{"id":14995,"date":"2015-06-24T18:17:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=14995"},"modified":"2015-06-24T18:17:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T22:17:47","slug":"griffith-looks-to-continue-stellar-season-as-granite-state-pro-stock-series-travels-to-star-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2015\/06\/griffith-looks-to-continue-stellar-season-as-granite-state-pro-stock-series-travels-to-star-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffith Looks to Continue Stellar Season as Granite State Pro Stock Series Travels to Star Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14996\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14996\" class=\"wp-image-14996 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Helliwell-JR-Gelinas-Battle-on-the-last-lap-e1435184118392.jpg\" alt=\"Helliwell, JR Gelinas Battle on the last lap\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GSPSS photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">WALPOLE, NH \u2013 After a dominant performance at his home track, Hudson International Speedway, Derek Griffith looks to stay hot as the Granite State Pro Stock Series travels to Star Speedway for the Star 100, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1579788881\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 27<\/span><\/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;\">Griffith, after picking up his second victory of the season (Claremont, Hudson), has slightly increased his point lead over Barry Gray, due in part to his spectacular streak to begin the 2015 campaign.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Hudson, NH native has yet to finish outside the top four in a Granite State Pro Stock Series event this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u201cI am glad to finally shake the bad luck, and really be able to show myself to everyone as a driver,\u201d said Griffith.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u201cLouie has honed me in, not only with a car, but with his years of experience.\u201d<\/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;\">Griffith has three top ten finishes in four starts at Star Speedway, but suffered multiple setbacks in the second event of 2014 at the facility, coming away with an 18<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"> place finish.<\/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;\">Continues Griffith, \u201cWe\u2019ve practiced [at Star] a lot to get the track down, and really work on me as a driver.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Star will be a good race [for us], I hope.\u201d<\/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;\">Dillon Moltz has entered the Star 100, as well.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Waterford, CT driver has run an \u201coutlaw\u201d-type schedule this year, choosing select events, and not committing to one series.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">With Star Speedway on the schedule, it was nearly a no-brainer to attend, as the former New London-Waterford Speedbowl champion earned a win and a second place in 2014.<\/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;\">When asked why Star Speedway was included in the plans for 2015, Moltz commented \u201cStar [Speedway] is on our schedule, because we always run good there, and love going to a great track like Star that the Webber family put so much effort into.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">I\u2019ve always done well there, and have always been fast right off the trailer.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">I have always seemed to click with that track.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">It\u2019s a very racy track, and a true driver\u2019s track.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Griffith, Moltz, and the Granite State Pro Stock Series will run the fifth event of the season at Star Speedway, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1579788882\"><span class=\"aQJ\">June 27<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Star Speedway is located at 176 Exeter Road, in Epping, NH.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Post time for the Star 100 is <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1579788883\"><span class=\"aQJ\">6:06PM<\/span><\/span>.<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gspss.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.gspss.net<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALPOLE, NH \u2013 After a dominant performance at his home track, Hudson International Speedway, Derek Griffith looks to stay hot as the Granite State Pro Stock Series travels to Star Speedway for the Star 100, June 27. \u00a0 Griffith, after picking up his second victory of the season (Claremont, Hudson), has slightly increased his point [&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-14995","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\/14995","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=14995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14997,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14995\/revisions\/14997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}