position for the main event, and then lead all 50 laps of the race to collect the $3,000 top prize.

National Dirt Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN finished second in the Tommy Pope Construction Warrior.  Johnson was able to get close to Thomas as he negotiated lapped traffic, but once the leader had clear race track in front of him, Thomas could pull away.

“It feels great to win this first race, but it didn’t feel good trying to get around some of the lapped cars,” Thomas said.  “My crew signaled me that I had a big lead, and I hated to give it up in lapped traffic, but it all worked out for us.” (more…)

Cody Martin of Christiana, TN tuned-up for Friday night’s NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division 40-lap $2,000-to-win race at Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, TN by winning the Late Model feature at the track on July 13 driving the #21 MyRacingGraphics.com Warrior. (Cherry Photography)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division will compete in Rounds 12 and 13 of the 2013 season this Friday night at Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, TN with a 40-lap $2,000-to-win race, and this Saturday night at Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN for a 50-lap $2,500-to-win event.

Just two points separate Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, AL and National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in the battle for the $20,000 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Championship.

Hollingsworth has 818 points after four wins, five top five finishes, nine top ten finishes and three fast time honors in 11 races driving the Sparks Motorsports Special.  Johnson has 816 points after one win, six top five finishes, and a series-leading ten top ten finishes in 11 races driving the NeSmith Chevrolet Special.

Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series standings with 762 points and leads the Rookie of the Year point standings.  Bronson has one win, four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in 11 races driving the Brandon Ford Warrior. (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Week 17 competition saw the point lead change hands once again with Kevin Spears of Fayette, AL now holding a three-point lead over Trey Bright of Coker, AL.  Mark Barnett of Aberdeen, MS and Greg Chumley of Attalla, AL picked up Week 17 victories.

Spears finished sixth on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS to net 19 points on his best 14 weekly finishes to bring his NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point total to 674.  Bright finished second on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway to net eight points and bring his best 14-week point total to 671.

In 16 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division races, Spears has six wins, 12 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes driving the Bass Sports Online Chevrolet powered by a $3,195 Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine.  Bright has six wins, 13 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 17 races driving the AKA Cores Chevrolet. (more…)

GREENVILLE, MS – Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL swept the 3^rd Annual Rumble On The Gumbo Nationals at Greenville Speedway for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division on Saturday night by taking his second straight victory driving the High Roller Race Cars Special.

J-Mac started fourth and took the lead on lap 14 from pole sitter and fast qualifier Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS.  McRee then checked out, and won the caution-free 50-lap race by over six seconds over Stokes, who finished second in the Bassett Hound Motorsports GRT.

“I just love this race track because last night it was slick and we could run the top, and tonight it was tacky and hammer down where we could use the bottom of the track,” McRee said.  “I want to thank Wesley Washington and James Clolinger for giving us a great track to race on last night and again tonight.  I just wish this place was a little closer to home.” (more…)

GREENVILLE, MS – Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL drove the High Roller Race Cars Special to his first NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division win of the season on Friday night at Greenville Speedway.  The 40-lap $2,000-to-win race was night one of the Rumble On Gumbo Nationals.

McRee took the lead on the first lap from pole sitter Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL, and never looked back for his seventh series career win.  McRee ran the high line around the ¼-mile black gumbo clay oval, and took the checkered flag with a three-second margin of victory.

“That’s why I call these race cars High Rollers because it worked the best right against the wall tonight,” McRee, who builds High Roller Race Cars, said.  “I’m glad they put a wall up at this place because if it wasn’t there tonight like it was a couple of years ago, I would have ended up in the middle of the ball fields next door.” (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Next week will be a busy one for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division, as they embark on the four-race, four-night “Salute To America” Nationals that begins Wednesday, July 3 and runs through Saturday, July 6.  The four events will be Rounds 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the 2013 season.

The Salute To America Nationals begins on Wednesday night, July 3 with a $2,000-to-win 40-lap event at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, the first visit for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division since 2007.

Thursday night, July 4 will see the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series make its annual stop at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL for at $2,500-to-win 50-lap main event for the second race of the Salute To America Nationals.  East Alabama Motor Speedway will also have its huge July 4^thFireworks Show. (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – There are 12 races in eight different states on the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 schedule of events.  After taking a week of competition off, teammates Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, MS and Noah Daspit of Kiln, MS will be resuming their battle for the point lead.

NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 competition begins on Friday night with races at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR and Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.

Saturday night NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man’s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 races will be held at Battleground Speedway in Highlands, TX, Clayhill Motorsports in Atwood, TN, East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL, Greenville Speedway in Greenville, MS, Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS, St. Tammany Raceway in Lacombe, LA, Southern Raceway in Milton, FL, Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL, West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO, and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. (more…)

RINGGOLD, GA – Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN drove the Hickman Manufacturing Special to his first-ever NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win Friday night at Boyd’s Speedway.  Hickman dominated the event by setting fast time in qualifying and then led all 40 laps to claim the $2,000 top prize.

Throughout the race Hickman was able to knife through lapped traffic and keep a half straightaway lead over the second-place finisher Todd Morrow of East Ridge, TN in the A-Plus Collision Center GRT.

Dennis Franklin of Chesnee, SC dusted off the high groove on the tight ¼-mile clay oval to make his way up to the third spot at finish in the AES Racing Special.  National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN finished fourth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Special. (more…)

COLUMBUS, MS – Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS gave his car owner Chase Washington some more “Race Track Therapy” on Sunday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway by driving the Jerry Inmon Racing Special to his second straight NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series victory in the Salute To The Air Force 40.
It was a successful weekend for Washington, both on and off the track. On the track, Dedwylder earned $4,425 in three straight nights of NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series racing at Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS on Friday, where Dedwylder finished sixth, and then took the win on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. (more…)

MERIDIAN, MS – Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS gave his young car owner who has been going through some serious medical issues a reason to smile Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park when he drove the Jerry Inmon Racing Special to victory in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Salute To The Navy 40.

Dedwylder is filling in behind the wheel of the #38 for the 2012 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Champion Chase Washington of Houlka, MS, who is recovering from major surgery to remove a cancerous portion of his small intestine and undergoing chemotherapy for the next 18 weeks. (more…)