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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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