{"id":12390,"date":"2014-01-09T06:47:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=12390"},"modified":"2014-01-09T06:47:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T11:47:52","slug":"derek-griffith-griffith-gearing-exciting-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/01\/derek-griffith-griffith-gearing-exciting-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"DEREK GRIFFITH: Griffith is gearing up for an exciting 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DEREK<\/a>Hudson, NH. \u2013 Derek Griffith, the talented 16 year-old has his sights set on contending for wins in 2014; coming off a year in which the native of Hudson, New Hampshire competed part-time. Griffith will be upping his race schedule this year to include his first attempt at qualifying for the prestigious Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine in July, 2014<\/p>\n

Griffith will kick off his busy 2014 by competing full-time in pursuit of the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) crown and will race select Pro All Star Series (PASS) events, as of right now Derek will start his year off by visiting Thompson Speedway in Thompson, CT to compete in the season opening race for the GSPSS during the \u2018Ice Breaker\u2019 event slated for April 13, 2014
\n<\/p>\n

Race Team Information<\/strong>:
\nWHO<\/strong>: Derek Griffith, Hudson, NH.
\nCREW CHIEF<\/strong>: Louie Mechalides, Tyngsboro, MA.
\nTEAM<\/strong>: No. 12 Tyngsboro Motors, LCM Racing, FEP Insurance, Toyota Camry
\nSPONSORS<\/strong>: Tyngsboro Motors, LCM Racing, FEP Insurance, Farris Wheels Used Harley\u2019s, MacLellan Metal Finishing<\/p>\n

Recent Race Results<\/strong>:
\nLAST RACE<\/strong>: Oktoberfest, Lee USA Speedway, October 13, 2013
\nSTART<\/strong>: 7th
\nFINISH<\/strong>: 16th
\nNEXT RACE<\/strong>: Thompson Speedway – Ice Breaker, April 5-6, 2014<\/p>\n

Driver Facts and Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Derek Griffith is the youngest driver on the Granite State Pro Stock Series.
\nDerek Griffith will be making his first appearance at the historic Thompson Speedway, in Thompson, CT in April, 2014.
\nDerek Griffith will be 17 years-old when he attempts to qualify for the 2014 Oxford 250 in July..<\/p>\n

In their own words<\/strong><\/p>\n

Derek Griffith on his 2013 season: \u201cI learned a lot about these Pro Stocks. We had a new car and the experience I gained racing with such veterans as Mike O\u2019Sullivan, Larry Gelinas, Barry Gray and Wayne Helliwell Jr. was invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Derek Griffith on his 2014 expectations: \u201cWell, I really expect us to compete for wins now. Some of the tracks we are going to will be our second and third time visiting them. We know the car that Louie Mechalides prepares for us can win anywhere; it\u2019ll be my job to give us a chance to be there at the end to compete for those wins. I really think we can be consistent, I believe that will be the key to being there in the end and fighting for a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hudson, NH. \u2013 Derek Griffith, the talented 16 year-old has his sights set on contending for wins in 2014; coming off a year in which the native of Hudson, New Hampshire competed part-time. Griffith will be upping his race schedule this year to include his first attempt at qualifying for the prestigious Oxford 250 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227],"class_list":["post-12390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pass","tag-derek-griffith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}