{"id":13979,"date":"2014-09-17T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=13979"},"modified":"2014-09-17T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:35:50","slug":"9-9-granite-state-pro-stock-series-enjoys-parity-winners-heading-white-mountain-motorsports-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2014\/09\/9-9-granite-state-pro-stock-series-enjoys-parity-winners-heading-white-mountain-motorsports-park\/","title":{"rendered":"9 For 9: Granite State Pro Stock Series Enjoys Parity in Winners Heading to White Mountain Motorsports Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12231 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GSPS2-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"GSPS2\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GSPS2-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/GSPS2.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Walpole, NH-<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">With only two races remaining, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) has seen 9 different winners in 9 races on the 2014 season.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The next stop on the tour, the beautiful North Woodstock, NH facility, White Mountain Motorsports Park (WMMP), will throw a wild-card in the mix to keep the streak alive, as the GSPSS will race at the \u00bc mile track for the first time in the series\u2019 short existence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The top three drivers in the 2014 championship standings have all recorded a win; Matt Frahm (Monadnock 5\/31), Dillon Moltz (Star 9\/7), and Larry Gelinas (Hudson 6\/15).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">However, five of the top 10 drivers in the point standings have not recorded a win (Derek Griffith, Mike Parks, Tommy O\u2019Sullivan, Cory Robert, and Bobby Cabral).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Moltz, who has kept his no. 5, RB Performance\/Brackett Mechanical Chevrolet, in the top of the field for the majority of the races this season, finally broke through and picked up the win at the NH Classic at Star Speedway last Sunday, September 7.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The former Waterford Speedbowl champion now sits just 15 points behind point leader, and career wins leader, Matt Frahm.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Gelinas, who led the points earlier in the season, sits only 17 behind Frahm with two races remaining.<\/span><\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">For Griffith, it hasn\u2019t been due to lack of effort to put the FEP Insurance\/Motorcycles of Manchester Toyota in the winner\u2019s circle.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The 17 year-old Hudson, NH native has finished inside the top 10 a total of 8 times in 9 races, with one 18<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"> place finish at Star Speedway after being involved in multiple incidents during the evening.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Louie Mechalides-led team has set their target on another strong finish at a track the series has yet to see a green flag fly.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u201cLouie (Mechalides) knows the place very well, and we all expect the car to be fast,\u201d Griffith spoke.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u201cI think we just need some luck.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Other drivers to win on the GSPSS in 2014 have been 2013 champion Mike O\u2019Sullivan (Thompson 4\/6), Jeremy Davis (Star 6\/28), Joey Polewarczyk, JR (Lee 7\/25), Barry Gray (Monadnock 8\/9), Wayne Helliwell, JR (Star 8\/16), and Brad Babb (Hudson 8\/24).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Granite State Pro Stock Series will compete at White Mountain Motorsports Park on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1635682328\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, September 20<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Post time for this event is White Mountain Motorsports Park is located at 463 Daniel Webster Highway in North Woodstock, NH.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">For more information on the Granite State Pro Stock Series, contact Mike Parks at <\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:mparks@gspss.net\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">mparks@gspss.net<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">, visit our website, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gspss.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">www.gspss.net<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter @GSProStocks.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walpole, NH-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With only two races remaining, the Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) has seen 9 different winners in 9 races on the 2014 season.\u00a0 The next stop on the tour, the beautiful North Woodstock, NH facility, White Mountain Motorsports Park (WMMP), will throw a wild-card in the mix to keep the streak alive, [&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":[100,6,4,925],"tags":[897],"class_list":["post-13979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-granite-state-series","category-new-england-racing-news","category-latest-touring-news","category-white-mountain","tag-granite-state-pro-stock-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979","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=13979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13980,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13979\/revisions\/13980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}