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Arnold wins again in NeSmith Chevy WRS season finale

By Roby Helm

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. - Michael Arnold of Hattiesburg, Miss., the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Champion, topped off a successful season with his 20th victory on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, Miss. driving The Strength Center Special. Week 27 action brought the 2015 to a close.

Arnold and the Top 10 drivers in the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings will be honored at the Annual NeSmith Racing Awards Banquet on January 23 at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville, Ga. Arnold will pick up check for $10,000 out of the $20,000 point fund.

For the season, Arnold had a perfect 14 week total of 700 points after 20 wins, 25 top five finishes and 28 top ten finishes in 34 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series races during the 27-week season.

Mike Palasini, Jr. of Leland, Miss. will be the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series National Championship Runner-Up for the third straight season. Palasini had a best 14 week total of 694 points after eight wins and 17 top five finishes driving the MP Trucking Special.

Cruz Skinner of Oxford, Ala. and Robbie Starnes of Livingston, TX ended the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season in a tie for third-place with 689 points. The 14-year-old Skinner won the tie-breaker with six 50-point wins to four 50-point wins for Starnes, who will be fourth in the final standings.

Skinner had seven wins, 16 top five finishes, and 21 top ten finishes in 26 races driving the Skinner’s Body Shop CVR. Skinner also leads the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series points for NeSmith Late Model drivers 18 years of age and younger. Starnes had six wins, 22 top five finishes and 24 top ten finishes in 25 races driving the Lonestar Hydro Maintenance Special.

Neither Skinner nor Starnes were able to net any points in the final week of the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season. Skinner’s best finish for Week 27 was an eighth-place effort on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., and Starnes’ best finish was a fifth-place on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway.

Noah Daspit of Kiln, Miss. will finish fifth in the 2015 standings with a best 14 week total of 688 points after seven wins, 15 top five finishes and 20 top ten finishes in 25 races. Daspit finished third on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway driving the Billy Riels Racing Special to net three points.

Greg Fore of Greenville, Miss. will finish sixth in the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 684 points. In 22 races, Fore had five wins, 15 top five finishes, and 19 top ten finishes driving the Washington Body Shop Rocket.

Kevin Sitton of Baytown, Tex. made a late-season charge to end up in a tie for the seventh spot in the final 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series point standings with Shannon Lee of Lumberton, Miss. Each driver had a best 14 week total of 677 points apiece. Sitton will claim the seventh spot winning the tie-breaker with nine 50 point wins to one 50-point win for Lee.

Sitton turned in nine wins, 14 top five finishes and 15 top ten finishes in 16 races driving the Mirage Construction Special. Lee had one win, 20 top five finishes and 22 top ten finishes driving the Billy Riels Racing Special. Lee closed out the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season with a second-place finish on Friday night at Hattiesburg Speedway to net two points.

Joseph Joiner of Milton, Fla. will finish ninth in the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings with a best 14 week total of 669 points after two wins, 17 top five finishes and 20 top ten finishes in 21 races driving the Three Trade Consultants Special. Joiner also leads the NeSmith Panhandle Challenge Series point standings.

Cole Daffron of Pell City, Ala. rounds out the Top 10 in the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series standings in the tenth and last point fund-paying position with a best 14 week total of 657 points. In 19 races, the 17-year-old driver had 13 top five finishes and 16 top ten finishes driving the TSR Race Cars Warrior.

Daffron finished 21st on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway and did not net any NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 27 points. Daffron is also currently second in the Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series point standings.

In other NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Week 27 action, Jeremy Shaw of Millport, Ala. drove the Summit Resource Development Trak-Star to his fourth win of the season on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway.

Shaw’s win was a big win for Trak-Star Race Cars built by Boland Performance of Cuba, Ala., as it put them in a position to win the 2015 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufactures Championship. Trak-Star Race Cars, Rocket Chassis of Shinnston, W.Va. and four-time Chassis Champ GRT Race Cars of Greenbrier, Ark. ended up in a tie, all with 14 wins on the season.

Going to the tie-breaker of second-place finishes gave Trak-Star Race Cars their fourth NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Chassis Manufacturers title. Trak-Star had 24 second-place finishes to 16 for GRT and nine for Rocket. CVR Race Cars of Lenoir City, Tenn. finished fourth with seven wins on the season, and Warrior Race Cars built by Goddard Performance of Knoxville, Tenn. was fifth.

