Aug 7, 2014 | Granite State Series, NE Racing News, Touring Series News
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By Shawn Sicard
Walpole, NH- The first half of the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) 2014 season is complete, and Larry Gelinas has been on a tear. Gelinas has not finished outside of the top 4, with a win and three second place finishes in that stretch. He has fought a few bouts of adversity, recovering from a mid-race spin at Hudson in the Gate City Classic to come back through the field and take the checkers, and surviving at Star Speedway for the Star 100 as his car fell off the pace late in the race. G
Enter Dillon Moltz. Moltz sits 42 points behind Gelinas entering the JBH 100 at Monadnock Speedway this Saturday, August 9th. The driver of the RB Performance/Brackett Mechanical Chevrolet picked up a fifth place finish at the opener at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, and talk of the youngster making huge waves in the series began. The Waterford, CT driver then went to Monadnock, and the bad luck bug bit Moltz. The no. 5 Chevrolet was involved in a couple of incidents, with Moltz ending up with a 17th place finish. At the Gate City Classic, Moltz had another fast car underneath him, leading some laps early, but couldn’t seal the deal and ended up 5th.
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Aug 7, 2014 | Granite State Series, Touring Series News
story by Shawn Sicard
Walpole, NH- Long time flagman at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), Tim Bennett, will now sit atop the flag stand with the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS).
Bennett, who spent 15 seasons at the TSMP, recently stepped down from the flag stand at the 5/8 oval due to work conflicts. GSPSS official Jennifer Ready was quick to send praise of Bennett. “We started looking for a replacement as soon as we knew we were moving Bryon up,” Ready commented. “Both Bryon and I have worked with Tim in the past, and he seemed like the perfect fit to me. Tim had worked with us last year, and is familiar with our procedures.”
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Aug 4, 2014 | NASCAR K&N Series, Touring Series News
photo by RPM
By Dick Casey
In the same car nearly destroyed in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series race at Iowa Speedway in May, Eddie MacDonald powered the Grimm Construction/Multiple Sclerosis Chevy to a hard earned sixth place finish in the Autolite Iridium XP 150 in the second combination race pitting the East vs. the West on the Newton, Iowa track.
“We brought the car home today without a scratch on it,” laughed Eddie Mac after his ninth race this year in the K&N Pro Series. “The first time here with the new car in May ended in disaster when a tire blew out on lap 57 and destroyed the front clip. After fixing the car, we raced it to a second place finish at New Hampshire a few weeks ago and had hopes of running in the top three and compete for the win here but we struggled in practice and qualifying with it being too tight. We weren’t that great in practice (22nd and 27th) or qualifying (19th) but we thought we would be good for the race. Unfortunately, we just had to wait until after the break for that to happen.”
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Aug 4, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Will Hennequin Claims Street Stock Special
Barre, VT – Bill Davis of Monson, MA became the first ever repeat winner of the M&M Beverage Enduro at Thunder Road on Sunday, August 3. Davis followed up his 2013 victory with another $3,000 payday in this year’s 30th edition of the event. He was the only driver to complete all 200 laps.
Chris LaForest of Barre took second with 195 laps completed. James Nowakowski, Donny Mucherino, Chris Ouellette, Don Woodworth, Lou Cadwell, Doug Titus, Nathan LaFont and Paul Dudley all finished in the money with top ten finishes.
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Aug 4, 2014 | Granite State Series, Touring Series News
Walpole, NH- Longtime flagman Bryon Callen has taken over the position of Race Director in the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS), effective immediately.
Callen takes over the position previously held by Josh Vanada, Cynthia Tebbetts, and Jennifer Ready. “We have been looking for a full-time replacement for Josh (Vanada), as his commitments to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) have taken him away this season,” Ready states. “We feel that Bryon is a respected member of our team, dedicated to GSPSS, and will transition into the position with little disruption.”
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Aug 1, 2014 | American Canadian Tour, Thunder Road, Touring Series News
Photo by Alan Ward
Barre, VT – Barre’s own Nick Sweet pocketed his 13th career Thunder Road Late Model feature win during WDEV/Calkins night on Thursday, July 31. Sweet flew through the field from his 12th starting position and moved around Shawn Fleury with just under ten laps to go to take his second win of the 2014 season and help solidify his spot at the top of the standings.
Fleury settled for second while Derrick O’Donnell scored his second straight podium finish in third. Eric Chase earned fourth while Boomer Morris claimed fifth after leading early in the 50 lap event, which saw just one caution. Trampas Demers, Phil Scott, Jason Allen, Scott Dragon and Cody Blake completed the top ten.
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