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July
13th, 2011 - David Earl Gentry and
the Gentry Motorsports team will be racing at Tennessee National
Raceway (Hohnewald, TN) in both the Super Late Model and Crate
Classes. The team will be eyeing the $3000 to-win event in the
Super Late Model and the $1000 to-win event in the Crate class.
July
6th, 2011 - David Earl Gentry and
the Gentry Motorsports drove home two top-10 finishes in Alabama
during the NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series events, and still
remain in striking distance of their third NeSmith DLM
Championship.
On Saturday July 2nd, the Gentry
Motorsports took to Penton Raceway (Penton Ala.)Debuting a new
Warrior Chassis and look for NeSmith Racings $2500 to-win 50 lap
event. Gentry would time in with a 14.700 second lap and eighth
quickest amongst the 31 car field, lining himself to start in
the second position in heat number two. Gentry would drop one
position to finish third in the heat, setting up to start 12 on
the field for the 50 lap event. Gentry took the green flag and
buckled in for the long haul, but the first of four cautions
waved on lap one for a spun car. On the restart Gentry was fast
to the draw and made the pass for the 11th position, 3 laps went
down before the second caution fell for a four car pileup in
turn four taking out a couple cars. Gentry would restart in the
10th position, racing hard but not gaining any ground on the dry
slicked track. Two more cautions would fall during the 50 lap
race but that wouldn’t help the Gentry Motorsports team Warrior
chassis gain any positions. Gentry would bring home a 10th place
finish on the night, behind
Thomas,
Darda, Edge, Robertson, Breuer, Ogletree, Cantrell, King, Turner
and Gentry rounding out the top-10. After leaving Penton
Raceway, Gentry sat 32 points behind with 884, behind current
point leader Dan Breuer with 916.
The next night July 3rd the team
was in attendance at East Alabama Motor Speedway (Phenix City,
AL) for another round of NeSmith DLM $2500 to-win 50 lap event.
Gentry qualified 14th with a 16.510 lap time. Gentry would race
to a second place finish in his heat and would start 12th in the
feature. During the feature 10 caution flags plagued the race.
Gentry took the green and was dodging
bullets as cars were in the mix of battle. The first caution
waved on lap one for a spun car. A complete restart ensued and
the 24 car field was bunched up once again. 5 laps went down and
Gentry was hanging tight in 12th, when the second caution waved
for a slowed car on the speedway. On the next Gentry worked the
Warrior chassis up thru traffic picking cars off by lap 10 he
worked his way up to the eighth position, when caution waved
once again for debris on the speedway. Five more cautions would
wave throughout the 50 lap event and Gentry would gain two more
positions to the sixth spot before the checkers fell. Bringing
in a sixth place finish for the Eades Farm, CSB Consultants
Warrior Chassis
Gentry has 972 points with four top
fives and eight top tens in nine starts.
. Gentry remains in the second position in the points,
36 behind Breuer with 1008 points.Gentry
has completed all 445 laps of competition in the first nine
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Touring events held so
far this season.
Gentry Motorsports next scheduled race
is the weekend of July 29th & 30th with locations
to-be-announced by NeSmith Racing Dirt Late Model series
The Gentry
Motorsports team would like thank their sponsors for all their
support: Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop, American Race Tires by
Jimmy Smith, CSB Consultants, Maxium Signs & Graphics, 5150 Race
Trailers, Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM Racing Products, RPI Racing
Suspensions, B-LINE Fabrication, JPM Promotions and Race Tek
Racing Engines.
June 29th, 2011-
David Earl Gentry and the Gentry
motorsports team will be heading to the state of Alabama this
Fourth of July weekend to compete in a pair of NeSmith Dirt Late
Series races.
On Saturday July 2nd the team will
be at Penton Raceway (Penton, AL) for a $2500 To-Win 50 lap
event and on Sunday July 3rd they’ll be at East Alabama Raceway
(Phenix City, AL) for a $2500 To-Win 50 lap event. After nine
completed races on the NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series schedule ,
the Gentry Motorsports team sits second in the current points
standing with 804 points, 22 points behind leader Dan Breuer
with 826. Gentry and team are looking to capitalize this weekend
and gain more points toward their third NeSmith Championship.
