{"id":14236,"date":"2015-01-12T12:36:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=14236"},"modified":"2015-01-12T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:36:40","slug":"moltz-granite-state-pro-stock-series-celebrate-2014-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2015\/01\/moltz-granite-state-pro-stock-series-celebrate-2014-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Moltz, Granite State Pro Stock Series Celebrate 2014 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14237\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14237\" class=\"wp-image-14237 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Owne-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Carrie Kelly Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrie Kelly Photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manchester, NH-<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) held the 2014 Championship Awards Banquet <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_285034891\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span> night, January 10, at the Best Western Executive Court in Manchester, NH, where drivers received nearly $17,000 in contingency prizes and point fund moneys.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThrillin\u2019\u201d Dillon Moltz was the star of the night, as he celebrated his championship season in style, collecting his Championship trophy and point fund, as well as the Rookie of the Year for the 2014 season.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moltz secured his first GSPSS championship by finishing 6<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> at the World Series at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Waterford, Connecticut, driver picked up a win at Star Speedway in the NH Classic, to go along with his 8-top five and 10-top ten finishes out of eleven races.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Owner of the RB Performance\/ Brackett Mechanical Chevrolet, Mark Brackett, received recognition for his Owner\u2019s Championship, as well.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Jay, Maine, native gave praise to his young driver, stating the drive and determination of Moltz led to such quick success.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Young-gun Derek Griffith picked up honors as Most Improved Driver, after finishing with 6-top five and 10-top ten finishes.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Griffith showed his determination on track, as the Hudson, New Hampshire, native improved 54 spots from his starting feature position over the course of the 2014 season, for an average just shy of 5 spots per race.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Callen family, Bill and Bryon, were honored with the second-annual JBH award.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The JBH award is given to people who go out of their way to help the series prosper.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both Bill (Scoring) and Bryon (Race Director) have made sacrifices in the 2014 season, making the series a priority in their busy lives.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Granite State Pro Stock Series would like to thank their contingency sponsors for the 2014 season, including <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">AR Bodies, Bond Auto Parts, Crazy Ed\u2019s Powersports, Draco Springs, Dave Lind Tires, Jack\u2019s Competition Engines, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, MacLellan Metal Finishing, RB Performance, Racing Electronics, Waddell Communications, Racers Depot, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Sunoco Race Fuels, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Sherwood Wheels, 360 Design Lab, and Velocita Premium Driving Apparel.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/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;\">A special thanks goes as well to the tracks who supported the GSPSS in the 2014 season, including Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Monadnock Speedway, Star Speedway, Hudson International Speewday, Lee USA Speedway, and White Mountain Motorsports Park.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/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 Granite State Pro Stock Series will open the 2015 season at the Icebreaker at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_285034892\"><span class=\"aQJ\">April 11<\/span><\/span>-12.<\/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, visit <\/span><\/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=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">, or contact Mike Parks via email, <\/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=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester, NH-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Granite State Pro Stock Series (GSPSS) held the 2014 Championship Awards Banquet on Saturday night, January 10, at the Best Western Executive Court in Manchester, NH, where drivers received nearly $17,000 in contingency prizes and point fund moneys. \u00a0 \u201cThrillin\u2019\u201d Dillon Moltz was the star of the night, as he celebrated his [&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-14236","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\/14236","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=14236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14238,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14236\/revisions\/14238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}