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Joey Pole made history on September 14, adding name to the impressive list of winners for the Granite State Pro Stock Series\u00a0on Saturday, and also by winning the final race at the 1\/3 mile banked oval. 28 cars attempted to qualify for this historic event, with 22 taking the green flag.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2012 Canaan Pro Stock Champion Jeremy Davis, winner of the May 4<\/span>th\u00a0<\/span>event, led the field down to the green, but the caution came out before the first lap could be completed, setting a tone for the event. By the time the race was 10 laps in, four cars had already retired from the event. Pole and Davis took time leading the race with Davis leading all but the opening two cirsuits.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the lap 25 mark, Davis continued to hold on with Pole second, Matt Frahm third, Bobby Baillargeon fourth and Larry Gelinas fifth. The seventh caution of the affair came out on the 34<\/span>th\u00a0<\/span>lap for Wayne Heliwell Sr. Another handful of cautions slowed up the event by the halfway point. By this time, Pole had re-taken the lead over Davis, Gelinas, Davis and Frahm.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pole continued to hang on to the lead over the second half of the race, but a lap 61 caution allowed Frahm to move past Davis into the runner up position. Davis held off Gelinas and Donnie Lashua, who was working his way back through the field from a lap 24 incident that also involved point leader Mike O’Sullivan.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Frahm’s chance at victory ended on lap 82, when his car came to a stop on the track. This moved Davis back to the outside of the front row on the restart, and another chance to close his home track his way. He couldn’t get past Pole, but held on to second for several laps before Gelinas slid past for second with just five laps remaining. Larry had his luck change when he and Donnie Lashua brought out the final caution with 3 laps remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With one mile remaining before the Sunoco Checkers, Pole held off Davis and picked up his first Granite State Pro Stock win. Davis held on for second, with Mike Parks moving to third on the final laps. Bryon Baker and Mike O’Sullivan rounded out the top five.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With one race left on the Granite State Pro Stock Series schedule, the championship standings is down to points between leader Mike O’Sullivan and Jeremy Davis. Who will win the 2013 Granite State Pro Stock Championship on\u00a0October 20.<\/span><\/p>\n