SWEETWATER, TN – Cory Hedgecock of Loudon, TN swept the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series season opener on Friday night at I-75 Raceway driving the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket. Hedgecock was the fast qualifier with a new track record, and then led all 40 lap of the main event to capture his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series victory.

“It feels good to finally win one of these NeSmith Late Model races and to do it here close to home is even more special,” Hedgecock said. “We’ve led a lot of laps in these races, but we could never get the win. This is how you like to win races by setting fast time and then leading all of the laps.”

Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN finished second in the Hickman Manufacturing CVR, and John Ownbey of Cleveland, TN took the third spot in the Sam’s Restaurant Equipment Special. Richie Stephens of Smith Station, AL was the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Race after a fourth-place effort driving the K&J Trucking Special. (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Week 3 in the 2016 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division season has 16 races at 15 different tracks in eight different states on the schedule of events. There will be four races on Friday night and a dozen events scheduled for Saturday night. Five tracks will be hosting their NeSmith Street Stock season opener, and three tracks will have their first ever sanctioned race.

Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, TX will present its first-ever NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division race on Friday night. Also in action with Week 3 events on Friday night will be Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS, Jackson Motor Speedway in Jackson, MS, and NEA Speedway in Harrisburg, AR.

Needmore Speedway in Norman Park, GA will also host its first-ever NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division race on Saturday night paying $1,000-to-win. Camden Speedway in Camden, TN will also have its first ever NeSmith Street Stock race on Saturday night. Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS will have their NeSmith Street Stock season openers on Saturday night. (more…)

CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division at Southern Raceway in Milton, FL has become “A Family Affair,” as there were not one, but two father-son combinations competing against each other in Week 2 competition on April 2. Frank Wilson of Milton, FL took on his 13-year-old J.C. Wilson and Branden Harris of Molino, FL raced his dad Ronnie Harris.

The Wilson’s lined up for the first Heat Race side-by-side on the front row. It was Papa Frank taking the win over J.C. Frank went on to win the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division main event in his first night out in the Wilson Lumber Company Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine. J.C. brought his team car home in the ninth spot.

There is a third Wilson family member competing in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division, as Frank’s brother and J.C.’s uncle Stuart Wilson of Milton, FL drove his Wilson Lumber Company Chevrolet powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine to victory in April 2 in Week 2 competition at Northwest Florida Speedway in Baker, FL. (more…)

COCHRAN, GA – Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN drove the Hickman Manufacturing CVR to a clean sweep Sunday night in the RockAuto.com Winter Shootout Finale for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at Cochran Motor Speedway. Hickman set Fast Time to earn the pole position for the main event, and then led all 50 laps to take his four career win with the series.

Hickman set a fast pace early in the race, holding at one point a full straightaway lead over Jimmy Thomas of Phenix City, AL. The second half of the race saw Thomas close to within a couple of car lengths in lapped traffic, but Hickman had the dominant race car.

Thomas finished second in the Five Star Hyundai Special and Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL finished third in the Edge’s Gas Company Special to earn the 2016 RockAuto.com Winter Shootout Championship. In seven races, Edge has 612 points with one win, four top five finishes and six top ten finishes in seven races.

Robbie Metts of Albany, GA finished fourth in the J&H Transmission Special, and Chesley Dixon of Swainsboro, GA drove the Central Fence Company Special to a fifth-place finish. Jody Nipper of Gray, GA took the sixth spot in the Scotty’s Muffler Special, and Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL was seventh in the Harrod Logging Special. (more…)

P.W. Williams of Dublin, GA celebrates his first career NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win on Saturday night at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA driving the Dublin Tire TNT in Round 7 of the 2016 RockAuto.com Winter Shootout. (NeSmith Media Photo by Bruce Carroll)

COCHRAN, GA – P.L. Williams of Dublin, GA came back from a lap 30 spin to win the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Models Series RockAuto.com Winter Shootout Round 7 40-lap race on Saturday night at Cochran Motor Speedway driving the Dublin Tire TNT. Williams spun in turn one on lap 30 while battling for the lead with Jeremy Faircloth of Swainsboro, GA.

NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series officials ticketed Faircloth with the caution flag, and put Williams back on the point for the restart. During the caution period, Williams had to dodge another bullet when Faircloth drove in front of Williams on the front straightaway and “brake-checked” the leader. Williams’s car went under Faircloth’s car.

Also collected was Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL, who ended up colliding into the back of Williams’s car. Williams was able to continue for the restart, followed by RockAuto.com Winter Shootout point leader Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL, Dudley and Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN. Edge was trying to clinch the RockAuto.com Winter Shootout Championship with a top five finish. (more…)