May 23rd, 2011-
The Gentry Motorsports team headed to the southeast this
past weekend to compete in two NeSmith Racing Dirt Late Model
Series at Penton Raceway (Penton, AL) and New Senoia Raceway
(Senoia, GA) points races.
Friday May 20th the team competed at Penton Raceway for
a $2000 to-win NeSmith Racing Dirt Late Model Series event. DEG
and crew qualified second in his group with a 14.907 second lap
time. Gentry started on the pole in his heat and lead all 10
laps, capturing the win and the seventh place starting position
for the feature. Starting seventh in the feature, Gentry quickly
started the race by advancing positions by lap two, Gentry was
up to fourth.
Pole sitter Jake Knowles and eventual
race winner William Thomas restarted the race, when Knowles had
troubles and pulled off the speedway, advancing Gentry to third.
Eight cautions plagued the 40 lap event, after several short
green flag runs and the longest of 12 laps the
Two-time
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion David Earl
Gentry of Murfreesboro, TN drove the Eads Farms/Dixon Plumbing
Special to a third-place finish at Penton Raceway. Gentry left
Penton Raceway with 524 points, 18 points in second place behind
current points leader Dan Breuer with 542 points after seven
NeSmith events.
Saturday May 21st, the team traveled the New Senoia
Raceway (Senoia, GA) for a $2500 to-win NeSmith Racing Dirt Late
Model Series event. The Gentry Motorsports team qualified in
sixth overall with a 15.060 second lap time, locking him into
the main event in the sixth starting spot. On the start of the
50 lap event, Gentry jumped up to the fifth spot. Four laps were
in the books when the first caution of eight fell. Gentry ran in
the fifth position for the majority of the 50 lap event, During
12 remaining laps, the second and third place cars were battling
for position when one fell out of the event with mechanical
failure. Gentry would restart in the fourth position, as the
laps clicked away of the 50 lap event, Gentry wasn’t able to
advance any farther. He would finish the event with a fourth
place finish as the checkers fell.
The Gentry Motorsports team still remains in the hunt
for its third NeSmith Dirt Late Model Series Title, sitting with
616 points, 26 points behind current leader Dan Breuer with 642
points. The next scheduled NeSmith race for the Gentry
Motorsports Team is June 3rd at Oglethorpe Speedway Park
(Savanna, GA) $2000 To-Win and June 4th at Screven Motor
Speedway (Sylvania, GA) $2500 To-Win.
Gentry Motorsports wants to give a big thanks to all
their fans and 2011 sponsors that include:
Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop, American Race Tires by Jimmy Smith,
Jody P Race Engines, CSB Consultants, Maxium Signs & Graphics,
5150 Race Trailers, Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM Racing Products,
RPI Racing Suspensions, B-LINE Fabrication,JP Motorsports
Promotions and Race Tek Racing Engines.
Check back at
www.gentrymotorsports.com for the
latest news and location of the Gentry Motorsports next event.
April
25th, 2011- The Gentry Motorsports
Team pulled double duty at Thunderhill Raceway competing in the
Southern Regional Racing Series $3000 To-Win event and in the
Limited/Crate Late model.
In the limited/crate late model
division, Gentry would compete in the #56 Eades Farm, Dixon
Plumbing, Jody P Race Engines, CSB Consultants MasterSbilt
chassis. Gentry qualified third quick with a 13.028 time. When
feature time rolled around and the cars lined up, pole sitter
Tanner English was disqualified from competition due to a
equipment violation and Gentry was moved up to start on the
outside row in the second position. When the green flag waved
for the 20 laps event, DEG
jumped out to a 6 car lead over the
field before the first caution waved. When the race resumed DEG
found his groove and lead the field by a straight away ahead of
second place contender #14 Ben Davis. The second caution fell
with only a few laps go which bunched the field back together
for one more shot at taking the win away from Gentry. On the
final re-start, Gentry brought the field to the green and fired
on command. Gentry would lead the final circuits in dominating
fashion to take the Limited/Crate Late model feature win at
Thunderhill Raceway.