Justin McRee of Woodstock, Ala. took his first NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series win of the season on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway in the Billy Riels Racing Special. Adam Ray of Smithland, Ky. drove the Three Rivers Machine Special to the win on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, Tenn. Salina Speedway in Salina, Kan. was rained out on Friday night.

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NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
Week 27 Race Results

September 25

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
1. 1s Jeremy Shaw
2. 2s Kyle Shaw
3. 311 Chase Washington
4. 73 Evan Ellis
5. F11 Keith Flurry
6. 147 Hunter Carroll
7. 84 Randall Beckwith
8. 2 Tyler Burgess
9. 1 Johnny Stokes
10. 19 Marcus Minga
11. J8 Bobby Jordan
12. G4 Shelby Sheedy
13. 10 Rick Leverette
14. 13 Chad McCool
15. 11 Cruz Skinner – Y
16. R3 Ryan Rigdon
17. 713 Ben Brocato
18. 38 D.J. Brasfield
19. 1m Shay Knight
20. 11 Wayne Byrd
21. 7 Cole Daffron – Y
22. 7b Jon Biles
23. 91 Billy Tedford
24. 67 Lance Johnson

HATTIESBURG SPEEDWAY – HATTIESBURG, MS
1. 4 Michael Arnold
2. 47 Shannon Lee
3. 347 Noah Daspit
4. 7 Hunter Lewis
5. 77 Robbie Starnes
6. 41 Derrick Mackmer
7. J88 Jered Smith
8. 232 Jamey Boland
9. S16 Brandon Underwood
10. 15 Jeremy Cooper
11. C4 Chris Reid
12. 2T Tootie Arnold DNS
13. 3n Ronnie Graham DNS
14. 14 Chase Cooper DNS
15. 75 Dustin Boykin DNS

SALINA SPEEDWAY – SALINA, KS
Rained Out

September 26

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY – COLUMBUS, MS
1. 447 Justin McRee
2. 09 Daniel Bridgmon
3. 1s Jeremy Shaw
4. 2s Kyle Shaw
5. 73 Evan Ellis
6. 147 Hunter Carroll
7. 1b Bryant Marsh – Y
8. 11 Cruz Skinner – Y
9. 13 Chad McCool
10. 14 Chance Inman
11. 7 Josh Biles
12. G4 Shelby Sheedy
13. 10 Rick Leverette
14. 69 Lane McKee
15. 44 Scott Davis
16. 3r Caleb Myers
17. 84 Randall Beckwith
18. 1 Johnny Stokes
19. 232 Jamey Boland
20. 19 Marcus Minga
21. 1m Shay Knight
22. 77 Robbie Starnes
23. 11b Wayne Byrd
24. 67 Lance Johnson
25. 38 Chase Washington
26. 4 Michael Arnold
27. 99 Josh Fuller
28. 2 Tyler Burgess

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN
1. 2 Adam Ray
2. 69 Neal Neisler
3. 4 Joe Mike
4. 00b Bronson Berry
5. 00 Ben Garner
6. 11 Kevin Fuller
7. 100 Doug Heavener
8. 93 Warren Parker
9. L44 Heath Johnson

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series
Week 27 Race Results

POS CAR # DRIVER PTS RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 4 Michael Arnold 700 34 20 25 28
2 8 Mike Palasini Jr. 694 21 8 17 17
3 11 Cruz Skinner – Y 689 26 7 16 21
4 77 Robbie Starnes 689 25 6 22 24
5 347 Noah Daspit 688 25 7 15 20
6 17 Greg Fore 684 22 5 15 19
7 20 Kevin Sitton 677 16 9 14 15
8 47 Shannon Lee 677 24 1 20 22
9 10 Joseph Joiner 669 21 2 17 20
10 7 Cole Daffron – Y 657 19   13 16
11 J8 Bobby Jordan 653 26 2 10 15
12 232 Jamey Boland 649 25 2 12 18
13 56jr Colton Horner – Y 645 21   10 19
14 22 Lucky Keeton 632 16 1 7 12
15 1b Bryant Marsh – Y 631 17   8 10
16 7p Peter Hazzard 626 17   8 11
17 33 Sid Scarbrough 625 20   5 15
18 81 Adam Cummings 618 13 2 11 11
19 7 Hunter Lewis 617 17   5 11
20 84 Randall Beckwith 611 19   3 9
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