WEAVER AWARDED TWO NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS EAST BAY WINS IN ONE NIGHT

1.20.10 TAMPA, FL – Randy Weaver of Crossville, TN was awarded the
victory in the 50-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series race on
Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park after the car of apparent winner
Devin Dixon of Apollo Beach, FL was disqualified during the post-race
technical inspection.

Weaver, driving the Cardinal Paint and Body Custom By Weaver
was also awarded the win in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Thursday night East
Bay Raceway Park event with the disqualification of Dixon. The engine in
Dixon’s Night Hawk Towing Rocket was found to have a balanced crankshaft and
aftermarket connecting rod bolts, both of which are disallowed in the
series.

The engines of Weaver and Friday night’s winner Shan Smith of
Dade City, FL were also taken apart and inspected by NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS
Technical Officials, and both engines were ruled to by legal. Weaver
finished second to Smith’s Gardner Racing TNT in Friday night’s 50-lap
NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS event at East Bay Raceway Park.

Keith Nosbisch of Valrico, FL finished second on Saturday
night in the Miller Lite Rocket. Nosbisch was also awarded with fast time
honors by out-qualifying the 48 entrants with a lap around the 1/3-mile clay
oval in 15.709 seconds.

Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, MS took the third spot in the Waddle
Trucking Mastersbilt, and Smith was fourth. Jeff Matthews of Dover, FL
grabbed the Race Car Engineering 5th-Place Award in the Night Hawk Towing
Warrior.

Defending NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Eric
Cooley of Fulton, MS picked up the KRC 6th-Place Award in the 78 Towing and
Recovery Victory Circle. Doug Horton of Bruceton Mills, WV in the Adams
Used Auto Parts Warrior was the Joe Gibbs Driven 7th-Place Award winner, and
Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA took the Race Car Engineering 8th-Place
Award.

Ron Wadforth of Trenton, Ontario Canada took the 25th Long Haul Provisional
starting spot, and drove the Excel Tower Service Rocket to the Maximum Signs
9th-Place Award and the GM Performance Hard Charger of the Race Award.
Shane Hitt of Buchannon, WV finished tenth to earn the KRC 10th-Place Award
in the Hitt Enterprises Rocket.

Justin McRee of Cuba, AL picked up the Mike’s Custom Tanks 11th-Place Award
in the Century Carriers, Inc. Trak-Star, and his teammate Charlie Henderson
of Cottondale, AL finished 13th and was the Rookie of the Race Award winner.

Turner stays on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National
point standings by two point over Cooley, and 32 points over McRee in the
third spot.

Before his disqualification, Dixon started the race from the pole position,
and led all 50 laps. Nosbisch ran in the second spot for the first four
laps of the race, but Weaver would get by him on a lap five double-file
restart and make what would be the winning pass.

The first of six caution flags would come out on lap three when Larry Harrod
of Plains, GA spun the Harrod Logging Scorpion in turn one. Harrod was able
to continue, but he was collected in a spin by David Pollen Jr. of Tampa, FL
in the B&D Trucking Rocket on lap five in turn four. Harrod’s car flipped
once and landed on its wheels.

Harrod climbed from the car under his own power, but he was taken to Tampa
General Hospital for tests and observation. This earned Harrod the
Dominator Race Products Hard Luck Award.

Smith made an early race charge after starting 19th and was running ninth by
lap ten. Smith jumped from ninth to seventh on a lap 15 restart, and passed
Cooley for the sixth position on lap 18. Smith would pass Matthews for what
would be the fourth position on lap 42.

Turner was another Hard Charger candidate, as he took a provisional, started
23rd, and was up to the tenth spot by lap 20. Wadforth would be the GM
Performance Hard Charger of the Race, as he started 25th, and was running in
what would be the ninth spot by lap 40.

In preliminary action, the four ten-lap heat races were won by
Hollingsworth, Matthews, Cooley, and Horton. The two 12-lap B-Main races
were won by Kevin Wilson of Stoneville, NC in the KMS Roofing Wilson, and
Pollen.