{"id":17057,"date":"2017-04-18T21:34:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T01:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maineracing.com\/wp\/?p=17057"},"modified":"2017-04-18T21:34:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T01:34:32","slug":"cory-casagrande-chasing-gspss-championship-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/2017\/04\/cory-casagrande-chasing-gspss-championship-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"CORY CASAGRANDE CHASING GSPSS CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHOTOS ARE CREDIT TO CASAGRANDE MOTORSPORTS<\/p><\/div>\n

By: Kyle Souza, Granite State Pro Stock Series<\/b><\/p>\n

WALPOLE, N.H. \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Heading into the 2017 Granite State Pro Stock Series season, Cory Casagrande is hoping to contend for the championship behind the wheel of his No. 7.<\/p>\n

Last season, Casagrande finished fourth in the point standings while finishing a best of third at Monadnock Speedway early in the season.<\/p>\n

Although the finale at New London-Waterford Speedbowl didn\u2019t go his way, he was still able to capture a top five finish in points in just his second year in a Pro Stock.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an up and down year last season,\u201d Casagrande said. \u201cWe would struggle and then we would have a good run and then we would struggle again. We struggled to have that consistency, but I wasn\u2019t disappointed with it. It was only our second season racing the Pro Stocks. We learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he gets set to hit the track behind the wheel of his No. 7 for this season starting at Lee USA Speedway on\u00a0April 30<\/span><\/span>, Casagrande has a new paint scheme on his ride. The car has been painted in honor of his uncle Dean Casagrande, who ran Stafford Speedway\u2019s Late Models in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe paint scheme pretty much looks identical to his car from back then,\u201d Casagrande said. \u201cWe decided that we were going to go with a new car, new number and new paint scheme for this year. Why not change everything up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casagrande is looking forward to the First Annual New England Short Track Showdown at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on\u00a0July 1<\/span><\/span>, along with the race at Thompson Speedway during the Sunoco World Series this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be different going to Loudon,\u201d Casagrande said. \u201cIt\u2019s good to have the opportunity to run there. Thompson is only 45 minutes from my house; it\u2019s one of my favorite places we race at. When you go there, you are testing your limits every single lap. Pro Stocks put on a great show there.\u201d<\/p>\n

What are the goals during the 2017 season for Casagrande? They are simple. He wants to win races and contend for the title when it comes time to crown the champion in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to get our first win this year,\u201d Casagrande said. \u201cIf you just go out there and run up front, you have to let the points take care of themselves. I want to be able to compete with those guys in the front and run consistently at the front of the field. If I can look back at the season and say I ran with guys like Barry Gray and DJ Shaw up front, I\u2019d be happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Granite State Pro Stock Series will open the 2017 season at Lee USA Speedway on\u00a0Sunday, April 30<\/span><\/span>, with a post time of\u00a02 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, visit the series website,\u00a0www.gspss.net<\/a>\u00a0or contact series president Mike Parks.<\/p>\n

Teams interested in competing in the open test session at New Hampshire on\u00a0Monday May 8<\/span><\/span>\u00a0are also urged to contact Mike Parks immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Kyle Souza, Granite State Pro Stock Series WALPOLE, N.H. \u2013\u00a0Heading into the 2017 Granite State Pro Stock Series season, Cory Casagrande is hoping to contend for the championship behind the wheel of his No. 7. Last season, Casagrande finished fourth in the point standings while finishing a best of third at Monadnock Speedway early […]<\/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":[1364,18,4],"tags":[1273],"class_list":["post-17057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gspss","category-maine-racing-news","category-latest-touring-news","tag-gspss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17057","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=17057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17060,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17057\/revisions\/17060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maineracing.com\/legacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}