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ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Week 8 of the 2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series is complete and two familiar faces remain atop the standings, as Russellville, AL brother Bryson and Braden Mitchell sit one and two respectively following their top ten finish at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL. A driver that continues to make up ground with two less races of record is Spring Hill, TN driver Brad Skinner who visited victory lane at Duck River Raceway Park to settle in at third after eight weeks of action.

Fourth in the standings is Josh Amacher who took at top ten at Tennessee National Raceway in Hohenwald, TN to keep his string of solid runs alive, and fifth is Hattieburg, MS driver Jeremy Idom who scored another top ten during Saturday night competition at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. Tootie Arnold grabbed the checkered flag at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, MS to settle in at sixth in the standings, ahead of second place finisher at Jackson Sid Scarbrough who is seventh in the current standings.

Oakley Gillespie comes in at eighth currently after a third-place finish at North Alabama Speedway, with Talladega Short Track regular Mike Combs sitting in ninth after his fourth place finish at the “Hornet’s Nest”. Rounding out the top ten in points is 2019 National Champion Shannon Lee who did not see action during week 8 with both of his “home” tracks Hattiesburg Speedway in Hattiesburg, MS and Pike County Speedway in Magnolia, MS falling victim to rain outs.

Week 8 action also saw feature wins from National Touring Late Model Series regular TJ Brittain who took the win at Talladega Short Track on Saturday night, and Oakley Johns who sits just outside the top ten in points with four wins to his name already in 2020. Travis Steele was the big winner during action at “The Place Your Mama Warned You About”, Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, SC, and Patrik Daniel was the victor in Local DFW Series action at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Texas. Matthew Brocato grabbed his first win of 2020 Saturday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL to settle in the top 25 in points, and will look to keep that streak going as the King of Crate event at NAS will approach for the Touring Division at the end of August.

Full Results for Week 8 and the Top ten in national standings can be found below.

2020 Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Late Model Point Standings Through 7/26/2020:
POS CAR # DRIVER TOTAL
1 46 Bryson Mitchell 378
2 64 Braden Mitchell 372
3 17 Brad Skinner 346
4 21j Josh Amacher 336
5 18 Jeremy Idom 331
6 2T Tootie Arnold 323
7 33 Sid Scarbrough 319
8 2 Oakley Gillespie 313
9 5 Mike Combs 311
10 47 Shannon Lee 299

Crate Racin’ USA Late Model Division – Week 8 Results

Cherokee Speedway – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #5S – Travis Steele
2. #00 – Rich Kuiken
3. #42 – Mark Greene
4. #29 – Alex Hendren
5. #XR – Mark Robinson
6. #48 – Charlie Walker
7. #18 – Gray Parton
8. #70 – Craig Herndon
9. #01 – Chris Morrison
10. #04 – Nick Yandle
11. #10 – Patrick Evatt
12. #X – Kyle Jarrell
13. #97 – Will Bailey
14. #67 – Bryan Mullis
15. #1 – Brad Racheals
16. #44 – Timmy Rominger

Duck River Raceway Park – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #17R – Brad Skinner
2. #25 – Chase Walls
3. #13 – Scott Cook
4. #16 – Daniel Miller
5. #85 – Mitch Thornton
6. #B44 – Grayson Brewer
7. #34 – Shane Echols
8. #11N – Gwynn Newby
9. #94S – James Sullivan
10. #7N – Clint Nichols

Hattiesburg Speedway – Friday, July 24, 2020
RAINED OUT!

Jackson Motor Speedway – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #2T – Tootie Arnold
2. #33 – Sid Scarbrough
3. #34 – Dough Sanchagrin
4. #10 – Jason Henry
5. #7 – Brent Dillon
6. #Bi11 – Bill Dunaway
7. #9 – James Moore

Local Late Model Series DFW – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #75 – Patrik Daniel
2. #24L – Garren Lindsey
3. #1 – Chase Allen
4. #24 – Sean Jones
5. #32 – Beau Begnaud
6. #ZZX – Sloppy Hogg
7. #4JR – Boone Evans
8. #21 – Kelly Lockey
9. #630 – Phillip Smith
10. #95 – Anthony Boatman
11. #485 – Tony Lindsey
12. #13 – David Moore
13. #50 – Billy Meazell
14. #57 – Ranger Shipman
15. #00z – Trey Langley (DNS)

North Alabama Speedway – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #78 – Matthew Brocato
2. #S4 – Seth McCormack
3. #2 – Oakley Gillespie
4. #55 – Kyle May
5. #1 – Jason Markewitz
6. #64 – Braden Mitchell
7. #46 – Bryson Mitchell
8. #W7 – Greg Wilhite
9. #1 – Bryant Marsh

Pike County Speedway – Saturday, July 25, 2020
RAINED OUT!

Talladega Short Track – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #05 – TJ Brittain
2. #8 – Grant Pearl
3. #K5 – David Kay
4. #5 – Mike Combs
5. #3 – Heath Carr
6. #15 – Lane Shuler
7. #222 – Carlton Freeman

Tennessee National Raceway – Saturday July 25, 2020

1. #C6 – Oakley Johns
2. #98 – Eric Hickerson
3. #65 – Scott Spurgeon
4. #20M – Cody Martin
5. #F26 – Mark Fields
6. #21J – Josh Amacher
7. #C66 – Donald Johns
8. #28 – Justin Maxwell

Tri-County Speedway – Saturday July 25, 2020
RAINED OUT!

Whynot Motorsports Park – Saturday, July 25, 2020

1. #27 – Chris McElhenney
2. #11 – Spencer Hughes
3. #33 – Colton Leyendecker
4. #327 – Jamie Tolison
5. #44 – Tim Dees
6. #27 – Larry Murphy
7. #15J – Josh Thomas
8. #18 – Jeremy Idom
9. #47 – James Gilmore
10. #52 – Cody Karl
11. #14 – Casey Haney

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PHOTO CUTLINE: Tootie Arnold and crew enjoy victory lane following his Saturday July 25, 2020 win at Jackson Motor Speedway in Byram, MS. (Dirt Track Mafia Photography Photo)