NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series 2017 Week 27 Round Up

(Cartersville, GA – September 26, 2017)   The 2017 NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series season is officially in the record books. The season is one that brings new faces to the spotlight with the 2017 National Championship being claimed by Nebraska driver Josh Leonard. Leonard's arrival to the 2017 scene came with the addition of Junction Motor Speedway and Lexington Raceway in Nebraska to the family of sanctioned speedways. Leonard used his strong finishes at those two tracks, and his visits to Salina Speedway where it all begin with the expansion of the NeSmith Late Models into that region.

Leonard's season was "perfect" with a 700 point total, but after getting a later start to the points chase, former National Champion Noah Daspit made a valiant charge at the end coming up just short of becoming a repeat champion, and edging Jeremy Shaw for the runner up spot.

Drivers that make up the top 10 represent 5 different states, and have used strong performances at their home tracks to compete against drivers across the country that have competed at their local tracks too. The uniform rules package and points structure has proven again that the NeSmith Weekly Racing program provides exciting action at each track they are featured across the country. The NeSmith Racing officials would like to THANK the competitors, tracks, crews, fans, and sponsors for their support during the 2017 season, and look forward to a bigger and better 2018 season!

Headlines from Week 27:

• Seth McCormack picked up the Saturday night NeSmith Late Model win at North Alabama Speedway. McCormack will be a driver that the Touring division regulars will have to knock off the home track advantage at the King of Crate 60 next weekend(Sept. 28-30).
• Veteran Ronnie Cooper took the checkered flag on Saturday night at Camden Motor Speedway in Camden, TN.
• Darren Patrick was Saturday night's NeSmith Late Model winner at Chatham Speedway in Chatham, LA.
• LA 36 Speedway's Saturday night NeSmith Late Model win went to Scott Ladner in his #21 machine.
• Shane Riner picked up one of the double features on Friday night at Oglethorpe Speedway Park while Garrett Shurling was victorious in the other.

Full feature results from Week 27 are posted just below the Top 20 in the point standings through September 25th, 2017.

POS CAR #  DRIVER                   PTS     RACES  WINS   TOP 5  TOP 10

1       85      JOSH LEONARD       700        39           20           33           36

2       4        NOAH DASPIT           699        22           16           22           22

3       1s      JEREMY SHAW          696        28           10           22           27

4       92      DELBERT SMITH     694        32           9             24           28

5       27      BRAD BERRY             692        23           8             18           22

6       s4      SETH MCCORMACK  689        19           7             16           18

7       21      SCOTT LADNER        688        27           7             23           24

8       17      ADAM GAULDIN      684        19           5             18           19

9       10      RONNIE COOPER    676        35           7             22           25

10     20V   RECE VAUGHT         674        25           4             18           24

11     21X   KODY BARBER           674        32           2             21           28

12     5s      DYLAN SCHMER       673        27           2             18           26

13     72     STEVE RUSSELL        670        25           3             18           23

14     147   HUNTER CARROLL   670        30           31           20           27

15     J8      BOBBY JORDAN       669        21           2             14           19

16     6R     SHANE RINER          668        18           9             13           17

17     92S   DANIEL SMITH         666        33           2             16           29

18     W7   GREG WILHITE         663        22           9             16           20

19    4       JOE MIKE                     655        19           3             15           19

20    55     JAKE NEIGHBORS    654        14           2             10           13

NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Results for Week 27

Camden Motor Speedway - Saturday September 23^rd

1. #10 Ronnie Cooper
2. #4 Joe Mike
3. #2 Adam Ray
4. #45 Kyle McMahon
5. #69 Neal Neisler
6. #98 Neil Thompson
7. #00 Ben Garner
8. #6 Jimmy Halford
9. #00 Bronson Berry

Chatham Speedway - Saturday September 23rd

1. #25 Darren Patrick
2. #10 John Mills
3. #12 Rusty Harmon
4. #7C Lance Carroll
5. #07 Devin Richards(DQ)

LA 36 Speedway - Saturday September 23rd

1. #21 Scott Ladner
2. #53 Jeremy Eaton
3. #33 Shannon Lee
4. #21 Kody Barber
5. #26C Cole Cameron
6. #C24 Calvin Martin
7. #3N Ronnie Graham
8. #41 Al Houhout
9. #8 Allen Gray
10. #14 Fieldmouse
11. #49 Danny Lee

North Alabama Speedway - Saturday September 23rd

1. #s4 Seth McCormack
2. #4 Dustin Harris
3. #F44 Heath Johnson
4. #79 Billy Flannagan Jr
5. #64 Braden Mitchell
6. #103 Dustin Stutts
7. #4 Wayne Sutherland
8. #7 Richard Smith
9. #58 Brandon Shaw
10. #27 Brad Berry

Oglethorpe Speedway Park - Saturday September 22nd

1. #R6 Shane Riner
2. #44 Eddie Morris
3. #48 Robert Diekemper
4. #07 Keith Tuten
5. #07Kerry Gibbons
6. #G4 Garrett Shurling
7. #51 Joey Woodward
8. #00 Chip Beach
9. #4 Rye Faulk
10. #R12 J. Jay Reich
11. #28 Donnie Bazemore
12. #5 Shannon Graham

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