In super late model action, the
team was eying a SRRS $3000 pay day competing in the Chuck Smith
owned #1S Stealth Race Carbs MasterSbilt chassis house car. In
qualifying Gentry would put up a time of 12.384 seconds. DEG
would have to go to a heat race after
qualifying outside of the top locked in cars
of the night.
DEG
started from the pole position in his heat, beside the #A-1 of
Kayne Hickman. Hickman had the advantage on Gentry by having the
outside position on the ¼ mile oval getting the jump coming out
of turn two with the momentum from having the high side. Hickman
led all ten laps of the heat with Gentry settling for second,
giving him an 11th place starting position in the feature.
When the super action got under way
starting mid pack in the 11th spot, Gentry would try to advance
forward but the competition was tight with some of the region’s
best drivers coming out to try their hand at taking home the
$3000 up for grabs. DEG ran in 11th place before a lap seven
caution came out. Gentry pulled into the infield to make a tire
change to see if that would help in making any forward progress.
When the field took the green flag on the re-start DEG
moved
up as far as 10th place but after running 30 laps of the 40 lap
event Gentry retired to the infield wrapping up the night with a
13th place finish.
Gentry Motorsports
would like thank their sponsors for all their support: Eades
Farms, Pogue Body Shop, American Race Tires by Jimmy Smith, Jody
P Race Engines, CSB Consultants, Maxium Signs & Graphics, 5150
Race Trailers, Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM Racing Products, RPI
Racing Suspensions, B-LINE Fabrication,JP Motorsports Promotions
and Race Tek Racing Engines.
Check back at
www.gentrymotorsports.com for the latest news and
location of the Gentry Motorsports next event.
April 10th,
2011 - Gentry Motorsports chances at victory Saturday
April 9 at Greenville Speedway’s NeSmith Racings $5000 to-win
event was succumbed to a flat tire in the late stage of the
race.The team traveled to Greenville Speedway
(Greenville, MS) this past Friday and
Saturday to compete in the NeSmith Racings Dirt Late Model
Series $5000 to-win 75 lap event. Friday night saw the team
compete in preliminary action, qualifying and heat races. DEG
would go out in group #4 in his qualifying session and qualify
sixth overall with a 15.670. Starting sixth in his heat race,
Gentry drove the Eades Farm/ Dixon Plumbing MasterSbilt to a
third place finish to lock him in the feature starting 10th on
the bill.
Starting mid pack the Gentry
Motorsports team starting making a charge to the front at the
drop of the green flag, by lap five Gentry had made his way up
to fifth place. Gentry settled in fifth spot until around lap 22
when he made the pass for fourth. The first of six cautions came
out on lap 24. Gentry would restart in the fourth position
following race leader, Boland, Bruer and Edge. After a couple
attempts to restart the race NeSmith officials elected to go to
a single file restart instead of the series double file restart
system. Lap 25 saw Gentry make the pass for third place passing
Edge, Lap 31 saw Gentry make a pass for second place passing
current NeSmith
points leader Bruer.
Gentry began to close on Boland, as the leader
encountered lapped traffic on lap 42. With 25 laps to go, Boland
held a four car-length lead on Gentry, who had a full
straightaway advantage over Stokes. By lap 65, Boland had opened
up a half-straightaway lead over Gentry, but it appeared both of
the top two cars were having handling issues.
The
sixth and final caution flag of the race came out on lap 69 That
closed up the field for the wild seven-lap dash to the finish of
the race. Boland led Gentry, Stokes, Lee, Breuer, Turner, Shaw,
Tice, Washington, and Edge down to the green flag. The top four
cars went to the bottom of the track in turn one, while Breuer
and Turner climbed the banking to run the outside.
Breuer went from fifth to second in one
lap, and began closing fast on Boland.
Coming off the second turn on lap 72,
Breuer got to the outside of Boland, who slid up in front of him
due to the tire problem.
