{"id":18328,"date":"2013-06-06T22:23:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T22:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=18328"},"modified":"2013-06-06T22:23:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T22:23:15","slug":"nesmith-chevrolet-old-mans-garage-weekly-racing-series-week-11-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/nesmith-chevrolet-old-mans-garage-weekly-racing-series-week-11-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN\u2019S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 11 PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-15100\" alt=\"Nesmith-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Nesmith-Logo1-395x193.jpg\" width=\"395\" height=\"193\" \/>CARTERSVILLE, GA \u2013 There are 12 races in eight different states on the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 schedule of events.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 competition begins\u00a0on Friday\u00a0night with races at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR and Hattiesburg Motorsports Park in Hattiesburg, MS.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u00a0night NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s 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--><\/p>\n<p>Arnold leads the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 435 points, and holds an eight point lead over his Billy Riels Racing teammate Daspit, who has 427 points in the third spot.\u00a0 Derrick Mackmer of Purvis, MS is third with 398 points, and Sid Scarbrough of Florence, MS is fourth with 391 points.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS, the third Billy Riels Racing driver in the top five of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings is fifth with 379 points.\u00a0 Lee will be returning to weekly competition after running the last two weeks with the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring Division, where he is eighth in points.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the Top 5 in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series point standings, there is a logjam of drivers tightly bunched in points.\u00a0 Just 14 points separate sixth from tenth in the point standings, and only 30 points separate sixth through 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 As close as the points are, there could be some new names in the Top 10 after Week 11 competition.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Jordan of McCarley, MS is sixth in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series standings with 334 points, and Mike Palasini Jr. of Leland, MS is seventh with 327 points.\u00a0 Mickey Trosclair of Luling, LA is eighth with 325 points and Doug Sanchagrin of Florence, MS is ninth with 325 points.\u00a0 Three-time West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS rounds out the top ten with 320 points.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers participating at NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series sanctioned tracks compete against each other through a points system that counts their 14 best weekly point totals over the 27-week season that runs through\u00a0September 29.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS National Champion will earn $10,000 and the Top 10 drivers in the final National point standings will also receive cash awards from the point fund.\u00a0 Drivers will also compete for an additional point fund at each series sanctioned track.<\/p>\n<p>The dirt late model race cars in the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series are powered by the economical Chevrolet Performance Crate Engines that are built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications.\u00a0 There are two engines to choose from, the 400 horsepower aluminum-head 604 engine and the 350 horsepower steel-head 602 engine that gets a 100-pound weight break.<\/p>\n<p>These engines are in stock and ready for free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast from NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA.\u00a0 The Chevrolet Performance 604 Crate Engine is $5,195 and the Chevrolet Performance 602 Crate Engine is $3,195 at NeSmith Chevrolet in Claxton, GA.\u00a0 To place an order call Tim Bland at 1-877-497-3624.<\/p>\n<p>Complete Week 11 results and updated point standings for the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series will be available\u00a0on Monday\u00a0with the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series Round Up.\u00a0 For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet OMG WRS sanctioned tracks, visit the Weekly Racing Series all-new web site at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesmithracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.nesmithracing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series all-new web site at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesmithracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.nesmithracing.com<\/a>, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing.\u00a0 Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month.\u00a0 You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.<\/p>\n<p>NeSMITH CHEVROLET OLD MAN\u2019S GARAGE WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 11 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:<\/p>\n<p>June 7:<\/p>\n<p>BATESVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY \u2013 BATESVILLE, AR<br \/>\nHATTIESBURG MOTORSPORTS PARK \u2013 HATTIESBURG, MS<\/p>\n<p>June 8:<\/p>\n<p>BATTLEGROUND SPEEDWAY \u2013 HIGHLANDS, TX<br \/>\nCLAYHILL MOTORSPORTS \u2013 ATWOOD, TN<br \/>\nEAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY \u2013 PHENIX CITY, AL<br \/>\nGREENVILLE SPEEDWAY \u2013 GREENVILLE, MS<br \/>\nMAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY \u2013 COLUMBUS, MS<br \/>\nST TAMMANY RACEWAY \u2013 LACOMBE, LA<br \/>\nSOUTHERN RACEWAY \u2013 MILTON, FL<br \/>\nTALLADEGA SHORT TRACK \u2013 EASTABOGA, AL<br \/>\nWEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY \u2013 WEST PLAINS, MO<br \/>\nWHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK \u2013 MERIDIAN, MS<\/p>\n<p>NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC of Claxton, GA is the Title Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 NeSmith Chevrolet, Buick, GMC is the nation\u2019s number one GM Powertrain and Performance Dealer six years running, with free delivery anywhere in the Southeast.\u00a0 Chevrolet Performance Parts is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 Hedman Hedders is the Official Hedder of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series and the Hedman Husler Award sponsor.\u00a0 Bilstein Shocks is the Official Spec Shock of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 Old Man\u2019s Garage is the sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series.\u00a0 RockAuto.com is an Official Sponsor of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 Racecar Engineering is the Official Parts Supplier of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.\u00a0 Renegade Race and Performance Fuels are a series Associate Sponsor and fuel supplier.\u00a0 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2013 are Dominator Race Products, Stealth Racing Carburetors, Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, Shorty\u2019s Shock Service, Schoenfeld Headers, J.T. Kerr Racing Equipment, Kinser Air Filters, AR Bodies, Velocita Racewear, and Performance Rod &amp; Custom.\u00a0 2013 Chassis Sponsors are Trak-Star Race Cars, Warrior Race Cars, Rocket Chassis, GRT Race Cars, TNT Race Cars, Stinger Race Cars, and CVR Race Cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARTERSVILLE, GA \u2013 There are 12 races in eight different states on the NeSmith Chevrolet Old Man\u2019s Garage Weekly Racing Series Week 11 schedule of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-front-page-news","category-nesmith-chevrolet-dirt-late-model-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18330,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328\/revisions\/18330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}