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NeSMITH
CHEVROLET DLMS TRAVELS TO
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series National Tour travels to Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS this
Saturday afternoon for Round Two of the 2008 season in the 8th
Annual Winter Classic with new faces at the top of the points list
based on their success in the season opener at the Ice Bowl on January
6 at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Royce Bray of Hull, GA is the point leader after winning the Ice Bowl race, and he is followed by the top Rookie of the Year candidate, Hunter Peacock of Macon, GA. In addition to finishing second to Bray, Peacock was also the fast qualifier among the 95 entrants with a unique home-built chassis that consists of three different chassis makes put together.
Peacock’s chassis features a 20-year-old Bullet center section with a Rocket front clip, and a GRT rear clip. Peacock led the first 17 laps of the Ice Bowl 40-lap race before Bray took over the point.
The 40-lap $2,500-to-win Winter Classic this Saturday afternoon
at Columbus Speedway will also feature several drivers that have had
past success at “The Baddest Bullring In The South” looking to
move up in the points chase.
The 2007 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National
Championship Runner-Up Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA won
the final points race of the 2007 season last November at Columbus
Speedway on his way to finishing third in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS
National point chase. Following
Rainey under the checkered flag last November was the 2007 NeSmith
Chevrolet DLMS Rookie of the Year Chip Brindle of Brindle had a fifth-place finish at the Ice Bowl in January, and another top five finish could set him up for a solid run at the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Championship. Brindle had three wins last season on his way to a fourth-place finish in the National point standings.
The 2007 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Indiana State Champion
won the 2nd Annual Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series
Fall Nationals Invitational Race and the Weekly Racing Series Race of
Regions last November at Current NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS top ten
drivers expected this Saturday afternoon at Columbus Speedway along
with Bray, Peacock, and Brindle include Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA, Ted
Lackey of Munford, AL, Billy Mayo of Cleveland, TN, Brian Connor of
Martinez, GA, Terrance Nowell of Phenix City, AL, Shanon Buckingham of
Morristown, TN, and Mike Boland of Cuba, AL. Boland, a seven-time Mississippi State
Late Model Champion, is another driver with past success in series
competition at Columbus Speedway, as he took the NeSmith Chevrolet
DLMS National Tour win last September. Other top entrants expected for round two
this Saturday afternoon at Columbus Speedway include Matthew Turner of
Dawsonville, GA, Jim Till of Greenville, AL, Frankie Beard of
Hartwell, GA, Turner and Till finished ninth and tenth
respectively in the 2007 NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National points, and
Beard was the 2006 NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Rookie of the Year.
Stokes, in addition to being the promoter at Columbus Speedway,
is also running for the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National title. Pickard is the defending NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Track Champion at Columbus Speedway,
and Freeman won the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Race of
Champions last November at The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series will compete in Qualifying, Heat Races, and the 40-lap
$2,500-to-win main event at Columbus Speedway this Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday, the gates at Columbus Speedway is located seven miles
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