Breuer then crossed over to the inside,
and got under Boland to take the lead in turn three,
In the last four laps of the race, On
the closing laps Gentry developed a flat tire, Spoiling his
chances to make a run at the leaders.
Breuer pulled away to take the win, while Boland held
off a hard charging Turner to finish second.
The Gentry Motorsports Team would bring home the Eades
Farm/ Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to a fifth place finish at
Greenville Speedway. The team sits in second place in the 2011
NeSmith Racing Dirt Late Model Series points chase with 430
points, 24 points behind race winner and points leader Dan
Bruer.
There are no definite plans for the Gentry Motorsports
Team to race this up-coming week-end, the next scheduled event
for the team will be at Delta Bowl Speedway (Tunica, MS) for
another $5000 to-win 75 lap NeSmith Dirt Late Model Racing event
April 22nd & 23rd. Keep a check back at
www.gentrymotorsports.com for news coming
from the Gentry Motorsports camp.
The Gentry Motorsports team would like thank their
sponsors for all their support: Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop,
American Race Tires by Jimmy Smith, Jody P Race Engines, CSB
Consultants, Maxium Signs & Graphics, 5150 Race Trailers,
Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM Racing Products, RPI Racing
Suspensions, Tean GRT, B-LINE Fabrication,JP Motorsports
Promotions and Race Tek Racing Engines.
April 2nd
2011- Gentry Motorsports returned to action Saturday
night at Smokey Mountain Speedway (Maryville, TN) for a NeSmith
Dirt Late Model Racing $2500 To-Win event. Gentry qualified out
of the top six that were locked into the feature, putting into a
12 lap heat race, Gentry won his heat setting him up to start
10th in the 40 lap main event. Gentry would advance to 7th place
were he would finish in the feature.
Gentry Motorsports will be heading
to Greenville Speedway (Greenville, MS) Next weekend April 8th &
9th for a $5000 To-Win NeSmith Dirt Late Model event.
March 30th, 2011-
The Gentry Motorsports team will be heading to Smokey
Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN Saturday April 2, 2011 to
compete in the NeSmith Dirt Late Model $2500 To-Win 50 lap
event.
Gentry a Two-Time NeSmith Dirt Late Model Champion sits
fifth in the points after the first three events. Gentry had a
top five finish and two top ten finishes at East Bay Raceway
Park in February.
The Gentry Motorsports team would like thank their
sponsors for all their support: Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop,
American Race Tires by Jimmy Smith, Jody P Race Engines, CSB
Consultants, Maxium Signs & Graphics, 5150 Race Trailers,
Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM Racing Products, RPI Racing
Suspensions, Tean GRT, B-LINE Fabrication,JP Motorsports
Promotions and Race Tek Racing Engines.
Check back here at
www.gentrymotorsports.com for a re-cap of
how DEG and the Gentry Motorsports Team do Saturday April 2,
2011 at Smokey Mountain Speedway
(Maryville, TN)
March 20th, 2011-
The Gentry Motorsports crew took
the Chuck Smith owned, 1s Stealth Racing Carbs, Mastersbilt
house car to their home turf on Saturday night at Duck River
Speedways 2011 Season Opener
DEG and the Gentry Motorsports Team made a bid to qualify a top
of the 20 car field but handling issues spoiled the teams
efforts to just one solid qualifying lap, which put the team
starting 5th in the
feature. When the green flag flew for the feature event, Gentry
was still fighting some handling issues with the Mastersbilt
chassis while battling for positions second through fourth. With
several cautions coming out during the 25 lap event, a long
green flag run to the checkers was needed to help Gentry settle
in and find his groove that would bring the 1s Stealth Racing
Carbs Mastersbilt house car to a 3rd
place finish behind race winner Scott Cook and runner-up Tyler
Landers.
There are no plans to race this up-coming weekend as the Gentry
Motorsports Team prepares for the April 2nd
NeSmith Crate Racing’s $2500 To-Win event at Smokey Mountain
Speedway in Maryville, Tn.
