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NeSMITH
CHEVROLET DLMS ANNOUNCES 2008 NATIONAL TOUR SCHEDULE
CARTERSVILLE, GA The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series announced its 2008 National Tour schedule today with 21 point
races currently listed with at least three more to be announced in the
coming weeks. The 2008
schedule features events at 16 different tracks in seven states.
The first event of the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series has already been contested at Talladega Short Track in
Eastaboga, AL on January 5-6 with Royce Bray of Hull, GA taking the
Ice Bowl win. The series
will return to
Talladega
Short Track on September 20 with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race.
The next event of the 2008 season will be run this Saturday
afternoon at
Columbus
Speedway
in
Columbus
,
MS
with the 40-lap $2,500-to-win 8th Annual Winter Classic.
The final points race of 2008 will be run at
Columbus
Speedway
on November 29 with a 50-lap $3,000-to-win event as a part of the
Possum
Town
Grand Prix.
Columbus Speedway will also host the 3rd Annual
NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Fall Nationals with the
$2,000-to-win Invitational Race, the Race of Regions, and the Race of
Champions during the Possum Town Grand Prix weekend on November 28 and
29.
East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL will host a trio of point
races with 40-lap $2,500-to-win races on February 21 and 22, and a
50-lap $3,000-to-win race on February 23.
East
Bay
Raceway
Park
will also be the site of the 4th Annual 100-lap
$10,000-to-win Crate Racin
USA
World Championship Race on December 12-13.
Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton,
AL
will be one of seven new venues on the 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt
Late Model Series schedule with a two-day 75-lap $5,000-to-win event
on March 21-22. Flomaton
Speedway will also join the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series for
2008.
Pike County
Speedway
in
McComb
,
MS
will present the richest point race of the season with the 100-lap
$10,000-to-win Cajun Spring Nationals on April 25-26.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will return to the
deep South for a pair of events, beginning on May 9 with a visit to
Southern Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS for a 40-lap $2,500-to-win race,
and then make their first appearance at A1 Raceway in Slidell, LA for
a 50-lap $3,000-to-win event on May 10.
Memorial Day weekend will see the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late
Model Series running a pair of races at new venues in the
Peach
State
.
The series travels to Swainsboro Raceway in
Swainsboro
,
GA
for a 40-lap $2,500-to-win race on May 23, and then it on to Screven
Motor
Speedway
in
Sylvania
,
GA
for a 50-lap $3,000-to-win race on May 24.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will return to
Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, IN for a 50-lap
$3,000-to-win event on June 21. The
series will be announcing a 40-lap $2,500-to-win companion race in
Kentucky
for June 20, the series first visit to the
Bluegrass
State
.
The July 4th
Holiday
weekend will see a return to track it
has previously visited with a new name.
Fort
Payne
Motor
Speedway
will host a two-day 75-lap $5,000-to-win race on July 3-4.
Fort
Payne
Motor
Speedway
is now owned and operated by the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series, and is being completely revamped.
The series visited the track in 2006 when
it was known as
Thunder
Mountain
Speedway
.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series will be moving its
headquarters to
Fort
Payne
Motor
Speedway
in the coming weeks.
Fort
Payne
Motor
Speedway
will also present a 40-lap $2,500-to-win series race on September 21.
Penton Raceway in Penton, AL and East
Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City,
AL
will host the
Alabama
Bonus Bucks Weekend with a pair of 40-lap $2,500-to-win races on July
18-19 respectively. If a
driver can win both races, he will receive a $2,000 bonus for a
weekend payday of $7,000.
The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series has three weekends open in the month of August which it is
looking to fill in the coming weeks.
The Labor Day Holiday weekend will have
the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series returning to Whynot
Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS for a two-day 75-lap $5,000-to-win
event on August 29-30. It
will be the third straight year the series has visited WMP on Labor
Day weekend.
Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, AL is a
new track in the 2008 schedule that will play an important role in
determining the National Championship, as they will host a two-day
75-lap $5,000-to-win race on October 10-11 as a part of the David Hare
Memorial Top Gun Tournament.
Green
Valley
Speedway
will also be a part of the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series in
2008.
NeSMITH
CHEVROLET 2008 NATIONAL TOURING SCHEDULE:
January
5-6: Talladega Short
Track, Eastaboga, AL Race Winner/Royce Bray
January 26: Columbus
Speedway, Columbus, MS 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
February 21: East Bay
Raceway Park, Tampa, FL 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
February 22: East Bay
Raceway Park, Tampa, FL 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
February 23: East Bay
Raceway Park, Tampa, FL 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
March 21-22: Flomaton
Speedway, Flomaton, AL 75 Laps/$5,000-to-win
April 25-26: Pike County
Speedway, McComb, MS 100 Laps/$10,000-to-win
May 9: Southern Speedway,
Hattiesburg, MS 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
May 10: A1 Raceway,
Slidell, LA 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
May 23: Swainsboro
Raceway, Swainsboro, GA 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
May 24: Screven Motor
Speedway, Sylvania, GA 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
June 20: TBA, Kentucky
40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
June 21: Twin Cities
Raceway Park, North Vernon, IN 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
July 3-4: Fort Payne Motor
Speedway, Fort Payne, AL 75 Laps/$5,000-to-win
July 18: Penton Raceway,
Penton, AL 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win*
July 19: East Alabama
Motor Speedway, Phenix City, AL 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win*
(*Alabama Bonus Bucks Weekend - $2,000 Bonus To Win Both Races)
August 1-2: OPEN DATE
August 8-9: OPEN DATE
August 15-16: OPEN DATE
August 29-30: Whynot
Motorsports Park, Meridian, MS 75 Laps/$5,000-to-win
September 20: Talladega
Short Track, Eastaboga, AL 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
September 21: Fort Payne
Motor Speedway, Fort Payne, AL 40 Laps/$2,500-to-win
October 10-11: Green
Valley Speedway, Glencoe, AL 75 Laps/$5,000-to-win
November 28-29*: Columbus
Speedway, Columbus, MS 30 laps/$2,000-to-win
(3rd Annual NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Fall
Nationals Invitational Race, Race of Regions, and Race of Champions)
November 29: Columbus
Speedway, Columbus, MS 50 Laps/$3,000-to-win
December 12-13*: East Bay
Raceway Park, Tampa, FL 100 Laps/$10,000-to-win
(4th Annual Crate Racin
USA
World Championship Race)
*
- Denotes Non-Points Race
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