NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR MAY 5

Richard Stephens

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Richard Stephens of Phenix City, AL has taken over the point lead of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region with the defending East Region Champion Logan Yates of Delta, AL right on his heels just two points behind in the second spot. Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba , MS continues to lead the West Region.

Richard Stephens of Phenix City, AL in the #00 Pass Racing GRT

Stephens finished fifth on Friday night at Penton Raceway in Penton , AL , and now has 250 points with one win, four top fives, and six top ten finishes in six starts. Yates took the fourth spot on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL to bring his season point total to 248 points with one win, two top fives, and six top tens in six starts.

Anthony Meadows of Lanett, AL is third in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region with 240 points, and Adam Martin of Talladega, AL is fourth with 238 points. Jimmy Elkins Jr. of Talladega, AL is fifth with 228 points. Dana Eiland of Salem, AL and Brian Ponder of Talladega, AL are tied for sixth with 220 points apiece.

Larry Harrod of Plains, GA took the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region win on Friday night at Penton Raceway, and is eighth in the standings with 216 points. Landon Sims of Jacksonville, AL is ninth with 203 points, and Cory Korreckt of Lincoln, AL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region standings with 191 points.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region action on Saturday night, Jason Hiett of Lincoln , AL topped at 26-car field to take the win at Talladega Short Track, and Steve Barnett of Franklin , IN was the best of a 14-car field as the winner at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown , IN.

Saturday night NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region action at East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL and Chattahoochee Valley Motor Speedway in Dothan, AL was rained out.

Keeton continues to lead the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region with 250 points after five starts with four wins, and one second-place effort. The defending and two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion has a commanding 52-point lead over Herman Reynolds of Laurel , MS and Shannon Lee of Lumberton , MS , who are tied for second.

Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS is fourth with 172 points, and Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL moved up to the fifth spot with 165 points. Chris Griffin of Flomaton, AL is sixth with 153 points, and Heath Gibson of Brewton, AL is seventh with 148 points. Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS is eighth with 140 points, and Tootie Arnold of Meadville, MS is ninth with 139 points. Micha McCall of Flomaton, AL rounds out the top ten in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region standings with 137 points.

Mark Clifton of Brewton, AL was the winner on Saturday night among the 17 entrants at Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton , AL . The victory was the second straight for Clifton this season at Flomaton Speedway in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region action.

Mother Nature once again took a heavy hit in the West Region with three rainouts. Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg , MS rained out for the fifth time in six weeks on Friday night, while A1 Raceway in Slidell , LA and Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian , MS rained out on Saturday night. Baton Rouge Raceway in Baton Rouge, LA and Butler County Motorsports Park in Greenville, AL did not report their results.

The NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region will be off this weekend due to the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Touring events at Southern Speedway on Friday night, and A1 Raceway on Saturday night.

The thoughts and prayers from everyone at the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series continue for Columbus Speedway promoter and NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS competitors Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS to make a speedy recovery after a successful double bypass operation last week.

For a complete rundown of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings in both the East and West Regions, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com and click on the Points page.

NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/3/08 :

EAST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	PTS	RACES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	00	Richie Stephens	250	6	1	4	6
2	5	Logan Yates	248	6	1	2	6
3	31	Anthony Meadows	240	6	2	4	4
4	47	Adam Martin	238	5		5	5
5	07	Jimmy Elkins Jr.	228	5	2	4	5
6	K9	Dana Eiland	220	5		4	5
7	29	Brian Ponder	220	5		4	5
8	27	Larry Harrod	216	5	1	4	5
9	18	Landon Sims	203	6		1	3
10	k17	Corey Korreckt	191	5	1	3	3
11	04	Blake Stewart	189	5	1	2	3
12	7c	Dillon Crim	186	5		2	3
13	52	Marc Gooden	178	5		2	3
14	17h	Cameron Heath	178	6			1
15	55	Montana Dudley	163	5			4
16	18	Chase Edge	163	5		1	4
17	11g	Mark Garrard	154	5			1
18	54	Greg Chumley	152	5			1
19	9	Brentt Roberts	150	5
20	88	Matt Woodson	146	4			4

WEST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	PTS	RACES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	22	Lucky Keeton	250	5	4	5	5
2	9	Herman Reynolds	198	5		4	4
3	47	Shannon Lee	198	5		4	5
4	07	Talbert Goldman	172	4	1	3	3
5	25	Josh Huss	165	4		4	4
6	25c	Chris Griffin	153	4	1	3	4
7	8h	Heath Gibson	148	4		2	4
8	27	Larry Murphy	140	3		3	3
9	2t	Tootie Arnold	139	4		1	3
10	3m	Micha McCall	137	4		1	3
11	3g	Seth Gransberry	129	4			3
12	77	Michael Santangelo	126	3	1	2	3
13	35	Curt Lipsey	123	3		1	3
14	39	Michael Sibley	121	3		3	3
15	91	Donald Watson	115	3		2	3
16	K18	Kaleb Killens	112	3		1	2
17	17	Silas Martin	111