{"id":13316,"date":"2014-06-11T21:58:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T01:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=13316"},"modified":"2014-06-11T21:58:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T01:58:20","slug":"griffith-looking-forward-returning-home-track-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/06\/griffith-looking-forward-returning-home-track-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffith looking forward to returning to home track this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13317\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13317\" class=\"wp-image-13317 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vlf_3830-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"vlf_3830\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vlf_3830-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vlf_3830.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PR &amp; Photo Eric LaFleche<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Driver looking to capture first Granite State Pro Stock victory at his home track<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Hudson, NH) \u2013 On <span data-term=\"goog_2015706101\">Sunday, June 15, 2014<\/span>, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) visits one of the oldest tracks that the 3 year-old series races at, Hudson International Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is also a homecoming of sorts for local driver of the No. 12 MOM\u2019s of Manchester\/LCM Racing Toyota Camry, Derek Griffith.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 17 year-old Griffith cut his teeth at the \u00bc-mile oval by competing in many of the lower divisions that Hudson had to offer; often winning, week-in and week-out. All while preparing Derek to race the Pro Stocks that he does today.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Derek stated, \u201cI love this place, Hudson is special to me as I grew up close by and we really have great memories here. We came home in second-place the last time the GSPSS raced here; I wouldn\u2019t mind advancing one more spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So far in 2014, Griffith sits fourth in the season points, just 32 points from the leader [Larry Gelinas]. Derek knows how to get around Hudson as good, if not better than most of the competitors and Griffith feels this gives him a great opportunity, going in to the Gate City Classic 100.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve turned as many laps here as anybody that will be racing with us this weekend and I think this gives our Tyngsboro Motors\/Maclellan Metal Finishing Toyota a great chance, going in to this race; as long as we are able to stay out of trouble, I am expecting very good things\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post time for the 2014 Granite State Pro Stock Gate City Classic 100 is <span data-term=\"goog_2015706102\">4 pm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out Dereks website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.derekgriffith.com\/\">www.derekgriffith.com<\/a> for photos and updates. Follow Derek on Twitter @DerekGriffith12 and on Facebook\u00a0\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derekgriffith18\">www.facebook.com\/derekgriffith18<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver looking to capture first Granite State Pro Stock victory at his home track (Hudson, NH) \u2013 On Sunday, June 15, 2014, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) visits one of the oldest tracks that the 3 year-old series races at, Hudson International Speedway. &nbsp; This is also a homecoming of sorts for local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[100,4],"tags":[911],"class_list":["post-13316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-series","category-latest-touring-news","tag-granite-state-pro-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13316","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}