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NeSMITH
CHEVROLET DLMS TO VISIT FLOMATON
CARTERSVILLE, GA – The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series will make its first visit to Flomaton Speedway in Flomaton, AL
this Friday and Saturday night for round four of the 2008 season that
will be highlighted by a 75-lap $5,000-to-win main event.
The race fans will also have an opportunity to get into the
action with rides in a two-seat race car to benefit the American
Cancer Society.
A tight battle for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series
point lead between Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA and Chip Brindle of
Chatsworth, GA will take to the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval this
weekend. Just two points
separate point leader Fields and second-place Brindle.
Fields has 236 points, and Brindle has 234 points. Fields has attended every NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS event ever held since the series was founded in 2005, and he is the only driver to finish in the top five of the National point standings over the past three seasons. Fields was the National Championship Runner-Up in 2005, finished third in the points in 2006, and took the fifth spot in the points chase last season.
Brindle was the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Rookie
of the Year last season with three wins.
Brindle finished fourth overall in the National point standings
last season. Brindle has a
28-point lead over the third-place driver in points, Chris Tays of Ted Lackey of Munford, AL is just four
points behind Tays for the third spot with 202 points, and the 2007
NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National Championship Runner-Up Jay Blair of
Angie, LA is fifth, just two points behind Lackey with 200 points.
Three drivers are tied for the sixth spot in the National
points chase, and one of those drivers is a local favorite at Flomaton
Speedway. Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL will be
looking for a win at his home track to break the tie he is in with
Carlton Freeman of Eastaboga, AL and Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, GA for
the sixth spot at 192 points. Jason
Hiett of Lincoln, AL is the leading Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the
Year Candidate, and is ninth in the points, just two points out of the
three-way tie for sixth with 190 points.
Scott Knowles of Lanett, Another pair of local favorites entered
this weekend have had success with the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing
Series. Frank Wilson of
Harold, FL is the defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
South Region Champion, and Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL was the South
Region Runner-Up in 2007. Flomaton Speedway will join the NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series in 2008, with the season running from
March 28 through September 28. Weekly
competitors at Flomaton Speedway in the NeSmith Chevrolet Late Model
Division will compete for a track point fund, and a regional point
fund that will be based on their best 16 finishes against drivers at
other Nesmith Chevrolet WRS-sanctioned tracks. The race fans will have an opportunity to
get some laps at speed around Flomaton Speedway on Friday and Saturday
night in the specially-built two-seat dirt late model that will
benefit the local chapter of the American Cancer Society with the Ride
For Life program. Race fans will have the opportunity to
bid for a ride with their favorite driver, and the fans with the
highest bids will strap in the passenger seat to get six laps at speed
around Flomaton Speedway. All
of the proceeds from the auction will benefit the local chapter of the
American Cancer Society. Flomaton Speedway will host an open
practice on Thursday night, as drivers will begin to dial in their
race cars in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series’ first
visit to Flomaton Speedway. On
Friday night, the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS competitors will Qualify for
starting spots in heat races that will determine the first 16 to 18
starting spots in feature race. The top finishers in Friday night’s
heat races will transfer into the 75-lap $5,000-to-win main event on
Saturday night. Drivers
that fail to transfer out of the Friday night heat races will have
another opportunity to try and make the tail of the 24-car main event
starting field through a pair of B-main events on Saturday night.
For more information call
Flomaton Speedway at 251-296-DIRT (3478), or visit the track web site
at www.flomatonspeedway.com.
Flomaton Speedway is located one-mile west of |
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