Gentry Motorsports would like thank their sponsors for
all their support: Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop, American Race
Tires by Jimmy Smith, Jody P Race Engines, CSB Consultants,
Maxium Signs & Graphics, 5150 Race Trailers, Stealth Racing
Carbs, PPM Racing Products, RPI Racing Suspensions, Tean GRT,
B-LINE Fabrication,JP Motorsports Promotions and Race Tek Racing
Engines.
February 26th, 2011-
Night #3 at East Bay Raceway: The Gentry
Motorsports Team qualified 3rd in their group. DEG would drive
to a 2nd place finsh in his heat race, setting him up to start
8th in the NeSmith Racing $3000 To-Win Feature. On lap 1 of the
feature, Gentry was involved in a caution. Gentry would have to
go to the rear of the field and make his way back to the front.
After 40 laps and difficult passing, the Gentry Motorsports team
wind up the week-end at East Bay Raceway Park with an 11th place
finish.
Check Back here at
www.gentrymotorports.com for the full scoop on the Gentry
Motorsports Team.
February 25th, 2011-
Night #2 at East Bay Raceway would
be a challenge for the Gentry Motorsports Team. Gentry qualified
5th in his group, which put him deep in his heat race. Gentry
wouldn’t advance to the feature through his heat. He would have
to advance to the main event through a B-Main, where he finished
2nd in B-Main #1 of 2. This put him starting in the 19th
position of the NeSmith Racing 40 lap $2000 To-Win feature
event. Starting deep in the pack, the Gentry Motorsports
MasterSbilt would work its way thru heavy traffic to advance
from 19th to the 8th position, where he would finish on night #2
at East Bay Raceway Park.
The Gentry Motorsports Team will round out the week tomorrow
night for the third and final round of NeSmith’s Racing Crate
Late Models $3000 To-Win event at East Bay Raceway Park.
February 24th, 2011-
With 46 entries signed in on night 1 at East Bay Raceway Park in
Tampa, FL, David Earl Gentry brings home a fourth place finish
on night one of three of NeSmith Crate Late Model Racing.
Gentry locked the Gentry Motorsports car in through his heat
race by finishing 3rd.
Lining him up to start 10th
in the feature. At the drop of the flag the Gentry Motorsports
car began its march through the field, by lap 26 Gentry had
worked his way up to 5th
place. With just a few laps remaining in the $2000 To-Win event,
Gentry worked his way to third place to be beat just by a half a
car length by third place finisher Nosbisch. Gentry finished
fourth, behind Norbisch, Norbish JR, and race winner Doug Horton.
DEG and the Gentry Motorsports Team will make a strike at in
again tomorrow for night #2 of the NeSmith Crate Late Models
$2000 To-Win event at East Bay Raceway Park.
February 23rd, 2011 -Welcome
to the Official Launch of the David Earl Gentry, Gentry Motorsports
Website,
www.gentrymotorsports.com Here you can find the latest news, results, photos and
information on DEG and the Gentry Motorsports Crew.
This past weekend DEG and the Gentry
Motorsports Crew competed at Winchester Speedway's Winterfest.
The team finshed 4th in their heat, lining them up to start 13th
in the Winterfest Feature. Gentry drove his way up three
positions in the 40 lap main event to finish 10th in the
feature.
The Gentry Motorsports Team will be heading
South to Florida this weekend to comepte in the NeSmith Crate
Late Model Series at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla. There
will be 3 nights of racing starting, on Thursday with a $2000
To-Win Event, Friday will be a $2000 To-Win Event, and Rounding
out Saturday the team will compte in a $3000 To-Win Event.
Gentry Motorsports would like thank their
sponsors for all their support: Eades Farms, Pogue Body Shop,
American Race Tires by Jimmy Smith, CSB Consultants, Maxium
Signs & Graphics, 5150 Race Trailers, Stealth Racing Carbs, PPM
Racing Products, RPI Racing Suspensions, Tean GRT, B-LINE
Fabrication, and Ray Hice Racing Engines.
DEG and the Gentry
Motorsports Team would like to Thank ALL their FANS for their
support!!
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