NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series 2017 Week 25 Round Up

(Cartersville, GA – September 11, 2017)   Week 25 of the NeSmith Weekly Racing Series Late Model Season is complete, and with just two weeks of competition remaining, Nebraska's Josh Leonard has achieved the 700 point "perfect" season after taking home a Week 25 win and a Week 6 Make-Up at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, NE. Along with the "perfect" score, Leonard has secured enough 50 point wins to win in case of a tie breaker. That means that Josh Leonard will be crowned the 2017 NeSmith Weekly Racing Series National Champion at the annual awards banquet at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville, GA in January 2018. He will also collect a $10,000 payday for his 2017 efforts along with the accolades that go with becoming the National Champion. Leonard's first season of NeSmith Late Model competition saw him compete at Junction Motor Speedway, Lexington Raceway, and Salina Speedway in Kansas marking the first time since the westward expansion that a driver from outside the deep south will take home the National Championship.

Even though the National Championship is secured, there is still a close battle amongst drivers inside, and just outside, of the top ten. Those battles will be what we turn our attention to in the final two weeks to see what other drivers are invited to the annual awards banquet in January.

Headlines from Week 25:

• Greenville Speedway's NeSmith Late Model winner was Greg Fore in his #77 machine.
• Greg Wilhite took home the win at ECM Speedway on Saturday night in Weekly Racing Series action.
• Adam Ray took the win on Saturday night at Jerry Russell's Camden Motor Speedway in Camden, TN.
• Noah Daspit took the checkered flag on Saturday night at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, MS.
• Scott Ladner piloted his machine to LA 36 Speedway's Victory Lane during Saturday night's action.
• Josh Leonard picked up a Week 6 make-up, and the Week 25 feature win on Saturday night at Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, NE.
• Travis Pennington picked up a Saturday night Weekly Racing win at Cochran Motor Speedway in Cochran, GA.
• Ben Brocato tamed "Alabama's Action Track" and took home the Saturday night win at North Alabama Speedway.
• Marcus Minga bested the field for a Saturday night victory at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS.

Full feature results from Week 25 are posted just below the Top 20 in the point standings through September 10th, 2017.

POSCAR #   DRIVER            PTS   RACES  WINS   TOP 5  TOP 10

1      85      JOSH LEONARD   700        37           19           31           34

2      4        NOAH DASPIT       699        11           16           22           22

3      1s      JEREMY SHAW      696        28           10           22           27

4      92     DELBERT SMITH   694        30           9             23           26

5      27     BRAD BERRY           689        21           7             17           20

6      21     SCOTT LADNER       685        26           6             22           23

7      17     ADAM GAULDIN       684        18           5             18           18

8      s4      SETH MCCORMACK  683        18           6             15           17

9      20     VRECE VAUGHT        673        24           4             17           23

10   72      STEVE RUSSELL        670        24           3             18           22

11   147    HUNTER CARROLL   670        30           7             20           26

12   21X    KODY BARBER          670        30           1             19           26

13   5s       DYLAN SCHMER      669        26           1             17           25

14   J8       BOBBY JORDAN      669        21           2             14           19

15   92S    DANIEL SMITH        665        31           2             15           27

16   10      RONNIE COOPER    663        23           6             20           23

17   W7    GREG WILHITE        663        21           9             16           20

18   6R     SHANE RINER          659        17           8             12           16

19   55     JAKE NEIGHBORS   654        14           2             10           13

20   G2G  JORDAN FEIDER    653        16           1             13           15

 

NESMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES WEEK 25 RESULTS

CAMDEN MOTOR SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #2 ADAM RAY
2. #4 JOE MIKE
3. #6 JIMMY HALFORD
4. #10 RONNIE COOPER
5. #00 BRONSON BERRY
6. #00 BEN GARNER
7. #32 BRIAN WOODARD
8. #98 NEIL THOMPSON

COCHRAN MOTOR SPEEDWAY- SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #01 TRAVIS PENNINGTON
2. #1N JORDY NIPPER
3. #17G CALEB GAY
4. #6 PARKER MARTIN
5. #6r SHANE RINER
6. #99 JR MOSELEY
7. #14 WIL HERRINGTON
8. #J1 JOSH BISHOP

ECM SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #W7 GREG WILHITE
2. #17 TRAVIS SMITH
3. #7 PAUL ALLRED
4. #7 RICHARD SMITH

GREENVILLE SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #77 GREG FORE
2. #J8 BOBBY JORDAN
3. #1X JEFF YOUNG
4. #7D BRENT DILLON
5. #34 RHETT BURNS
6. #48 MIKE MYERS
7. #3 ANTHONY ANDREWS
8. #28 JIM HUNT
9. #C4 COLE BURNS
10. #30 JUSTIN PAXTON

JACKSON MOTOR SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #4 NOAH DASPIT
2. #33 SID SCARBROUGH
3. #20C CLIFF ROSS
4. #21X KODY BARBER
5. #10 AUSTEN DEMPSEY
6. #10 JASON HENRY
7. #8 RICK HASSELLE
8. #95 AARON FITZHUGH
9. #26 ERIC MAZINGO(DNS)
10. #21 JOE ROBERTS(DNS)

JUNCTION MOTOR SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPT. 9(WEEK 6 MAKEUP)

1. #85 JOSH LEONARD
2. #20v RECE VAUGHT
3. #5S DYLAN SCHMER
4. #92 DELBERT SMITH
5. #27 BRYCE TAYLOR
6. #83D DENTON DUNCAN
7. #14 WILLIAM KUBIC
8. #23 JACOB KUBICKA
9. #92S DANIEL SMITH

JUNCTION MOTOR SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPT. 9 (WEEK 25)

1. #85 JOSH LEONARD
2. #92 DELBERT SMITH
3. #5S DYLAN SCHMER
4. #20V RECE VAUGHT
5. #83D DENTON DUNCAN
6. #27 BRYCE TAYLOR
7. #14 WILLIAM KUBIC
8. #23 JACOB KUBICKA
9. #92S DANIEL SMITH

LA 36 SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #21 SCOTT LADNER
2. #7 HUNTER LEWIS
3. #53 JEREMY EATON
4. #8 ALLEN GRAY
5. #771 KEVIN MARTIN

MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #19 MARCUS MINGA
2. #2 KYLE SHAW
3. #1s JEREMY SHAW
4. #84 RANDALL BECKWITH
5. #311 HENRY PULLEN
6. #86 TREY RICKMAN
7. #1 MATT HENDERSON
8. #11 CRUZ SKINNER
9. #44 TIM DEES
10. #3 TODD ROBINSON
11. #33 TERRY WILSON
12. #68 DJ BRASFIELD
13. #11 JOEY MULLENIX
14. #85 RONNIE JOHNSON
15. #10 STEVEN JONES
16. #147 HUNTER CARROLL
17. #2 TYLER BURGESS
18. #19 THOMAS LANGLEY

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9

1. #713 BEN BROCATO
2. #4 DUSTIN HARRIS
3. #64 BRADEN MITCHELL
4. #F44 HEATH JOHNSON
5. #58 BRANDON SHAW
6. #79 BILLY FLANNAGAN JR
7. #57 REX DUNN
8. #4 WAYNE SUTHERLAND
9. #78 MATTHEW BROCATO
10. #69 MIKE HENN
11. #01 JACKIE WALKER

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