Derek Griffith Continues His Breakout Season, Earns Win at White Mountain Motorsports Park

GSPSS-logoNORTH WOODSTOCK, NH – Derek Griffith becomes the only driver to win four races in one season, after the Hudson, NH driver picked up the victory at White Mountain Motorsports Park.

Dillon Moltz jumped ahead of the field on the drop of the green flag until lap 11, when Mike Parks caught the berm of the new pavement, screeching to a halt before touching the front stretch wall. Moltz would see Griffith alongside his door on the restart, but won the battle, retaining the lead. Griffith stayed within striking distance, and took the lead on lap 44.

After an incident involving Barry Gray and Nick Sweet on lap 57, Griffith would engage in battle with Moltz on the restart once more. Griffith would win the battle, and put on a blistering pace to capture the win.
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Nocella Scores Beech Ridge 100 For Second VMRS Win

vmodNocella Scores Beech Ridge 100 For Second VMRS Win

Scarborough, ME. – Anthony Nocella drove the family owned ‘Nocella Paving’ # 92 to victory Saturday night, August 1, in the Valenti Modified Racing Series sanctioned race at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough, ME. The race format was Twin 50
lap features.

The victory was the second series win for the 22-year old driver from Woburn, Massachusetts’s. Nocella is the eighth different driver to win at Beech Ridge.
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Trépanier Gets First Série ACT Win of Season at Autodrome St-Felicien

Alan Ward photo

Alan Ward photo

St-Felicien, QC – Série American-Canadian Tour (ACT) point leader Dany Trépanier broke into the winner’s circle for the first time this season by capturing the St-Felicien 150 at Quebec’s Autodrome St-Felicien on Saturday, August 1.

 

The St-Edourard, QC driver won the first segment of the two-segment event, leading the final 19 laps en route to the win. Trépanier then finished second to former Série ACT Champion Jean-François Déry in the second segment to take the overall win with a combined score of three points. It is the third Série ACT win of Trépanier’s career and first since July 2014.

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Turner Captures M&M Beverage Enduro 200

photo submitted byThunder Road

photo submitted byThunder Road

Barre, VT – Milton’s Richie Turner came out on top of a field of 103 cars to win the 31st M&M Beverage Enduro 200 at Thunder Road Speedbowl on Sunday, August 2.

 

The Airborne Park Speedway Renegade driver assumed the lead near the 2/3 mark of the event when then-top cars Terry Pearce Jr., Andrew Hill, and Jesse Switser all experienced problems and were forced to pit within a few laps of each other. Turner then steadily pulled away and finished the event two full laps ahead of the field.

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Griffith Looks For Podium Finish This Weekend At White Mountain Motorsports Park

PR - Eric LaFleche / Photo - Chip Cormie

PR – Eric LaFleche / Photo – Chip Cormie

(N. Woodstock, NH) – The Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) travels to White Mountain Motorsports Park (WMMP) on Saturday August 1st and point leader No. 12 Derek Griffith is chomping at the bit.

Griffith, the 18 year-old, Hudson, NH native likes how the GSPSS cars react to the ¼-mile bullring at WMMP. “I love the way our No. 12 MOM’s of Manchester/LCM Racing/FEP Insurance Toyota Camry handled up there last year. You can carry a lot of speed through the corners, which makes for fast, tight racing” said Derek. (more…)